Patent ID: 7553176

Claim:
A connector for connecting a first connection object and a second connection object to each other, the connector comprising: a contact; and a housing which holds the contact; wherein the contact includes: a first connecting portion to be connected to the first connection object; a second connecting portion to be connected to the second connection object; and a holding portion which is held by the housing; wherein the first connecting portion includes: a base portion; a pair of coupling portions which extend from the base portion towards a first direction and are faced to each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a pair of contacting portions which extend from the coupling portions, respectively, towards a third direction intersecting the first and second direction, and which then turn to be arranged beside the coupling portions substantially in the third direction, respectively; wherein the contacting portions include: fitting portions, each of which is at an end side of the first direction; and free ends, each of which is at another end side opposite to the first direction and is movable relative to each of the coupling portions; and wherein the contact is designed so that, upon connection with the first connection object, a distance between the contacting portions is narrower at the fitting portions than that at the ends.