Patent ID: 8371883

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a first connector including a female contact and a first housing, the first housing holding the female contact so that the female contact extends along an insertion direction, the female contact having a support portion and a spring portion, the spring portion being formed to be located above the support portion in a vertical direction perpendicular to the insertion direction so that the female contact is formed with a gap between the spring portion and the support portion, the support portion having an upward portion and a downward portion formed so as to be located apart from each other in the insertion direction, each of the upward portion and the downward portion having a highest point in the vertical direction, the spring portion having a contact point formed to be located between the highest point of the upward portion and the highest point of the downward portion in the insertion direction; and a second connector including a male contact and a second housing, the second housing holding the male contact so that the male contact is insertable into the gap of the female contact along the insertion direction, the second connector being configured to be mated with and connected to the first connector under an inserted state where the male contact is inserted in the female contact, the male contact having a contact portion, a tip, an upper slope and a lower slope, the contact portion being brought into contact with the contact point, the highest point of the upward portion and the highest point of the downward portion under the inserted state, the upper slope extending from the tip to the contact portion while sloping over a first tapering range, the lower slope extending from the tip to the contact portion while sloping over a second tapering range, the first tapering range being longer than the second tapering range in the insertion direction.