Patent ID: 6869312

Claim:
A connector comprising a housing and a contact held in the housing, wherein the housing comprises a displaceable housing lance, the contact comprising: a contacting portion to be contacted with a connection object; a wall portion surrounding the contacting portion; and a locking portion connected to the wall portion and adapted to be engaged with the housing lance, the wall portion having first and second side walls faced to each other with a space left therebetween, the locking portion extending from the first wide wall towards the second side wall and having an extending end, the second side wall having a locking/holding portion holding the extending ends wherein the housing comprises a contact receiving portion, the contact being inserted into the contact receiving portion in an inserting direction, the housing lance locking the contact in a removing direction reverse to the inserting direction, wherein the wall portion further comprises a bottom wall extending between the first and the second side walls, the contacting portion having a contacting piece located between the first and the second side walls, the contacting piece and the bottom wall being faced to each other with a space left therefrom to receive the connection object, wherein the contact comprises an auxiliary piece located between the first and the second side walls and faced to the bottom wall with a space left therefrom, the contacting piece having a free end located between the auxiliary piece and the bottom wall, and wherein the contacting piece extends from the wall portion in the removing direction, the auxiliary piece extending from the wall portion in the inserting direction.