Patent ID: 8569626

Claim:
A contact formed by bending a thin metal plate, the contact being surface mounted on a mounting surface of a printed wiring board when used, and clamped between the printed wiring board and a conductive member, which is different from the printed wiring board, thereby to electrically connect a conductor pattern provided in the printed wiring board and the conductive member, the contact comprising: a solder bonding portion of which undersurface is a solder bonding face to be solder bonded to the conductor pattern; an elastic contact portion that is connected to one end of the solder bonding portion and bent over the solder bonding portion, the elastic contact portion being elastically deformed to be pressed against the conductive member when in contact with the conductive member; and a suction portion that is connected to the solder bonding portion independently of the elastic contact portion, a top end of the suction portion being arranged in parallel to the undersurface of the solder bonding portion on the conductive member side of the elastic contact portion, and thereby the suction portion being made a suction face for a suction nozzle of an automatic mounter; wherein the suction portion penetrates a hole section provided in the elastic contact portion; and the hole section is sized such that the suction portion does not disturb the elastic deformation of the elastic contact portion.