Patent ID: 8540534

Claim:
A connector matable with a mating connector having a plurality of mating terminals, the connector comprising: a housing having a side wall, a facing wall and a receiving depression, the side wall being an external wall of the housing and extending in a first direction, the facing wall being formed so as to face the side wall in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the receiving depression being formed between the side wall and the facing wall in the second direction so as to be depressed downward; and a plurality of terminals arranged in the first direction so as to be held by the housing, each of the terminals having an attached portion, a first spring portion, an upward-extending portion, an elastic support portion and a contact portion, the attached portion being attached to the housing, the first spring portion being formed between the attached portion and the upward-extending portion so as to extend within the receiving depression, the upward-extending portion extending upward from the first spring portion, the elastic support portion further extending upward from the upward-extending portion, the contact portion being supported by the elastic support portion, the upward-extending portion having an abutting portion formed at a boundary between the upward-extending portion and the elastic support portion, the abutting portion being located above the first spring portion, the abutting portion being opposite to the facing wall, the elastic support portion being formed so as to be bent more easily than a spring formed with the first spring portion and the upward-extending portion, the contact portion being brought into contact with the mating terminal under a mated state where the connector is mated with the mating connector so that the abutting portion is pressed against the facing wall.