Patent ID: 8647137

Claim:
An electrical connector configured to be connected with a connection object which has a mating portion having a plate shape, wherein the electrical connector comprises: an insertion opening into which the connection object is inserted in an oblique direction; a contacted portion with which the mating portion inserted through the insertion opening is brought into contact; a receiving portion receiving the mating portion and having a first support portion, the receiving portion being positioned at a back of the contacted portion; a contact portion positioned forward and upward of the first support portion and being displaceable in an up-down direction; and a second support portion positioned forward and downward of the contact portion, the mating portion being inserted through the insertion opening so as to be positioned at a first position where the mating portion is in contact with the contacted portion, the mating portion being brought down so as to be positioned at a second position where the mating portion is in parallel with a front-back direction perpendicular to the up-down direction, the mating portion being moved backward so as to be positioned at a third position where the mating portion is received by the receiving portion and supported by the first support portion, the second support portion, and the contact portion.