Patent ID: 8353725

Claim:
A contact comprising: a base portion having a plate-like shape, with which a contact portion of an object to be connected is brought into contact; a pair of supporting portions which are provided on respective opposite side edges of said base portion in a manner rising therefrom and which are opposed to each other in a predetermined direction, said pair of supporting portions each having a slit formed therein for supporting a terminal portion of an electronic component; a pressing portion that is provided in a manner opposed to said base portion, and that is elastically deformable toward said base portion to thereby press the contact portion against said base portion; a linking portion that links one end of said base portion and one end of said pressing portion; and engaging portions with which the other end of said pressing portion is engaged when said pressing portion is elastically deformed toward said base portion, to thereby cause said pressing portion to maintain the deformed state thereof; wherein said pressing portion is bent such that an intermediate portion thereof is brought into contact with the contact portion on said base portion when said pressing portion is elastically deformed toward said base portion, and wherein said pressing portion is divided along a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction.