Patent ID: 8864524

Claim:
A connector for electrically connecting a first object to be connected and a second object to be connected, comprising: a housing in which the first object to be connected is to be disposed; and a contact held by said housing, said contact including a contact portion to be brought into contact with the first object to be connected, a pair of spring portions that are directly or indirectly continuous with said contact portion, for pressing said contact portion against the first object to be connected, a holding portion continuous with said pair of spring portions, for being held by said housing, and a connection portion continuous with said holding portion, for being connected to the second object to be connected, said pair of spring portions being elastically deformable independently of each other, and each spring portion extending, while being bent, in a direction orthogonal to a direction of height of said housing, such that when said spring portion is elastically deformed, a part of said spring portion and another part of said spring portion do not interfere with each other in the direction of the height of said housing.