Patent ID: 8523603

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a first connector configured to be mounted on a connection object, the first connector including a first contact and a first holding member, the first holding member holding the first contact; and a second connector configured to be engaged with the first connector along a downward direction in a state where the first connector is positioned below the second connector, the second connector including a second contact, a second holding member, and an operating portion, the second holding member holding the second contact, the second contact being configured to be connected to the first contact under an engaged state where the second connector is engaged with the first connector, the operating portion being held by the second holding member so that a positional relation between the operating portion and the second holding member is kept when a force is applied to the operating portion along an upward direction and when a force is applied to the operating portion along a first horizontal direction perpendicular to the upward direction or a second horizontal direction opposite to the first horizontal direction, the second connector being removable from the first connector when a force is applied to the operating portion either along the upward direction or along the first horizontal direction or the second horizontal under the engaged state; wherein: the first contact has a first contact portion, the first contact portion protruding in the first horizontal direction from an upper part and a lower part of the first contact; the second contact has an elastic support portion, a surmounting portion, and a second contact portion, the elastic support portion supporting the second contact portion and the surmounting portion elastically; the elastic support portion presses the second contact portion against the first contact portion along the first horizontal direction under the engaged state so that the second contact portion is brought into contact with the first contact portion; while the second connector moves to the engaged state from a state where the second connector is separated from the first connector, the surmounting portion is located below the second contact portion in the downward direction and surmounts the first contact portion; and the surmounting portion is located obliquely below the first contact portion under the engaged state so that the engaged state is maintained.