Patent ID: 8636531

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing having an insulation property, the housing including: a first depression; and a pair of second depressions provided at opposite edges in a first direction of the first depression, the second depressions each including a bottom surface forming a slope, the slope sloping up toward the one side in a second direction orthogonally intersecting with the first direction; a plurality of contacts arranged at intervals along the first direction in the housing, the contacts each including a hook to be disposed within the first depression; and an actuator to be held at least by the housing so as to rotate between a lying position and an upright position, the actuator in the lying position facing to one side in the second direction, the actuator in the upright position facing one side in a third direction orthogonally intersecting with the first and the second directions, the actuator including: a main body; a pair of bosses projecting from respective opposite ends in the first direction of the main body to be received in the respective second depressions; and a shaft located between the bosses of the main body to be received in the first depression, wherein when the actuator is in the upright position, the bosses are on the associated slopes of the second depressions, and the shaft is positioned on the other side in the third direction of the hooks, and when the actuator rotates from the upright position to the lying position, the bosses rotatingly move up along the slopes of the second depressions, and the shaft thereby move to the one side in the third direction to be engaged with the hooks.