Patent ID: 7656179

Claim:
A relay connector, adapted to electrically connect a terminal of a connector to be inspected provided on a board for inspection to a measuring instrument, the relay connector comprising: a pin block, comprised of insulating material; a floating guide, comprised of insulating material, the floating guide arranged so as to approach and separate with respect to the pin block and resiliently urged in a separating direction, the floating guide formed with a guide hole in which the connector to be inspected is inserted so as to position the connector to be inspected toward the pin block; a plurality of probes, each of which is provided in the pin block so as to be opposed to the terminal of the connector to be inspected having been inserted into the guide hole, an axial direction of each of which is parallel to an approaching and separating direction of the floating guide; and a pressure operating member, adapted to be operated between an open state in which the connector to be inspected is allowed to be inserted into the guide hole in the floating guide, and a pressed state in which the connector to be inspected having been inserted into the floating guide is pressed toward the pin block.