Patent ID: 8734176

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a locking portion to engage with an end portion in a plate width direction of a signal transmission medium inserted into an insulating housing and holding the signal transmission medium; lock release parts configured to release an engagement of the locking portion; and a lock release link mechanism, wherein the lock release parts include two lock release parts that face each other and are disposed on opposite ends of the insulation housing so the signal transmission medium is disposed between the two lock release parts in the plate width direction when inserted into the insulting housing, wherein each of the lock release parts is continuously formed to with a respective release arm integrally extending from the insulating housing in a cantilevered manner, wherein the lock release parts are configured to be movable to approach and separate from each other by a resilient displacement of the release arms, wherein the lock release parts move in directions approaching each other and the lock release link mechanism causes the locking portion to displace in an unlocking direction, wherein the lock release link mechanism includes a locking member integrally formed with the locking portion and a release pressure portion, the locking member includes a lock arm supporting the locking portion in a resiliently displaceable manner and a release force receiving plate integrally extending from the lock arm in a direction inclined to a moving direction of one of the lock release parts, and the release pressure portion is provided on the one of the lock release parts so as to contact and separate from the locking member, and wherein the release pressure portion is disposed to be able to contact the release force receiving plate when the lock release parts are moved in directions approaching each other and the locking portion displaces with the lock arm in the unlocking direction by a contact force applied from the release pressure portion to the release force receiving plate.