Patent ID: 7833061

Claim:
An electronic part connector having a pair of male plug terminals and a pair of electronic part connecting terminals, one being connected to a power supply side and the other being connected to a grounding side, the connection between the power supply side and the grounding side being established by interposing an electronic part between the one and the other of the pair of electronic part connecting terminals, the electronic part connector comprising a housing having the pair of electronic part connecting terminals and the electronic part mounted therein, comprising: a pair of electronic part connecting terminals press and hold both end portions of the electronic part in mutually opposite directions, and in the Z-axis direction, the pair of electronic part connecting terminals come into contact with a side surface of the electronic part to hold the electronic part at a predetermined position and electrically connected to the male plug terminals; and each of the pair of electronic part connecting terminals comprises a main contact portion that comes into contact with and exerts an elastic force on an end portion of the electronic part to press and hold the electronic part in the Y-axis direction, and an auxiliary contact portion that is substantially orthogonal to a contact surface of the main contact portion and protrudes in the Y-axis direction with respect to the main contact portion to reach a side portion of the electronic part; wherein each of the main contact portions is formed in a substantially U-shaped configuration to exhibit elasticity, and that a sub contact portion is formed by bending on a plane orthogonal to a plane on which the main contact portion is provided, the sub contact portion extending in a direction opposite to the auxiliary contact portion that is bent inwardly over a rear end of the main contact portion, being formed in a substantially U-shaped configuration to exhibit elasticity, and coming into contact with the male plug terminal connected to the power supply side or the grounding side.