Patent ID: 8007325

Claim:
A cable connecting apparatus comprising: a plug type connector having a connectively engaging portion on which a plurality of plug contacts are arranged to be connected with a plurality of cables, and a receptacle type connector having a housing on which an opening through which the connectively engaging portion of the plug type connector is inserted in the housing is provided to be formed at an end portion of the housing and a plurality of receptacle contacts arranged in the housing for coming into press-contact with the plug contacts arranged on the connectively engaging portion of the plug type connector inserted in the housing through the opening provided thereon, wherein the receptacle contacts include a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts, wherein each of the first contacts has first and second contacting portions operative to be opposite to each other with the connectively engaging portion of the plug type connector inserted in the housing through the opening provided thereon between, said first and second contacting portions having respectively first and second contacting points, a distance from the end portion of the housing at which the opening is formed to said first contacting point being shorter than a distance from the end portion of the housing at which the opening is formed to said second contacting point, said first contacting point being operative to come into press-contact with the plug contact on the side of a first surface of the connectively engaging portion of the plug type connector, and said second contacting point being operative to come into press-contact with the plug contact on the side of a second surface opposite to the first surface of the connectively engaging portion of the plug type connector, and wherein each of the second contacts has third and fourth contacting portions operative to be opposite to each other with the connectively engaging portion of the plug type connector inserted in the housing through the opening provided thereon between, said third and fourth contacting portions having respectively third and fourth contacting points, a distance from the end portion of the housing at which the opening is formed to said third contacting point is longer than a distance from the end portion of the housing at which the opening is formed to said fourth contacting point, said third contacting point being operative to come into press-contact with the plug contact on the side of the first surface of the connectively engaging portion of the plug type connector, and said fourth contacting point being operative to come into press-contact with the plug contact on the side of the second surface opposite to the first surface of the connectively engaging portion of the plug type connector.