Patent ID: 8057241

Claim:
A connector disposed in each of through-holes formed in a substrate, the connector being configured to electrically conduct between opposed external electrodes disposed on a top and bottom of the substrate, the connector comprising: a pair of rigid conductive contacts each having a portion serving as a point of force, a portion serving as a fulcrum, and a portion serving as a point of action; and an elastic body including a base unit that is contacted by the portion serving as the fulcrum of each of the pair of rigid conductive contacts, a holding unit that is disposed opposite the base unit and holds the portion serving as the point of action of each of the pair of rigid conductive contacts, and an elastic unit configured to connect the base unit to the holding unit and to elastically deform to receive load caused by movement of each of pair of rigid conductive contacts upon the portion serving as the point of force of each of the pair of rigid conductive contacts being pressed.