Patent ID: 8366477

Claim:
An electrical connecting apparatus comprising: a base plate having an underside and provided with a plurality of connecting portions arranged on said underside at intervals in a front-back direction; and multiple contact groups, each having a pair of contacts; wherein each contact includes a needle body portion having one end portion supported on said connecting portion and the other end portion which is a free end and extending in a right-left direction; wherein the needle body portion of one of contacts in each contact group extends from said connecting portion toward one side in the right-left direction, while the needle body portion of the other contact in each contact group extends from said connecting portion toward the other side in the right-left direction; and wherein, when one contact of the pair of contacts in each contact group is in use to contact an electronic device, the other contact of the pair of contacts in each contact group is out of use and does not contact the electronic device.