Patent ID: 7611361

Claim:
A substantially L-shaped contact to be inserted into and held in a terminal insertion hole formed in a body of an electric connector, the contact comprising: a main portion to be press-fitted into a terminal insertion hole formed in a body of an electric connector, the main portion having a first end on a contact insertion direction side and a second end on an opposite direction side to the contact insertion direction; a bent portion of a substantial L share, continuous to a portion of the second end of the main portion; a lead-out portion continuous to a lower end of the bent portion; and an extension portion projecting from a remaining portion of the second end of the main portion in the opposite direction, the extension portion serving as a pressed portion to be inserted into the terminal insertion hole together with the bent portion, wherein the bent portion has two straight parts defined by dividing the bent portion at a bent point thereof, and the extension portion is larger in length than one of the straight parts on a main portion side.