Patent ID: 7261585

Claim:
A press-contact connector comprising: a first member accommodating a plurality of terminals; a plurality of press-contact blades connected to the terminals and protruding from the first member; a second member attached to the first member in such a way as to cover the press-contact blades and holds a plurality of wires to press-contact with the press-contact blades in an aligned state, the second member including: a plurality of retaining portions capable of retaining the wires respectively, formed in an approximate U shape and arranged in parallel to one another; claw portions provided at inner walls of the retaining portions to hold the wires in the retaining portions, wherein the wires are connected to the press-contact blades with the wires in a bent state in the retaining portions, such that the wires respectively have a segment in the retaining portions that is bent on opposite sides of the press-contact blades, wherein the retaining portions include lances formed thereon and extending outwardly from the retaining portions at opposite axial ends of the retaining portions to urge the wires toward openings of the retaining portions in a cross section, and wherein the lances are provided in the retaining portions at the opposite sides of the press-contact blades.