Patent ID: 6971928

Claim:
A contact to be inserted between opposed two walls, at least one of these walls being an opposite contact, for establishing electrical connection with the opposite contact, comprising: a connecting section; a first extending section extending from the connecting section toward a distal end thereof in a band-shape along a direction of insertion thereof; a first contact strip positioned in a vicinity of the distal end of the first extending section and connected to the first extending section; a second contact strip disposed at a predetermined distance from the first contact strip so as to oppose thereto; and a band-shaped second extending section extending from the second contact strip to the connecting section; the second extending section being disposed so that a face of the band-shape of the second extending section overlaps a face of the band-shape of the first extending section, wherein the second contact strip being mechanically connected to the first contact strip via the second extending section, the connecting section, and the first extending section, and wherein at least part of the portion between the second contact strip and the connecting section is resiliently deformed when the distance between the first contact strip and the second contact strip is reduced.