Patent ID: 7258561

Claim:
A connector detachably fitted with a connecting object, comprising: a plurality of contacts, each contact having a contact portion adapted to contact said connecting object, a housing holding and fixing said contacts therein and having a fitting opening into which said connecting object is inserted, and a pivoting member for urging said contacts, wherein said contacts each comprise a first piece having the contact portion at one end adapted to contact said connecting object, a pressure receiving portion at the other end adapted to be urged by said pivoting member, and a projection extending inwardly from the tip of the pressure receiving portion; a second piece having an extension portion at one end including a fixed portion to be inserted into said housing and a connection portion at the other end to be connected to a substrate; and a jointing fulcrum for connecting said first and second pieces, and said contact portion, said jointing fulcrum and said connection portion are arranged substantially in the form of a crank, wherein said housing has a ceiling portion for covering the contact portions of said contacts, and an upper wall continuous with said ceiling portion for covering the pressure receiving portions of said contacts, wherein said pivoting member comprises an actuating portion for pivotally moving said pivoting member, urging portions arranged continuously in a longitudinal direction, anchoring holes independent from one another each into which said pressure receiving portion can be inserted and each which engages said projection, and an inserting hole into which said upper wall is inserted, and said pivoting member is mounted on said housing so that said urging portions are pivotally moved between said connection portions and said pressure receiving portions of said contacts, and wherein in the state that said pivoting member is being pivotally moved to bring said contacts into contact with said connecting object, gaps between the tip of said upper wall and said actuating portion and between said upper wall and the tip of said pivoting member on the opposite side from said actuating portion are made as narrow as possible to an extent such that said pivoting member does not touch said upper wall of said housing when said pivoting member is being pivotally moved.