Patent ID: 6976890

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising a contact which has a main contacting portion to be connected to a conductive mating contact and a terminal portion to be connected to a connection object, and an insulator holding the contact, wherein: said contact is divided into a first contact part having said main contacting portion and a second contact part having said terminal portion, at least one of said first and said second contact parts having a spring portion to be brought into elastic contact with the other; said insulator having a first receiving portion receiving said first contact part and said second contact part except said terminal portion; said second contact part having a local contacting portion extending from one end of said second holding portion and faced to said main contacting portion; said first contact part being held by said insulator to be independently removable; said main contacting portion and said local contacting portion facing each other in said first receiving portion, said main contacting portion having one surface as a contact surface to be brought into contact with said mating contact; said local contacting portion being faced to the other surface of said main contacting portion opposite to the one surface, said insulator having a window portion formed in an outer wall thereof and faced to the one surface of said main contacting portion, said window portion being opened so as to bring said mating contact into contact with the one surface of said main contacting portion; and said window portion communicating with said first receiving portion.