Patent ID: 7416438

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing that has a receiving space into which a connected object is inserted; a plurality of contacts that are held by said housing, and each include a seesaw-type beam having one end thereof formed with a contact portion for contact with the connected object, and the other end thereof formed with a power point portion; and an actuator mounted in said housing such that said actuator is pivotally movable between an open position for allowing insertion of the connected object into the receiving space and a closed position for holding the connected object in the receiving space, said actuator including pressing portions for enabling a turning force of said actuator to act on the power point portions when the actuator is in the open position, to push downward the power point portions to thereby move the contact portions out of the receiving space, and cam portions for enabling the turning force of said actuator to act on the power point portions when the actuator is in the closed position, to push upward the power point portions to thereby move the contact portions into the receiving space.