Patent ID: 7168991

Claim:
A detachable connector included in a front-panel device provided with a movable panel rotatable between a closed position in which a front portion of a main body of an apparatus is covered and an open position in which the front portion is exposed, the detachable connector comprising: a male connector unit mounted to one of the movable panel and the main body and including a convex contact; and a female connector unit mounted to the other of the movable panel and the main body and including a first female terminal and a second female terminal, the first and second female terminals being disposed on opposite sides of an insertion path for allowing the inserted convex contact to pass therethrough, the male connector unit being attachable to and detachable from the female connector unit with rotation of the movable panel, wherein the first female terminal has a longer distance to an axis of rotation of the movable panel and includes a sloped portion for being obliquely in contact with the convex contact in an elastic manner, the second female terminal has a shorter distance to the axis of rotation of the movable panel and includes a contact portion for being in contact with a side of the convex contact in an elastic manner, and, when the male connector unit is attached to the female connector unit, a position where the sloped portion is in contact with the convex contact in an elastic manner is more distant from a base end portion of the convex contact than a position where the contact portion is in contact with the convex contact in an elastic manner.