Patent ID: 7435122

Claim:
A connector including a plurality of contacts having at least one contact portion adapted to contact a connecting object, a housing for arranging and holding said contacts, said housing having a fitting opening into which said connecting object is inserted, and a pivoting member for causing said contacts to be elastically deformed, wherein said contacts each comprise a first piece having the contact portion at one end adapted to contact said connecting object and a pressure receiving portion at the other end adapted to be urged by said pivoting member; a second piece having a fulcrum portion at one end and a connection portion at the other end adapted to be connected to a substrate; a connecting portion for connecting said first piece and said fulcrum portion; and a second pressure receiving portion substantially in the form of an L-shape extending between the connection portion and the fulcrum portion; and said contact portion, said connecting portion, said fulcrum portion and said connection portion are arranged substantially in the form of a crank, and said contact portions are adapted to extend into said fitting opening, wherein said pivoting member comprises an actuating portion for pivotally moving the pivoting member, urging portions continuously arranged in the longitudinal direction of the pivoting member, and anchoring holes each for receiving therein said second pressure receiving portion, and said pivoting member is mounted on said housing so that said urging portions are pivotally moved between said pressure receiving portions and said second pressure receiving portions of the contacts, and wherein when said connecting object and said connector have not been connected (or said pivoting member being in an opened position), said urging portions are pivotally movable between said pressure receiving portions and said second pressure receiving portions so that said pressure receiving portions are urged to raise said contact portions in a direction retracting from said fitting opening, and when said connecting object and said connector have been connected (or said pivoting member in a closed position), said contact portions of the contacts extend into said fitting opening to come into contact with said connecting object.