Patent ID: 7491079

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a plug ( 11 ) having a first part ( 31 ) with an upper surface and a lower surface, a pair of connecting members ( 12 ) extending downward from the lower surface, a set of plug contacts ( 13 ) located on an outer face side ( 12 a ) of each connecting member, and a through-hole ( 32 ) open to the upper surface and extending through to the lower surface; a socket ( 21 ) having an upper end face ( 21 b ), a recess portion ( 23 ) open to the upper end face and having a pair of inner side faces ( 21 a ), a set of socket contacts ( 22 ) located on each of the inner side faces, the recess portion configured to accept the connecting members with each of the connecting members facing a corresponding one of the inner side faces and a gap formed between each set of socket contacts and a corresponding set of plug contacts; and a locking member ( 14 ) for locking the plug within the socket by insertion of the locking member in an insertion direction, via the through-hole, into the recess portion, the insertion of the locking member pressing outer faces of the locking member against inner faces of the connecting members and thereby expanding the outer face side of each connecting member towards the inner side faces of the socket a distance that eliminates the gap and bringing each set of socket contacts into contact with the corresponding set of plug contacts.