Patent ID: 8337226

Claim:
A connector configured to be connected to a connecting object having an upper surface and a lower surface, the connector comprising: a housing; an actuator held by the housing so as to be pivotable between an open position and a closed position; an upper contact held by the housing; and a lower contact other than the upper contact, the lower contact being held by the housing; wherein: the actuator has a lift-up portion; the upper contact has an upper arm and an upper support portion; the upper arm has an upper pressed portion formed on one of ends thereof and an upper contact portion formed on a remaining one of the ends thereof; the upper support portion is connected to a middle part of the upper arm between the upper pressed portion and the upper contact portion; the lower contact has a lower arm and a lower support portion; the lower arm has a lower pressed portion formed on one of ends thereof and a lower contact portion formed on a remaining one of the ends thereof; the lower support portion is connected to a middle part of the lower arm between. the lower pressed portion and the lower contact portion; the upper contact portion is located above the lower pressed portion; the upper arm and the lower arm are arranged so as to be able to accommodate the connecting object in an accommodating portion formed therebetween when the actuator is located at the open position; and when the actuator is located at the closed position in a state that the connecting object is accommodated in the accommodating portion, the lift-up portion lifts up the upper pressed portion to move the upper contact portion downward so that the upper contact portion is brought into contact with and pressed against the upper surface of the connecting object, and the connecting object pressed downward by the upper contact portion pushes down the lower pressed portion to move the lower contact portion upward so that the lower contact portion is brought into contact with and pressed against the lower surface of the connecting object.