Patent ID: 7914295

Claim:
An electrical connecting device for electrically connecting between two contacted articles, that is, a first contacted article and a second contacted article, comprising: a base member, to which the first contacted article and the second contacted article are mounted, an elastic member held on the base member, and a plurality of contacts held on the elastic member, wherein the base member includes an upper base member and a lower base member, each including an accommodating recess, which accommodates the elastic member, the elastic member includes slits, respectively, extending through the elastic member and holding the plurality of contacts, the plurality of contacts, respectively, include at least an upper contact arm having an upper contact portion capable of contacting with the first contacted article and a lower contact arm having a lower contact portion capable of contacting with the second contacted article, and the upper contact arm and the lower contact arm of each of the plurality of contacts are structured to enable abutting against the elastic member, wherein a first space portion is provided to rearward of a first recess of the upper base member as the accommodating recess, which accommodates an upper portion of the elastic member, and a second space portion is provided in front of a second recess of the lower base member as the accommodating recess, which accommodates a lower portion of the elastic member, and wherein magnitudes, by which the elastic member is pushed by the contacts, respectively, can be adjusted by the presence of the first and second space portions, respectively, and by changing respective sizes of the first and second space portions.