Patent ID: 7275948

Claim:
A connector comprising a housing, a cover housing and a plurality of first contacts and second contacts, the housing being roughly rectangular parallelepiped in shape and having a recess formed for insertion of an FPC, the cover housing being roughly rectangular in shape for openably and closably covering the recess of the housing and the first contacts and second contacts being alternately arranged in parallel on a line inside the housing, wherein: each of the first contacts comprises: a first fixing arm and a first horizontal arm opposing each other; a first connection leg for connecting base ends of the first fixing arm and the first horizontal arm to each other; a first pressing portion provided on a tip side of the first horizontal arm and opposing a bottom surface of the recess; an elastic arm extending between the first fixing arm and the first horizontal arm and opposing the first horizontal arm; and a first contact point provided on a tip side of the elastic arm and opposing the bottom surface of the recess; each of the second contacts comprises: a second fixing arm and a second horizontal arm opposing each other; a second connection leg for connecting base ends of the second fixing arm and the second horizontal arm to each other; a second pressing portion provided on a tip side of the second horizontal arm and opposing the bottom surface of the recess; a short arm and a long arm extending between the second fixing arm and the second horizontal arm and opposing each other; a second contact point provided on a tip side of the short arm and positioned near the opposite side to an opening in the recess opposing the bottom surface of the recess; and a protrusion provided on a tip side of the long arm and positioned near the opening in the recess, protruding toward the direction of a top face of the recess; and the cover housing comprises: a cam portion positioned between the first pressing portion and the tip of the elastic arm and pressed by the first pressing portion; and an engaging portion positioned between the second pressing portion and the bottom surface of the recess and engaging with the second pressing portion.