Patent ID: 8267698

Claim:
A connector unit comprising: a first connector that is mounted on a first object to be connected, said first connector including first contacts, and a first housing that holds said first contacts; and a second connector that can be fitted to said first connector, and is mounted on a second object to be connected, said second connector including at least one second contact, and a second housing that holds said second contact, wherein said second contact includes a second holding portion which is held by said second housing, and a second contact portion which is continuous with said second holding portion, wherein said first contact includes a first holding portion that is held by said first housing, a first spring portion that is continuous with said first holding portion and receives said second contact portion when said first and second connectors are fitted to each other, and a first contact portion that is continuous with said first spring portion and is brought into contact with said second contact portion when said first and second connectors are fitted to each other, wherein said second connector includes a pressing portion that presses said first spring portion against a restoring force thereof when fitting of said first and second connectors to each other is started, to thereby push said first spring portion into said first object to be connected, wherein said first spring portion includes a pressed portion that is pressed by said pressing portion when the fitting of said first and second connectors to each other is started, a pressing portion-receiving portion that receives said pressing portion before completion of the fitting of said first and second connectors to each other, to thereby release pressing of said pressing portion against said first spring portion, and a connecting portion that connects between said pressing portion-receiving portion and said first contact portion, and wherein when said pressed portion is pressed by said pressing portion, at least part of said connecting portion is brought into abutment with the first object to be connected, and when the pressing of said pressing portion is released, said first spring portion moves to thereby release the abutment between the first object to be connected and the at least part of said connecting portion.