Patent ID: 8469751

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a contact; and a housing having a cavity into which the contact is able to be inserted, wherein the housing comprises: a first inner wall surface that defines the cavity and is substantially parallel to a contact insertion direction which is a direction in which the contact is inserted into the cavity; a second inner wall surface that is opposed to the first inner wall surface; a first engaging part that is formed to protrude from the first inner wall surface toward the second inner wall surface; and a pressing piece that is formed in the second inner wall surface and presses the contact inserted into the cavity toward the first inner wall surface, the contact comprises: a pressed surface that is pressed by the pressing piece; and a first engaged part that is formed to protrude in a direction away from the pressed surface, when the contact is inserted into the cavity and the first engaged part moves beyond the first engaging part, the contact moves toward the first inner wall surface due to pressing force by the pressing piece, and a primary locked state is achieved in which the first engaged part is engaged with the first engaging part, and a second engaging part is formed in the housing and a second engaged part that is capable of being engaged with the second engaging part is formed in the contact so that a second engagement between the housing and the contact is achieved on a side opposite to the side of a first engagement between the first engaging part and the first engaged part with respect to a central axis of the contact.