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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2023
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuhei Kagami, Kanagawa, JP;
HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an electric connector including: a terminal; and a housing holding the terminal. The terminal has a mounting portion and a pair of arm portions. The pair of arm portions is coupled to the mounting portion, extends in a lateral direction of the electric connector from the mounting portion, and is configured such that a terminal of a partner connector is inserted into between one and other arm portions of the pair of arm portions. Each of the one arm portion and the other arm portion has a holding target portion and a contact piece, the holding target portion is held on the housing, and the contact piece is coupled to the holding target portion and is configured to contact the terminal of the partner connector. A plate thickness direction of the pair of arm portions is substantially perpendicular to a plate thickness direction of the mounting portion.