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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2000
Tomonari Ohtsuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yasue Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
DDK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A contact structure of an electrical connector including a first connector having a plurality of electric contacts and a second connector having a plurality of electric contact elements elastically and independently supported by forming slits close about the electric contact elements. When the first connector is first urged against the second connector, the electric contact elements are inclined at an angle &agr; by the electric contacts. When the urging force of the first connector is then reduced, the electric contact elements are returned through an angle &bgr; which is less than the angle &agr; to accomplish the electrical connection between the electric contacts and the electric contact elements. An inspecting device for such an electrical connector includes a housing having a fitting opening for the first connector, a cover pivotally connected to the housing and having an anchoring portion engageable with an engaging portion of the housing, and a block for mounting the second connector thereon. The engagement of the anchoring portion and the engaging portion with a clearance corresponds to the inclination of the electric contacts elements of the second connector at the angle &agr;, and the engagement without the clearance corresponds to the inclination of the electric contact elements which has been returned through the angle &bgr; from the inclination at the angle &agr;.