Connector device

Claim 1

A connector device comprising: a pair of connector bodies engaged with each other; a plurality of contact members provided in each of said connector bodies; a plurality of guide surfaces formed in each of said connector bodies; a contact section for each of said contact members extending between said guide surfaces along an engaging direction of connectors of said device, said contact section having a free distal end which is elastically deformable and guided by said guide surfaces, and opposing contact sections being parallel to and in contact with each other when said connectors are engaged; a contact projection formed on the distal end of said contact section, wherein an inclined portion is formed on said contact section closer to a proximal end thereof than said contact projection; and a flat contact portion formed on said contact section contiguous with the end of said inclined portion, said flat contact portion resting on a back surface of said connector body to prevent deformation of said flat contact portion and allowing said inclined portion alone to be elastically deformed; said connectors being engaged with each other, said contact projections abutting with each other and said contact sections being elastically bent by each other so that said projections climb over each other, abut against said inclined portions, slilde along said inclined portions, and are pushed up by said inclined portions, thereby elastically bending said contact sections, said contact projections being brought into contact with said contact sections by an elastic force of said contact sections.