Connector and method for using connector
First Claim
1. A connector in which a first connector portion and a second connector portion are fitted with each other in a fitting direction,wherein the first connector portion includes a first contact point extending in the fitting direction,wherein the second connector portion includes a curved surface capable of inverting between a convex surface projecting in the fitting direction and a concave surface sinking with reference to the fitting direction, and a second contact point extending from the curved surface,wherein the second contact point moves between a non-contacting position and a contacting position through inversion of the curved surface between the convex surface and the concave surface, andwherein the first connector portion is aligned with the second connector portion, with the second contact point of the second connector portion being located at the non-contacting position, and the curved surface of the second connector portion is inverted so that the second contact point is switched to the contacting position, whereby the second contact point of the second connector portion comes into contact with the first contact point of the first connector portion to establish electrical connection between the first connector portion and the second connector portion.
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Abstract
A connector includes a first connector portion having a first contact point extending in a fitting direction and a second connector portion having a curved surface capable of inverting between a convex surface and a concave surface and a second contact point extending from the curved surface, the second contact point moving between a non-contacting position and a contacting position through inversion of the curved surface between the convex surface and the concave surface, the first connector portion being aligned with the second connector portion, with the second contact point being located at the non-contacting position, and the curved surface of the second connector portion being inverted so that the second contact point is switched to the contacting position, whereby the second contact point comes into contact with the first contact point to establish electrical connection between the first connector portion and the second connector portion.
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1. A connector in which a first connector portion and a second connector portion are fitted with each other in a fitting direction,
wherein the first connector portion includes a first contact point extending in the fitting direction, wherein the second connector portion includes a curved surface capable of inverting between a convex surface projecting in the fitting direction and a concave surface sinking with reference to the fitting direction, and a second contact point extending from the curved surface, wherein the second contact point moves between a non-contacting position and a contacting position through inversion of the curved surface between the convex surface and the concave surface, and wherein the first connector portion is aligned with the second connector portion, with the second contact point of the second connector portion being located at the non-contacting position, and the curved surface of the second connector portion is inverted so that the second contact point is switched to the contacting position, whereby the second contact point of the second connector portion comes into contact with the first contact point of the first connector portion to establish electrical connection between the first connector portion and the second connector portion.
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