Electrical connector having an actuator structure

A connector comprising:

• an insulator having an insertion portion into which a flat connection object is inserted;
• a contact supported by said insulator, and electrically connectable to said connection object inserted in said insertion portion;
• an actuator rotatably supported by said insulator, and having an open surface that enables insertion of said connection object into said insertion portion in an open state, and a closed surface approximately parallel to said connection object in a closed state;
• and
• an elastic pressing portion that acts on a rotation shaft of said actuator, to press said actuator toward said connection object inserted in said insertion portion,
• wherein said actuator has:
• a sloped connection surface that connects said open surface and said closed surface;
• and a tip load transmission portion that is located at an intersection of said closed surface and said sloped connection surface, and elastically contacts said connection object at a time at which a pressing load imparted by said elastic pressing portion is at a peak, and wherein
• in said open state of said actuator, said open surface extends only up to an end of said rotation shaft of said actuator in the direction into which said flat connection object is inserted, and said actuator comprises a cut out into which a roof portion of said insulator extends in said open state of said actuator.