Connector and connecting method

A connector that is attached to a connection object having a flexible conductor exposed on one surface of the connection object and that is to be fitted with a counter connector in a fitting direction, the connector comprising:

• a housing attached to the connection object;
• and
• at least one contact made of a conductive material and retained in the housing selectively in one of a first posture and a second posture that are postures inverted 180 degrees from each other around the fitting direction,
• wherein the housing includes a first insulator and a second insulator that are assembled to each other in a predetermined assembling direction while sandwiching the connection object therebetween,
• wherein the at least one contact includes a contact portion to be contacted with a contact of the counter connector and a connection portion to be connected to the flexible conductor of the connection object, the contact portion projecting from the first insulator in the fitting direction, wherein, between a case where the at least one contact is retained in the housing in the first posture and another case where the at least one contact is retained in the housing in the second posture, the contact portion is situated at a same position with respect to the housing and the connection portion is situated at a different position with respect to the housing,
• wherein the at least one contact is retained in the housing in, of the first posture and the second posture, a posture corresponding to an orientation of a surface of the connection object on which surface the flexible conductor is exposed,
• wherein the at least one contact includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface that are situated symmetrically with respect to a centerline along the fitting direction, a first connection surface connected to the first contact surface, and a second connection surface connected to the second contact surface,
• wherein the first connection surface and the second connection surface are situated asymmetrically with respect to the centerline,
• wherein at least one of the first contact surface and the second contact surface makes contact with the contact of the counter connector as the contact portion in both cases where the at least one contact is retained in the housing in the first posture and where the at least one contact is retained in the housing in the second posture,
• wherein the first connection surface is connected to the flexible conductor of the connection object as the connection portion when the at least one contact is retained in the housing in the first posture, and
• wherein the second connection surface is connected to the flexible conductor of the connection object as the connection portion when the at least one contact is retained in the housing in the second posture.