Connector with contact pressure applying component

A connector, comprising:

• a housing having
• a pair of mating terminal insertion regions arranged in parallel, and
• a pressing protrusion accommodation region arranged between the pair of mating terminal insertion regions in a first direction;
• a pair of terminals accommodated in the housing and respectively arranged between the pressing protrusion accommodation region and one of the pair of mating terminal insertion regions in the first direction;
• and
• a contact pressure applying component configured to be accommodated in the housing, the contact pressure applying component including a pressing protrusion projecting in a second direction intersecting the insertion direction and the first direction and being holdable at a first position and a second position, the pressing protrusion configured to be accommodated in the pressing protrusion accommodation region and to be moved in the second direction, the pressing protrusion being movable with respect to the housing according to whether the contact pressure applying component is held at the first position or the second position,
• a mating terminal being insertable into the pair of mating terminal insertion regions in an insertion direction intersecting the first direction, the mating terminal insertable with the contact pressure applying component held at the first position, and
• the contact pressure applying component contacting the pair of terminals and pressing each of the pair of terminals toward the mating terminal inserted into the pair of mating terminal insertion regions with the contact pressure applying component held at the second position.