Connector

A connector comprising:

• a contact including a contact point to be electrically connected to an external apparatus when a connecting terminal formed on a pressing surface of the external apparatus is pressed against the contact point;
• a protection member configured to protect the contact point by covering a periphery of the contact point of the contact;
• and
• a base body storing the contact and the protection member, wherein
• the protection member includes an opening for projecting the contact point on the external apparatus side from a surface of a pressed surface against which the pressing surface of the external apparatus is pressed, and the protection member is movable in a direction of pressing in which the pressing surface of the external apparatus is pressed and a direction opposite to the direction of pressing,
• the contact includes at least one press portion for pressing the protection member in the direction opposite to the direction of pressing,
• before the external apparatus contacts with the contact point or the protection member, the contact point is projected on the external apparatus side from the opening, and in a final connection state to the external apparatus, the press portion does not press the protection member in the direction opposite to the direction of pressing.