Connector structure

A connector structure comprising a first connector and a second connector, wherein:

• the first connector and the second connector are mateable with each other along a first direction;
• the first connector comprises a first housing and a first contact;
• the first contact is held by the first housing;
• the first contact has a first contacting portion;
• the first contacting portion is located at a predetermined position in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
• the first contacting portion has a groove and a pressed surface;
• the groove extends along the first direction;
• the pressed surface is adjacent to the groove in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction;
• the second connector comprises a second housing, a second contact and a pressing member;
• each of the second contact and the pressing member is directly or indirectly held by the second housing;
• the second contact has a second contacting portion;
• the second contacting portion is located adjacent to the predetermined position in the second direction;
• at least in a state where the second contacting portion is adjacent to the first contacting portion in the second direction, a posture of the pressing member is changeable between a first posture and a second posture by rotating the pressing member about a predetermined axis;
• the pressing member has a spring portion and at least one protruding portion;
• the spring portion has a resilient property;
• the spring portion is located apart from the second contacting portion in the second direction;
• the protruding portion is supported by the spring portion and is movable in the second direction by using the resilient property of the spring portion;
• the protruding portion protrudes toward the second contacting portion in the second direction;
• together with the change of the posture of the pressing member, the protruding portion is movable on a path in a plane defined by the first direction and the third direction, the path being deviated from the predetermined axis in the plane defined by the first direction and the third direction;
• when the second connector is moved relative to the first connector along the first direction in a state where the pressing member assumes the first posture while a position of the groove matches a position of the protruding portion in a plane defined by the second direction and the third direction, the first contacting portion is inserted between the second contacting portion and the spring portion while the protruding portion is received in the groove, and the second contacting portion becomes adjacent to the first contacting portion;
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• when the posture of the pressing member is changed from the first posture to the second posture in a state where the second contacting portion is adjacent to the first contacting portion while the protruding portion is located in the groove, the protruding portion is moved out of the groove to ride on the pressed surface, and the protruding portion presses the pressed surface by using the resilient property of the spring portion and thereby presses the first contacting portion against the second contacting portion.