Electric connector and method for manufacturing the same

An electric connector, comprising:

• a plug member, adapted to be fitted into a socket body in a first direction, the plug member comprising:
• a plug body, formed with a groove extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction;
• and
• a plurality of plug contacts, each of which comprises a first contact piece and a second contact piece opposing to each other with a gap therebetween, the plug contacts being arrayed in the second direction such that the first contact piece and the second contact piece are disposed in the groove;
• a plurality of first projections, each of which is extended from the first contact piece of each of the plug contacts so as to oppose the second contact piece, and is formed with a slant face so that a thickness thereof is reduced toward a distal end thereof;
• a wiring member, in which a plurality of core conductors arrayed in the second direction and covered with an insulating sheath, the wiring member including a first portion adapted to be inserted into the groove in the first direction;
• and
• a presser, having a first part extending in the first direction, and attached to the plug body such that the first part is inserted into the groove, thereby pressing the first portion of the wiring member against the first contact piece in a third direction which is orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, wherein:
• the first contact piece and the second contact piece are resiliently deformable in the third direction, so that the first projections bite into an associated one of the core conductors in the first portion of the wiring member, and the first portion of the wiring member is resiliently clamped between the first contact piece and the first part of the presser;
• and
• the slant faces of the first projections form V-shaped lines when the first projections are viewed from the first direction.