Connector assembly

A connector assembly comprising:

• a first connector configured to be mounted on a connection object, the first connector including a first contact and a first holding member, the first holding member holding the first contact;
• and
• a second connector configured to be engaged with the first connector along a downward direction in a state where the first connector is positioned below the second connector, the second connector including a second contact, a second holding member, and an operating portion, the second holding member holding the second contact, the second contact being configured to be connected to the first contact under an engaged state where the second connector is engaged with the first connector, the operating portion being held by the second holding member so that a positional relation between the operating portion and the second holding member is kept when a force is applied to the operating portion along an upward direction and when a force is applied to the operating portion along a first horizontal direction perpendicular to the upward direction or a second horizontal direction opposite to the first horizontal direction, the second connector being removable from the first connector when a force is applied to the operating portion either along the upward direction or along the first horizontal direction or the second horizontal under the engaged state;
• wherein:
• the first contact has a first contact portion;
• the second contact has an elastic support portion, a surmounting portion, and a second contact portion, the elastic support portion supporting the second contact portion and the surmounting portion elastically;
• the elastic support portion presses the second contact portion against the first contact portion along the first horizontal direction under the engaged state so that the second contact portion is brought into contact with the first contact portion;
• while the second connector moves to the engaged state from a state where the second connector is separated from the first connector, the surmounting portion is located below the second contact portion in the downward direction and surmounts the first contact portion;
• the surmounting portion is located obliquely below the first contact portion under the engaged state so that the engaged state is maintained;
• the second connector further includes a locking member, the locking member being held by the second holding member and having at least one hook portion;
• the first connector is formed with at least one hooked portion, the hook portion being hooked in the hooked portion under the engaged state so that the maintenance of the engaged state is secured;
• the first connector has two of the hooked portions;
• the locking member further has two hook support portions, the hook support portions extending in the downward direction;
• and
• the locking member has two of the hook portions, each of the hook portions having an upper edge and a lower edge, the upper edge and the lower edge extending in directions each oblique to the downward direction so that each hook portion has an acute triangle-like shape, the hook portions being held by the respective hook support portions so as to protrude toward each other, one of the hook portions protruding in the first horizontal direction, a remaining one of the hook portions protruding in the second horizontal direction, the hook support portions being configured to press the hook portions against the hooked portions under the engaged state, respectively.

A connector assembly comprising:

• a first connector configured to be mounted on a connection object, the first connector including a first contact and a first holding member, the first holding member holding the first contact;
• and
• a second connector configured to be engaged with the first connector along a downward direction in a state where the first connector is positioned below the second connector, the second connector including a second contact, a second holding member, and an operating portion, the second holding member holding the second contact, the second contact being configured to be connected to the first contact under an engaged state where the second connector is engaged with the first connector, the operating portion being held by the second holding member so that a positional relation between the operating portion and the second holding member is kept when a force is applied to the operating portion along an upward direction and when a force is applied to the operating portion along a first horizontal direction perpendicular to the upward direction or a second horizontal direction opposite to the first horizontal direction, the second connector being removable from the first connector when a force is applied to the operating portion either along the upward direction or along the first horizontal direction or the second horizontal under the engaged state;
• wherein the operating portion is shaped so that the operating portion extends both in the upward direction and a predetermined direction which is perpendicular to the first horizontal direction;
• and
• wherein the operating portion is formed with a hole, the hole piercing the operating portion along the first horizontal direction.