CN103201913B - Connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention is applicable to the field of connector structure and discloses a connector. The above-mentioned connector includes a connector body that can be turned over relative to the circuit board, the connector body is provided with a slot, the connector body is provided with contact terminals, and the contact terminals are electrically connected to the circuit board. In the connector provided by the present invention, the angle of the connector body relative to the circuit board can be adjusted by rotating the connector body on the circuit board. The connector body of the same structure can be applied to circuit boards with different slot spacings, and the layout is very flexible. , can directly replace the fixed in-line or oblique connectors in the prior art. The connector has good versatility, can reduce the types of components purchased, facilitates material preparation and maintenance, and has low application cost.

Description

Connector

technical field

The invention belongs to the field of connector structures, in particular to a connector.

Background technique

Connectors in electronic equipment in the prior art, such as memory sticks (DIMM: Dual Inline Memory Module, dual inline memory module) connectors in communication equipment such as switches, routers, blade servers, and gateways, also known as DIMM connectors .

Currently, DIMM connectors are all fixed on a circuit board, such as a PCB (Printed Circuit Board, printed circuit board). In a specific application, the DIMM connector can be fixedly arranged on the circuit board in the single board. The so-called single board refers to a board used to realize certain functional characteristics in communication equipment, which includes a circuit board and components on the circuit board. Most of the DIMM connectors in the prior art are vertically fixed on the circuit board, and the angle between the DIMM connector and the circuit board is 90 degrees, and the memory stick can only be plugged directly into the DIMM connector. This kind of DIMM connector structure occupies more space in the height of the circuit board, and the standard memory module can be directly inserted when the groove spacing between the circuit boards (that is, the distance between two adjacent circuit boards) is more than 1.7 inches. on the DIMM connector. For electronic equipment with a certain height and width, due to the large height space occupied by the DIMM connector structure in the prior art, the number of slots available for layout of the electronic equipment is small, the performance of the electronic equipment is limited, and the expandability is poor.

In the prior art, the connector structure is also set in the form of oblique insertion, and the connector is fixed on the circuit board obliquely. Although the height space of the board is saved, the oblique connector structure occupies the plane layout space of the circuit board, and the same area The number of memory bars that can be placed in the bottom is less than 2/3 of the number of memory bars that can be placed in the in-line connector structure, and the memory capacity of a single slot is small, and the expandability is low.

To sum up, the connectors in the prior art are inflexible in layout, poor in versatility, and difficult to meet different needs of electronic equipment at the same time. For circuit boards with different slot spacings in electronic equipment with different needs, it is necessary to develop a variety of connector structures , the application cost is high.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the above-mentioned prior art, and provide a connector which is flexible in layout, high in versatility, can meet different requirements of electronic equipment at the same time, and has low application cost.

A technical solution provided by an embodiment of the present invention is: a connector, including a connector body that can rotate relative to a circuit board, the connector body is provided with a slot, and the connector body is provided with a contact terminal, The contact terminals are electrically connected to the circuit board.

Optionally, the connector further includes a rotating support seat that can be fixedly arranged on the circuit board, and the connector body is rotatably connected to the rotating support seat through a rotating shaft structure.

Optionally, the rotating shaft structure includes a rotating shaft; the rotating shaft is fixedly arranged on the connector body, a rotating hole is provided on the rotating supporting base, and the rotating shaft is rotatably inserted in the rotating supporting base in the revolving hole.

Optionally, the rotating shaft structure includes a rotating shaft; the rotating shaft is fixedly arranged on the rotating support seat, a rotating hole is opened on the connector body, and the rotating hole on the connector body is rotatably sleeved on the on the shaft.

Optionally, a locking structure for locking the connector body is provided between the connector body and the rotating support seat.

Optionally, the lock structure includes a lock groove provided on the outer peripheral wall of the connector body and a lock provided on the rotating support base and movably snapped into the lock groove, the lock groove is set There are at least two locking slots, and each of the locking grooves is arranged around the center axis of rotation of the connector body.

Optionally, the rotating shaft structure includes a rotating shaft; the rotating shaft is fixedly arranged on the rotating support seat, a rotating hole is opened on the connector body, and the rotating hole rotating sleeve on the connector body set on the rotating shaft.

Optionally, the contact terminal is electrically connected to the circuit board through a bendable conductive member.

Optionally, the bendable conductive element is an elastic conductive element or a flexible conductive element.

Optionally, the elastic conductive member is an elastic reed and integrally formed with the contact terminal.

Optionally, the flexible conductive member is a flexible circuit board.

In the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the angle of the connector body relative to the circuit board can be adjusted by rotating the connector body on the circuit board, and the connector body of the same structure can be applied to different slot distances, and the arrangement method is very flexible , can directly replace the fixed in-line or oblique connectors in the prior art. The connector has good versatility, can reduce the types of components purchased, facilitates material preparation and maintenance, and has low application cost.

Description of drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic plan view of the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention when it is applied to different slot pitches;

Fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of the connector body and the rotating support seat in the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic plan view of the connector body in Fig. 2 when it is rotated to another angle;

Fig. 4 is an exploded schematic plan view of the connector body and the rotating support seat in the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic plan view of the connector body and the rotating support seat rotated to different angles in the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic plan view of the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention when it is applied to different slot pitches;

7 is a schematic plan view of the connection between the contact terminal and the circuit board through the elastic conductive member in the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is a schematic plan view of the connection between the contact terminal and the circuit board through a flexible conductive member in the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a schematic plan view of the connection between the contact terminal and the circuit board through a flexible conductive member in the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 10 is a schematic plan view of the connection between the contact terminal and the circuit board through the flexible conductive member in the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the object, technical solution and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to explain the present invention, not to limit the present invention.

The connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to IT (Information Technology, that is, information technology, generally refers to traditional computer, Internet and other fields) equipment, CT (Communication Technology, that is, communication technology, generally refers to traditional telecommunications field) equipment and other electronic equipment. The electronic equipment may be a computer, a switch, a router, a blade server, a rack server, a gateway, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the above-mentioned connector includes a connector body 1 that can be turned over relative to a circuit board 2 . The circuit board 2 can be a substrate or a printed circuit board. The circuit board 2 may be a part of a single board. The so-called single board refers to a board used to implement certain functional characteristics in electronic equipment, and includes the circuit board 2 and components on the circuit board 2 .

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the connector body 1 is provided with a slot 11 (Socket), and the slot 11 can be used for inserting electronic devices such as memory sticks, such as boards with gold fingers. The so-called "connecting finger" is composed of many golden conductive contacts. Because the surface is gold-plated and the conductive contacts are arranged like fingers, it is called "gold finger". Computer hardware (such as memory sticks and memory slots, The signals of the graphics card and the graphics card slot, etc.) can be transmitted through the golden finger. The slot 11 can be set on the upper end of the connector body 1 , and the lower end of the connector body 1 can be arranged opposite to the circuit board 2 and rotatably connected to the circuit board 2 . The lower end of the connector body 1 can be rounded to save the space occupied by the connector body 1 .

In a specific application, the connector can be a socket connector, which can be used as a memory stick connector, a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect, a standard for defining a local bus introduced by Intel Corporation of the United States) connector, a PCIE (PCI -Express, referred to as PCI-E, PCIE is a higher development of PCI, which is a bus and interface standard proposed by Intel Corporation of the United States) connector, SAS (Serial Attached SCSI, that is, serially connected small computer system interface) connector or SATA (SerialAdvanced Technology Attachment, an industry-standard serial hardware drive interface) connector, etc. These connectors can be used to insert electronic devices with gold fingers, such as memory sticks, PCIE graphics cards, network cards, hard drives, etc. In this embodiment, the beneficial effect of the present invention is described by taking the memory stick connector structure as an example. Of course, the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention can also be used as a connector for other types of electronic devices.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the connector body 1 can be turned over to different angles relative to the circuit board 2 to adapt to different slot pitches. For example, when the slot distance is large, the user can choose to turn the connector body 1 to form a 90-degree angle with the circuit board 2, and the DIMM memory module 3 can be directly inserted into the slot 11 on the connector body 1 to save boards. surface space; as shown in Figure 1, when the groove spacing h is 1.5 inches, the user can rotate the connector body 1 to form a 45-degree angle with the circuit board 2, and the DIMM memory module 3 can be inclined at a 45-degree angle relative to the circuit board 2 Insert it into the slot 11 of the connector body 1; as shown in Figure 1, when the slot distance h0 is 1.2 inches, the connector body 1 can be turned over to form an angle of 25 degrees with the circuit board 2; the user can also turn the connector body 1 Rotate to form a zero-degree angle with the circuit board 2, the connector body 1 is parallel to the circuit board 2, and the DIMM memory module 3 can be inserted into the slot 11 of the connector body 1 flatly relative to the circuit board 2; of course, at different slot distances Next, the user can turn the connector body 1 relative to the circuit board 2 to other suitable angles, such as any angle of 22.5 degrees, 28.5 degrees, 30 degrees, 60 degrees, 75 degrees, etc., and the installation method is very flexible. In this embodiment, the angle range at which the connector body 1 can rotate relative to the circuit board 2 is 0° to 180°. Of course, the angle at which the connector body 1 can rotate relative to the circuit board 2 can also be limited to 15° to 165°, etc. The details can be determined according to the actual situation.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 , the above-mentioned connector further includes a rotating support seat 51 that can be fixedly arranged on the circuit board 2 , and the rotating support seat 51 can be used as a base of the connector. The rotating support base 51 can be made of materials such as plastics. The connector body 1 can be rotatably connected to the rotating support base 51 through a rotating shaft structure, so that the connector body 1 can reliably rotate relative to the rotating support base 51 . A buckle 53 for fastening the DIMM memory module 3 can be provided on the slot 11 of the connector body 1 .

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2 , the rotating shaft structure includes a rotating shaft 52; the rotating shaft 52 is fixedly arranged on the connector body 1, and a rotating hole is provided on the rotating supporting base 51, and the rotating shaft 52 is rotatably inserted in the opening of the rotating supporting base 51. In the rotating hole, the connector body 1 can be reliably rotated relative to the rotating support seat 51 . In a specific application, the rotating support seats 51 can be arranged in pairs, which can be respectively located at both ends of the connector body 1 , and the rotating shaft 52 can be fixedly connected or integrally formed at both ends of the connector body 1 . Further, a bearing member that can be sleeved on the rotating shaft 52 can also be fixedly arranged at the rotating hole of the rotating support base 51 to facilitate the rotation of the connector body 1 .

Or, as an alternative to the above-mentioned rotating structure, the rotating shaft structure includes a rotating shaft 52; the rotating shaft 52 can be fixedly arranged on the rotating support base 51, a rotating hole is opened on the connector body 1, and the rotating hole rotating sleeve on the connector body 1 Being arranged on the rotating shaft 52 , the connector body 1 can also be reliably rotated relative to the rotating support base 51 . In specific applications, the rotating support seats 51 can be arranged in pairs, which can be located at both ends of the connector body 1, the rotating holes can be opened at both ends of the connector body 1 respectively, and the rotating shaft 52 can be fixedly connected or integrally formed. On the end face of the rotating support seat 51 facing the connector body 1 .

Of course, it can be understood that rotating holes can also be provided on the rotating support base 51 and the connector body 1 respectively, and a rotating shaft 52 can be provided. The rotating shaft 52 can be movably passed through the rotating hole and the connector on the rotating supporting base 51 The rotating hole on the body 1 can also realize the rotation of the connector body 1 relative to the circuit board 2 . In a specific application, other suitable rotating structures may also be used to rotatably connect the connector body 1 to the circuit board 2 , such as a hinge rotating structure.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2 , a locking structure for locking the connector body 1 is provided between the connector body 1 and the rotating support seat 51 . The locking structure can lock the connector body 1 at a desired angle, avoiding the random rotation of the connector body 1 in the electronic device, collision with another adjacent connector body 1, etc., and has high reliability.

More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 , the locking structure includes a locking groove 12 provided on the peripheral wall of the connector body 1 and a locking catch 511 arranged on the rotating support seat 51 and movably snapped into the locking groove 12 , the lock 511 can be slidably locked in the lock slot 12 , or the lock 511 can also be configured to be elastically snapped into the lock slot 12 . In a specific application, an elastic arm can be provided on the rotating support base 51, and the locking buckle 511 can be integrally formed on the front end of the elastic arm; 51 are kept fixed to prevent the connector body 1 from rotating freely. When the connector body 1 needs to be rotated, the lock catch 511 can be withdrawn from the lock groove 12 first, and the connector body 1 can rotate freely relative to the circuit board 2 . There can be at least two locking slots 12 , and each locking slot 12 is provided around the center of the rotation axis of the connector body 1 to lock the connector body 1 at a set angle. The locking structure enables the connector body 1 to be locked relative to the circuit board 2 at angles including but not limited to: 22.5 degrees, 25 degrees, 28.5 degrees, 45 degrees, 60 degrees, and 90 degrees. In specific applications, the number and arrangement of the lock slots 12 can be determined according to actual conditions.

Certainly, the lock groove 12 can also be opened on the rotating support base 51 , and the lock catch 511 can be correspondingly elastically arranged on the connector body 1 to realize the locking function. Alternatively, a damping shaft with certain damping can also be used as the locking structure, and the connector body 1 can maintain any angle relative to the circuit board 2 without external force.

Or, it is also possible to set up several recesses arranged along the axial center of the rotating shaft 52 on the end surface of the connector body 1 or the rotating shaft 52, and at least one protrusion that can be snapped in elastically is protruded on the rotating support seat 51. part, when the operator acts on the connector body 1 and rotates the connector body 1, the recess can escape from the raised part until the other recess turns to coincide with the raised part, through this concave-convex fit The locking structure can also realize the limitation of the connector body 1 on the set angle.

As shown in Figure 2, Figure 5 and Figure 6, through the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the connectors can be conveniently arranged according to the actual needs of the electronic equipment, and different slopes can be adjusted according to different groove spacings. Interpolation angle. The greater the slot spacing, the greater the space available on the circuit board 2 . In a specific application, the circuit board 2 can be provided with one layer, two layers or multiple layers, and the inclination angle of the connector can be flexibly set according to the size of the available space on the circuit board 2 . For example, for a circuit board 2 with a large slot spacing, for example, the slot spacing h3 in Figure 6 is 1.7 inches, the connector body 1 can be turned over to form an angle of 90 degrees with the circuit board 2, and the connector body 1 is perpendicular to the circuit board 2. The DIMM memory stick 3 can be directly inserted on the connector body 1, and the connector body 1 occupies the smallest plane area of the circuit board 2, so that the connector body 1 and the DIMM memory stick 3 can be densely arranged on the circuit board 2, In this way, the number of connectors that can be arranged in a unit area increases, which is beneficial to improving the performance of the electronic device, and the expansion capability of the electronic device is good. For a circuit board 2 with a small slot spacing, for example, when the slot spacing h2 in FIG. The connector body 1 can be inclined relative to the circuit board 2 . Moreover, the inclination angle of the connector body 1 can be adjusted according to the groove spacing, the smaller the groove spacing, the greater the inclination of the connector body 1, and the smaller the angle between the connector body 1 and the circuit board 2; The larger the distance is, the greater the angle between the connector body 1 and the circuit board 2 can be appropriately increased, so as to reduce the area occupied by the connector body 1 on the circuit board 2 and improve the layout density of the connectors. In this embodiment, when the groove spacing h2 is 1.5 inches, the connector body 1 can be turned over to form an angle of 45 degrees with the circuit board 2, and the DIMM memory module 3 can be inserted into the connector body 1 at an angle of 45 degrees, which can meet the requirements of the oblique The insertion height requirement makes full use of the slot spacing space, and the layout density of the connector body 1 and DIMM memory module 3 is higher than that of 25° and 28.5° oblique insertion; when the slot spacing h1 is 1.2 inches, the connector body 1 Flip over to form an angle of 25 degrees with the circuit board 2, and the DIMM memory module 3 can be inserted into the connector body 1 at an angle of 25 degrees.

As shown in FIG. 6 , it shows the situation that the connector of the embodiment of the present invention is applied in single boards with different slot pitches. Taking the standard DIMM memory stick 3 as an example, when the groove pitch of the circuit board 2 is 1.2 inches, the connector body 1 can be adjusted to form an angle of 25 degrees with the circuit board 2 . When the groove pitch of the circuit board 2 is 1.5 inches, the connector body 1 can be adjusted to form an included angle of 45 degrees with the circuit board 2 . When the groove pitch is 1.5 inches, the form of direct insertion of the memory stick cannot be used, and if a fixed-angle oblique DIMM connector is used, only 25° or 28.5° can be used, and the groove pitch space is not fully utilized; through the implementation of the present invention For example, the angle-adjustable connector provided can adjust the angle between the connector body 1 and the circuit board 2 to 45°, which can meet the height requirement of oblique insertion and make full use of the space between the slots, and the layout density of memory sticks is higher than The 25° and 28.5° oblique insertions are higher. When the groove pitch of the circuit board 2 is 1.7 inches, the angle of the connector body 1 can be adjusted to form an included angle of 90 degrees with the circuit board 2 .

Corresponding to circuit boards 2 with different slot pitches, it is only necessary to adjust the angle between the connector body 1 and the circuit board 2 to an appropriate range, which can make full use of the slot pitch space while meeting the height requirements of the oblique insertion, and is very convenient for application. If a VLP (Very Low Profile, small size) memory stick is used, its installation height is reduced compared to the standard DIMM memory stick 3. Through the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, under the same conditions, the requirements for the groove spacing are also lower. can be further reduced.

By setting the connector body 1 that can rotate relative to the circuit board 2, it has good versatility and can adapt to different needs of electronic equipment. It does not need to develop and produce a variety of connectors, and can directly replace the connectors in the prior art. For electronic equipment with slot spacing, only one device needs to be used, which saves material coding, purchase and maintenance costs, and low application cost; and can adjust different oblique insertion angles according to different slot spacings, making full use of slot spacing space and board layout space . In specific production, by setting the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention on the circuit board 2, the connector body 1 has many options for the inclination angle of the circuit board 2, the setting method is flexible, and its versatility is high, which can be applied to different slots. Among electronic devices with a wide spacing, it has good compatibility and low application cost.

Further, the connector body 1 is provided with a contact terminal 41 , and the contact terminal 41 can be fixed in the slot 11 . The contact terminal 41 can be used to contact with the golden finger on the DIMM memory stick 3 to transmit signals. The connector body 1 is rotatably disposed on the circuit board 2 , and the contact terminals 41 are electrically connected to the circuit board 2 .

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 10 , the contact terminal 41 is electrically connected to the circuit board 2 through the bendable conductive member 6 . The bendable conductive element 6 can be an elastic conductive element or a flexible conductive element. The elastic conductive parts can be elastic metal reeds 61 and the like, and the flexible conductive parts can be flexible circuit boards 62 and the like.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7 , the elastic metal reed 61 is taken as an example. The elastic metal reed 61 is the electrical connection part of the connector, which can be located inside the slot 11, wherein one end of the elastic metal reed 61 can be connected to the circuit board 2 through the connector pin 7, and the other end is in contact with the contact in the slot 11. The terminal 41 is connected to realize the electrical connection between the DIMM memory stick 3 and the circuit board 2 . The elastic metal reed 61 can use metal materials with strong flexibility and elasticity to support bending at different angles, such as copper alloy springs. In a specific application, the elastic metal reed 61 can be stamped and formed integrally with the contact terminal 41 provided on the connector body 1 , so that the contact reliability is high and poor contact can be avoided. The elastic metal reed 61 can also be welded to the contact terminal 41 or be in frictional contact with the contact terminal 41 . It can be understood that the elastic metal reeds 61 can also be designed as other suitable structures, and the number of the elastic metal reeds 61 can be determined according to actual usage conditions.

As an alternative to the elastic metal reed 61, as shown in Figure 8, a flexible circuit board 62 can also be used to connect between the contact terminal 41 and the circuit board 2, one end of the flexible circuit board 62 can be connected to the contact terminal 41, and the other end Connect to the connector pin 7, which can be soldered on the circuit board 2. As shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 , when the angle of the connector body 1 is changed, the bending angle of the flexible circuit board 62 can be changed accordingly, and the contact terminals 41 on the connector body 1 can be made of conventional metal materials.

Of course, the contact terminal 41 can also be electrically connected to the connector pin 7 through a conductive slip ring. The so-called conductive slip ring can be applied to electrical contact sliding connection, also known as collector ring, or rotating joint, rotating electrical interface, slip ring, collector ring, return ring, coil, commutator, adapter, is to realize A precision power transmission device for data signal transmission of two relative rotating mechanisms. The connector body 1 can be rotatably connected to the circuit board 2 through the conductive slip ring, and at the same time, the contact terminal 41 can also be electrically connected to the circuit board 2 through the conductive slip ring.

In the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, by designing the connector body 1 to be rotatably connected to the circuit board 2, the angle of the connector body 1 relative to the circuit board 2 can be adjusted, and the connector body 1 of the same structure can be applied to different The groove spacing is very flexible, and the arrangement method is very flexible, which can directly replace the fixed straight-insert or oblique-insert connectors in the prior art.

The angle-adjustable connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to electronic equipment with various slot widths (slot pitches), and overcomes the problem that the fixed-angle connectors in the prior art have to reduce the board space for certain slot pitches. Due to the low utilization rate, the frame and single board design can choose the most suitable and optimal slot pitch according to the application requirements without considering the limitations of memory modules, so as to optimize the performance design of the board.

Moreover, the connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention has good versatility, can reduce the types of purchased devices, facilitates material preparation and maintenance, and is beneficial to reduce product costs.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements or improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention Inside.

Claims (9)

1. A connector, characterized in that it includes a connector body that can be turned over relative to the circuit board, a slot is provided on the connector body, a contact terminal is provided on the connector body, and the contact terminal is electrically connected On the circuit board; between the connector body and the rotating support seat, there is a locking structure for clamping the connector body to lock the connector body at a required angle. The lock The buckle structure includes a lock groove arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the connector body and a lock catch which is arranged on the rotating support seat and can be movably snapped into the lock groove, and the lock catch is slidably stuck in the lock groove, or, the The lock buckle is elastically snapped into the lock slot. 2. The connector according to claim 1, characterized in that, the connector further comprises a rotating support seat fixedly arranged on the circuit board, and the connector body is rotatably connected to the rotating support through a rotating shaft structure seat. 3. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the rotating shaft structure includes a rotating shaft; the rotating shaft is fixedly arranged on the connector body, and a rotating hole is provided on the rotating supporting base, so that The rotating shaft is rotatably inserted in the rotating hole of the rotating support seat. 4. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the rotating shaft structure includes a rotating shaft; the rotating shaft is fixedly arranged on the rotating support base, and a rotating hole is opened on the connector body, so that The rotating hole is rotatably sleeved on the rotating shaft. 5 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein there are at least two lock slots, and each of the lock slots is circumferentially arranged with the central axis of rotation of the connector body as a center. 6 . 6. The connector according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the contact terminal is electrically connected to the circuit board through a bendable conductive member. 7. The connector according to claim 6, wherein the bendable conductive element is an elastic conductive element or a flexible conductive element. 8. The connector according to claim 7, wherein the elastic conductive member is an elastic reed and integrally formed with the contact terminal. 9. The connector according to claim 7, wherein the flexible conductive member is a flexible circuit board.