CONNECTOR, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE FIXING DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector that ensures electrical contact without applying more than necessary contact pressure, in a configuration in which spring contact parts of a contact terminal are in electrical contact with electrical contact points provided on both front and rear faces, and thereby eliminating requirement of high accuracy in dimensions of components.SOLUTION: A connector includes: a contact terminal 14 in a cross-sectional U-shape that has a pair of spring contact parts 16a and 16b brought into pressure contact with electrode parts 10 provided on both front and rear faces of a planar exothermic heater 5 with a predetermined contact pressure from both front and rear faces of the planar exothermic heater 5; a space 15b in a cross-sectional U-shape into which the contact terminal 14 is inserted movably in the front and rear face direction of the exothermic heater 5; an opening 6b that allows the spring contact points 16a and 16b to be in contact with the electrode parts 10 provided on both front and rear faces of the planar exothermic heater 5; and a housing member 15 in a cross-sectional U-shape that accommodates the contact terminal 14.