Board connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10971833-B2
Application number	US-201916726314-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2019
Priority date	Dec 25, 2018
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

A board connector includes fixing members ( 60 ) to be mounted into a connector housing ( 10 ). Each fixing member ( 60 ) includes a plate-like housing mounting portion ( 61 ) to be arranged along a surface ( 12 ) of the connector housing ( 10 ) and a board fixing portion ( 62 ) connected to the housing mounting portion ( 61 ) and to be fixed to a surface of a circuit board ( 90 ) by soldering. The housing mounting portion ( 61 ) includes a flat plate ( 63 ) near the circuit board ( 90 ), a flat plate ( 64 ) distant from the circuit board ( 90 ) and a bent portion ( 65 ) between the respective flat plates ( 63, 64 ) and bulging in a plate thickness direction with respect to the flat plates ( 63, 64 ). The bent portion ( 65 ) is provided over an entire width of the housing mounting portion ( 61 ) in a plate width direction between the flat plates ( 63, 64 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A board connector, comprising:
a connector housing; and
a fixing member to be mounted into the connector housing;
wherein:
the fixing member includes a plate-like housing mounting portion having a rear surface extending between opposed first and second side edges and to be arranged along a wall surface of the connector housing and a board fixing portion connected to the housing mounting portion and to be fixed to a surface of a circuit board by soldering;
the housing mounting portion includes a lower flat plate on a side near the circuit board and an upper flat plate distant from the circuit board, the lower flat plate and the upper flat plate arranged in contact with the wall surface, and a bent portion bulging forward in a plate thickness direction with respect to the respective lower and upper flat plates and disposed between the respective lower and upper flat plates in a height direction so as to be spaced forward from the wall surface; and
the bent portion extends from the first side edge to the second side edge of the housing mounting portion in a plate width direction between the respective flat plates.

2. The board connector of claim 1 , wherein:
a plate width of the bent portion is smaller than a plate width of each lower and upper flat plates; and
the housing mounting portion is provided with two recesses recessed inwardly in the plate width direction with respect to both ends of each flat plate portion in the plate width direction on both ends of the bent portion in the plate width direction.

3. The board connector of claim 2 , wherein each of the recesses has an open end and a closed end, an edge of each of the recesses near the closed end being at a height equal to or lower than a corner of the recess at the open end that is closest to the circuit board.

4. The board connector of claim 3 , wherein an edge of each of the recesses facing toward the circuit board is inclined down toward the closed end in the plate width direction.

5. The board connector of claim 4 , wherein:
the bent portion bulges in a direction away from the wall surface of the connector housing; and
the board fixing portion is connected to the lower flat plate and projects away from the wall surface of the connector housing.

6. The board connector of claim 2 , wherein an edge of each of the recesses facing toward the circuit board is inclined down toward the closed end in the plate width direction.

7. The board connector of claim 1 , wherein:
the bent portion bulges in a direction away from the wall surface of the connector housing; and
the board fixing portion is connected to the lower flat plate and projects away from the wall surface of the connector housing.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Hashimoto Norihito
• Kanemura Keisuke
• Kubota Motoki
• Kang Liping
• Mitsui Shohei
• Yamanaka Wataru
• Kasuga Masanobu
• Hirano Ai

Classifications

• H01R12/722

  coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits · CPC title

• H01R12/57 Primary

  surface mounting terminals · CPC title

• H01R12/51

  for rigid printed circuits or like structures · CPC title

• H01R4/02

  Soldered or welded connections {(H01R4/625, H01R4/723, H01R12/59 take precedence)} · CPC title

• H01R12/707 Primary

  Soldering or welding · CPC title