Movable connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10971850-B2
Application number	US-201916658953-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2019
Priority date	Oct 23, 2018
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

A movable connector including a stationary housing for fixing to a substrate, a movable housing capable of moving relative to the stationary housing, and a restriction fitting that has been integrated with the stationary housing. The restriction fitting includes a counterpart engagement portion. The counterpart engagement portion is configured to abut an engagement portion that is part of the movable housing from a connector upward direction so as to enable the engagement portion to be restrained in a restraint space that is a predetermined region. The counterpart engagement portion forms a through-pass section to permit the engagement portion to pass into the restraint space from outside.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A movable connector comprising:
a stationary housing to be fixed to a substrate;
a movable housing capable of moving relative to the stationary housing; and
a restriction fitting that has been formed separately from the stationary housing and has been integrated with the stationary housing, the restriction fitting including a substrate fixing portion to be fixed to the substrate, wherein:
the restriction fitting includes a counterpart engagement portion, the counterpart engagement portion being configured to abut an engagement portion that is part of the movable housing from a connector upward direction so as to enable the engagement portion to be restrained in a restraint space that is a predetermined region, and
the counterpart engagement portion forms a through-pass section to permit the engagement portion to pass into the restraint space from outside.

2. The movable connector of claim 1 , wherein:
the movable connector further comprises a terminal including:
a stationary-side retained portion retained at the stationary housing,
a movable-side retained portion retained at the movable housing, and
an elastically deformable movable portion positioned between the stationary-side retained portion and the movable-side retained portion;

retention of the stationary-side retained portion with respect to the stationary housing is achieved by performing insert molding; and
retention of the movable-side retained portion with respect to the movable housing is achieved by performing press-fitting.

3. The movable connector of claim 1 , wherein the stationary housing and the restriction fitting are integrated together by insert molding.

4. The movable connector of claim 1 , wherein the engagement portion includes an inclined portion to guide the engagement portion into the through-pass section.

5. The movable connector of claim 1 , wherein the counterpart engagement portion includes an inclined portion to guide the engagement portion into the through-pass section.

6. The movable connector of claim 1 , wherein the restriction fitting is deformable so as to widen the through-pass section.

7. A movable connector comprising:
a stationary housing to be fixed to a substrate;
a movable housing capable of moving relative to the stationary housing; and
a restriction fitting that has been integrated with the stationary housing, wherein:
the restriction fitting includes a counterpart engagement portion, the counterpart engagement portion being configured to abut an engagement portion that is part of the movable housing from a connector upward direction so as to enable the engagement portion to be restrained in a restraint space that is a predetermined region, and
the counterpart engagement portion forms a through-pass section to permit the engagement portion to pass into the restraint space from outside;

wherein the restriction fitting is deformable so as to widen the through-pass section;
wherein the restriction fitting includes:
an upward-extending portion extending toward the connector upward direction and having a plate thickness direction tilted by deformation of the restriction fitting; and
a folded portion formed by folding a leading end side of the upward-extending portion back toward the through-pass section.

8. The movable connector of claim 7 , wherein the folded portion includes an inclined portion inclined toward the through-pass section on progression toward a connector downward direction.

9. The movable connector of claim 7 , wherein:
the plate thickness direction of the upward-extending portion is oriented in a connector width direction; and
the engagement portion is configured so as not to abut the upward-extending portion from the connector width direction by a through hole being formed in the upward-extending portion.

10. The movable connector of claim 9 , wherein a lower end of the folded portion and an upper edge of the through hole together configure an abutting portion that abuts the movable housing and limits a movement range of the movable housing in the connector upward direction.

11. The movable connector of claim 7 , wherein the folded portion is configured including a vertical portion having a plate thickness direction oriented in a connector width direction and contacting a side wall of the movable housing.

12. A movable connector comprising:
a stationary housing to be fixed to a substrate;
a movable housing capable of moving relative to the stationary housing; and
a restriction fitting that has been integrated with the stationary housing, wherein:
the restriction fitting includes a counterpart engagement portion, the counterpart engagement portion being configured to abut an engagement portion that is part of the movable housing from a connector upward direction so as to enable the engagement portion to be restrained in a restraint space that is a predetermined region, and
the counterpart engagement portion forms a through-pass section to permit the engagement portion to pass into the restraint space from outside;

wherein a gouged groove corresponding to a plate thickness of the counterpart engagement portion is formed in the engagement portion.

Assignees

• Iriso Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shioda Hideki
• Ohkuma Yoshihito

Classifications

• H01R13/20

  Pins, blades, or sockets shaped, or provided with separate member, to retain co-operating parts together · CPC title

• H01R43/205

  with a panel or printed circuit board · CPC title

• H01R12/716 Primary

  Coupling device provided on the PCB · CPC title

• H01R13/02

  Contact members · CPC title

• H01R24/60

  Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement · CPC title