Connector and connector assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11949185-B2
Application number	US-202217713202-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2022
Priority date	May 17, 2021
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a connector and a connector assembly with improved properties of a frame while the number of components is further reduced. The connector can be fitted with a counter connector and includes: a frame including a side wall which surrounds the counter connector; a first terminal and a second terminal which are situated inside the frame; and a blocking portion disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal. The side wall seamlessly continues over an entire periphery of the frame, the frame and the blocking portion are constituted of a same member to be integrated with each other, the blocking portion has a joint portion which joins one end portion to another end portion of the frame, and the joint portion is fixed to the board while being in contact with the board continuously from the one end portion to the other end portion of the frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector which can be fitted with a counter connector in a first direction and is fixed to a board, the connector comprising:
a frame including a side wall which surrounds the counter connector in a state where the connector is fitted with the counter connector;
a first terminal and a second terminal which are situated inside the frame and separately disposed at positions different from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and
a blocking portion which is disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal in the second direction,
wherein the side wall seamlessly continues over an entire periphery of the frame,
wherein the frame and the blocking portion are constituted of a same member to be integrated with each other,
wherein the blocking portion has a joint portion which joins one end portion to another end portion of the frame in a third direction intersecting each of the first direction and the second direction, and
wherein the joint portion is fixed to the board while being in contact with the board continuously from the one end portion to the other end portion of the frame.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the joint portion extends in the third direction and is fixed to the board with solder continuously in a range from one end to the other end in the extending direction of the joint portion.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the joint portion linearly extends in the third direction.

4. The connector according to claim 3 ,
wherein the frame has an opening at its one end in the first direction and a bottom wall at its end portion on an opposite side from the opening in the first direction,
wherein the counter connector enters an inside of the frame from the opening and is fitted with the connector, and
wherein the joint portion constitutes part of the bottom wall and joins one end portion to another end portion of the bottom wall in the third direction.

5. The connector according to claim 4 , wherein the side wall, the bottom wall, and the blocking portion are constituted of a same member and seamlessly joined to one another.

6. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the frame has an opening at its one end in the first direction and a bottom wall at its end portion on an opposite side from the opening in the first direction,
wherein the counter connector enters an inside of the frame from the opening and is fitted with the connector, and
wherein the joint portion constitutes part of the bottom wall and joins one end portion to another end portion of the bottom wall in the third direction.

7. The connector according to claim 6 , wherein the side wall, the bottom wall, and the blocking portion are constituted of a same member and seamlessly joined to one another.

8. The connector according to claim 6 ,
wherein the blocking portion has a projection portion which projects from the joint portion toward a side of the opening in the first direction, and
wherein, in the state where the connector is fitted with the counter connector, the projection portion is in contact with a counter blocking portion included in the counter connector in the second direction, whereby the blocking portion and the counter blocking portion constitute an electromagnetic shield.

9. The connector according to claim 8 ,
wherein the side wall, the bottom wall, and the blocking portion are constituted of a same metal sheet,
wherein the joint portion and the projection portion are continuous with each other, and
wherein the projection portion is formed by bending the metal sheet at a boundary position between the joint portion and the projection portion.

10. The connector according to claim 6 ,
wherein the frame has an opening at its one end in the first direction and a bottom wall at its end portion on an opposite side from the opening in the first direction,
wherein the counter connector enters an inside of the frame from the opening and is fitted with the connector, and
wherein the joint portion constitutes part of the bottom wall and joins one end portion to another end portion of the bottom wall in the third direction.

11. The connector according to claim 10 , wherein the side wall, the bottom wall, and the blocking portion are constituted of a same member and seamlessly joined to one another.

12. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the frame has conductivity,
wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are contacts for high frequency signal transmission, and
wherein a plurality of the blocking portions are disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal in the second direction.

13. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the blocking portion is connected to a ground potential.

14. A connector assembly configured such that a connector fixed to a board is fitted with a counter connector in a first direction, the connector assembly comprising:
a frame including a side wall which surrounds the counter connector in a state where the connector is fitted with the counter connector;
a first terminal and a second terminal which are situated inside the frame and separately disposed at positions different from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and
a blocking portion which is disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal in the second direction,
wherein the side wall seamlessly continues over an entire periphery of the frame,
wherein the frame and the blocking portion are constituted of a same member to be integrated with each other,
wherein the blocking portion has a joint portion which joins one end portion to another end portion of the frame in a third direction intersecting each of the first direction and the second direction, and
wherein the joint portion is in contact with the board continuously over a range from the one end portion to the other end portion of the frame.

Assignees

• Japan Aviation Electronics Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Oosaka Junji
• Yokoyama Yohei

Classifications

• H01R13/518 Primary

  for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames · CPC title

• H01R13/6581 Primary

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R43/16

  for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending · CPC title

• H01R13/6585 Primary

  Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts · CPC title

• H01R13/6583 Primary

  with separate conductive resilient members between mating shield members · CPC title