Connector assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12160058-B2
Application number	US-202217713199-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2022
Priority date	May 17, 2021
Publication date	Dec 3, 2024
Grant date	Dec 3, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a connector assembly capable of suppressing deformation and breakage of a connector that may occur when one of connectors displaces in a connector fitting state. The connector assembly is configured such that a first connector is fitted with a second connector, with one of the first connector and the second connector entering an inside of another, the first connector includes a projection portion that projects to a side on which the second connector is disposed in a fitting direction of the first connector and the second connector, the second connector includes a restriction portion that restricts displacement of the second connector in an intersecting direction intersecting the fitting direction, and, in a state where the first connector is fitted with the second connector, the restriction portion contacts the projection portion in the intersecting direction to restrict displacement of the second connector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector assembly configured such that a first connector is fitted with a second connector, with one of the first connector and the second connector entering an inside of another,
wherein the first connector comprises a first contact, a first housing that holds the first contact, a first shell that surrounds the first housing, and a projection portion that projects to a side on which the second connector is disposed in a fitting direction of the first connector and the second connector,
wherein the first shell comprises an opening at one end thereof in the fitting direction and a bottom wall at another end on an opposite side from the opening in the fitting direction,
wherein the projection portion projects from the bottom wall toward a side on which the opening is situated,
wherein the second connector comprises a second contact to be connected with the first contact, a second housing that holds the second contact, a second shell that surrounds the second housing, and a restriction portion that restricts displacement of the second connector in an intersecting direction intersecting the fitting direction, and
wherein, in a state where the first connector is fitted with the second connector, the restriction portion contacts the projection portion in the intersecting direction to restrict displacement of the second connector.

2. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, in a state where the first connector is fitted with the second connector, the restriction portion is situated on an outer side from the projection portion in the intersecting direction.

3. The connector assembly according to claim 2 ,
wherein the intersecting direction comprises a first intersecting direction and a second intersecting direction that are orthogonal to each other,
wherein the first connector and the second connector extend longer in the second intersecting direction than in the first intersecting direction, and
wherein, in a state where the first connector is fitted with the second connector, the restriction portion is situated on an outer side from the projection portion in the first intersecting direction.

4. The connector assembly according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in a state where the first connector is fitted with the second connector, a shield is provided along the first intersecting direction inside the connector assembly, and
wherein the projection portion is disposed to be closer to a corner of the first connector than the shield is in the second intersecting direction.

5. The connector assembly according to claim 2 ,
wherein the projection portion comprises two projection portions disposed to be separated from each other in the first intersecting direction, and
wherein the restriction portion comprises two restriction portions disposed at positions separately corresponding to the two projection portions in the first intersecting direction.

6. The connector assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the first housing is held between the two projection portions to be thereby attached to the first shell.

7. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the projection portion is formed of a same material as that of the bottom wall and is integrated with the bottom wall.

8. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the projection portion and the bottom wall are formed of a single metal sheet.

9. The connector assembly according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second shell comprises an extending wall that extends in the fitting direction and a curved wall that is curved from an end in the fitting direction of the extending wall toward an inner side in the intersecting direction, and
wherein the restriction portion is provided at an end portion on an inner side in the intersecting direction in the curved wall.

10. The connector assembly according to claim 9 ,
wherein a cutout is formed at the end portion on the inner side in the intersecting direction in the curved wall, and
wherein, of the curved wall, a portion where the cutout is formed constitutes the restriction portion.

11. The connector assembly according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first connector is fitted with the second connector, with the second connector entering an inside of the first connector,
wherein the second housing comprises a side wall at an end portion in the intersecting direction of the second housing,
wherein the second connector further comprises a reinforcing member having a higher rigidity than that of the second housing, and
wherein part of the reinforcing member is attached to the side wall while being interposed between an outer surface and an inner surface of the side wall, the outer surface being situated on a side facing the second shell, and the inner surface being situated on an opposite side from the outer surface.

Assignees

• Japan Aviation Electronics Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Oosaka Junji
• Yokoyama Yohei

Classifications

• H01R13/502

  composed of different pieces (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/504

  different pieces being moulded, cemented, welded, e.g. ultrasonic welding, or swaged together · CPC title

• H01R13/629

  Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure {electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances (separate tools or apparatus H01R43/26)} · CPC title

• H01R13/518

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

• H01R13/6585

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