Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12531382-B2
Application number	US-202118251003-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2021
Priority date	Oct 29, 2020
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

A connector having excellent high speed transmission performance while also having a positional misplacement accommodation function is provided.
A connector includes a signal terminal including a terminal contact portion capable of making electrically contiguous contact with a first contact portion of a connection target for connection from a Z direction one side, a housing that retains the signal terminal, and a shell that surrounds at least part of the signal terminal. The shell includes a shield contact portion that makes electrically contiguous contact with a second contact portion of the connection target. The shell is able to displace in the Z direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A connector comprising:
a signal terminal as a single body including a connection portion configured for connection to an attachment target and a terminal contact portion configured to make electrically conductive contact with a first contact portion of a connection target for connection from a Z direction one side; a housing that retains the signal terminal; and a shell that surrounds at least part of the signal terminal, wherein in the connector:
the shell includes a shield contact portion configured to make electrically conductive contact with a second contact portion of the connection target; and
the shell is displaceable in a Z direction.

2 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein:
the shell includes a top face portion positioned at the Z direction one side of the housing; and an opening is formed at a center of the top face portion so as to expose the terminal contact portion.

3 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein the shell includes a side face portion that surrounds the signal terminal from a direction orthogonal to the Z direction.

4 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein the connector includes a resilient support portion that resiliently supports the shell so that the shell is displaceable in the Z direction.

5 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein:
the connector includes a ground terminal configured to make electrically conductive connection between the attachment target to which the connector is attached and the shell.

6 . The connector of claim 5 , wherein:
the shell and the ground terminal are separate; the ground terminal includes a resilient support portion that resiliently supports the shell so that the shell is displaceable in the Z direction; and the resilient support portion includes a shell contact portion that electrically connects the ground terminal and the shell together by making electrically conductive contact with the shell.

7 . The connector of claim 5 , wherein:
the shell and the ground terminal are separate; the shell is formed as a single body with the resilient support portion to resiliently support the shell so that the shell is displaceable in the Z direction by contacting the housing; and the ground terminal includes a shell contact portion that makes electrically conductive contact with the shell.

8 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein:
a direction in which the shield contact portion contacts the second contact portion of the connection target, and a direction in which the terminal contact portion contacts the first contact portion of the connection target, are both the Z direction.

9 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein, in an initial state, the shield contact portion is positioned further toward the Z direction one side than the terminal contact portion.

10 . A connector comprising:
a signal terminal including a terminal contact portion configured to make electrically conductive contact with a first contact portion of a connection target for connection from a Z direction one side; a housing that retains the signal terminal; and a shell that surrounds at least part of the signal terminal, wherein in the connector:
the shell includes a shield contact portion configured to make electrically conductive contact with a second contact portion of the connection target; and
the shell is displaceable in a Z direction, wherein:
the shell includes a side face portion that surrounds the signal terminal from a direction orthogonal to the Z direction;
the side face portion is shaped to surround the signal terminal from the direction orthogonal to the Z direction by performing bend processing on a plate material; and a portion is formed where the plate material overlaps with itself such that a gap does not arise in a shape surrounding the signal terminal from the direction orthogonal to the Z direction.

11 . A connector comprising:
a signal terminal including a terminal contact portion configured to make electrically conductive contact with a first contact portion of a connection target for connection from a Z direction one side; a housing that retains the signal terminal; and a shell that surrounds at least part of the signal terminal, wherein in the connector:
the shell includes a shield contact portion configured to make electrically conductive contact with a second contact portion of the connection target; and
the shell is displaceable in a Z direction, wherein:
the shell includes a top face portion disposed at the Z direction one side of the housing, and a side face portion that surrounds the signal terminal from a direction orthogonal to the Z direction further toward a Z direction other side than the top face portion; an opening is formed at a center of the top face portion so as to expose the terminal contact portion; the side face portion is configured from a plurality of plate portions each connected to the top face portion via a bent portion; and parts of adjacent plate portions from among the plurality of plate portions overlap with each other.

12 . A connector comprising:
a signal terminal including a terminal contact portion configured to make electrically conductive contact with a first contact portion of a connection target for connection from a Z direction one side; a housing that retains the signal terminal; and a shell that surrounds at least part of the signal terminal, wherein in the connector:
the shell includes a shield contact portion configured to make electrically conductive contact with a second contact portion of the connection target; and
the shell is displaceable in a Z direction, wherein:
the housing includes a pair of terminal close-proximity walls opposing each other in a Y direction; the signal terminal is disposed between the pair of terminal close-proximity walls; and the connector includes a pair of assist plates having plate thickness directions facing in the Y direction, and disposed at a Y direction outer side with respect to the pair of terminal close-proximity walls.

13 . The connector of claim 12 , wherein:
the signal terminal includes a retained portion that is retained between the pair of terminal close-proximity walls; a portion of the pair of terminal close-proximity walls where the retained portion is retained includes a face at the Y direction outer side which is enlarged toward the Y direction outer side compared to other portions; and the pair of assist plates are shaped to run along Y direction outer side faces of the pair of terminal close-proximity walls.

14 . The connector of claim 12 , further comprising a pair of movable assist plates having plate thickness directions facing in the Y direction and displacing in the Z direction together with displacement of the shell in the Z direction, wherein:
a portion of the signal terminal that projects out from the housing toward the Z direction one side is positioned between the pair of movable assist plates.

15 . A connector comprising:
a signal terminal including a terminal contact portion configured to make electrically conductive contact with a first contact portion of a connection target for connection from a Z direction one side; a housing that retains the signal terminal; and a shell that surrounds at least part of the signal terminal, wherein in the connector:
the shell includes a shield contact portion configured to make electrically conductive contact with a second contact portion of the connection target; and
the shell is displaceable in a Z direction, wherein:
the shell is formed as a single body with the resilient support portion to resiliently support th

Assignees

• Iriso Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sekine Takashi

Classifications

• H01R13/6597

  the conductive member being a contact of the connector · CPC title

• H01R13/502

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

• H01R13/24

  resilient; resiliently-mounted · CPC title

• H01R2201/00

  Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications · CPC title

• H01R2103/00

  Two poles · CPC title