Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016268733-A1
Application number	US-201615162039-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 23, 2016
Priority date	Dec 26, 2013
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A connector includes connector terminals having an elastically deformable contact portion which contacts an apparatus-terminal of a connection counterpart apparatus, a housing to which the connector terminals are assembled, a rotating member which is rotatable with respect to the housing by an external manipulation, and a movable member which moves the housing toward the connection counterpart apparatus via a motion direction converting mechanism which converts a rotation motion of the rotating member into a linear motion. The motion direction converting mechanism includes at least one projection in one of the housing and the movable member and at least one linear groove which meshes with the projection in the other one of the housing and the movable member, wherein the projection and the linear groove are inclined with respect to a moving direction of the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A connector comprising:
a plurality of connector terminals having an elastically deformable contact portion which contacts an apparatus-terminal of a connection counterpart apparatus; a housing to which the plurality of connector terminals are assembled; a rotating member which is rotatable with respect to the housing by an external manipulation; and a movable member which moves the housing toward the connection counterpart apparatus via a motion direction converting mechanism which converts a rotation motion of the rotating member into a linear motion, and brings the contact portion of the connector terminal into press-contact with the apparatus-terminal, wherein the motion direction converting mechanism includes at least one projection in one of the housing and the movable member and at least one linear groove which meshes with the projection in the other one of the housing and the movable member, wherein the projection and the linear groove are inclined with respect to a moving direction of the housing.

2 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the housing and the movable member respectively have inclination portions which are inclined rearward with respect to the moving direction of the housing in slidable contact with each other, and
the linear groove extends along an inclination of the inclination portion.

3 . The connector according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an exterior member which surrounds the housing and is fixed to the connection counterpart apparatus, wherein a slit which linearly extends along an axial direction of the rotation is formed in one of the housing and the exterior member, and a boss which regulates movement of the housing in a direction other than the axial direction of the rotation being engaged with the slit is formed in the other one of the housing and the exterior member.

4 . The connector according to claim 3 , wherein the rotating member supports the movable member to be freely movable inside the exterior member, and a part of the rotating member is exposed to an outside of the exterior member.

5 . The connector according to claim 3 , further comprising:
the exterior member includes a shield shell which prevents noise generated from an inside of the connector from leaking to the outside.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Kato Hajime
• Goto Tatsuya
• Imai Hiroaki

Classifications

• H01R13/6581

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R13/748

  using one or more screws (H01R13/746 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/631 Primary

  for engagement only · CPC title

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R13/6315 Primary

  allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection (for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence) · CPC title