Board connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017294725-A1
Application number	US-201715471559-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 28, 2017
Priority date	Apr 12, 2016
Publication date	Oct 12, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A board connector ( 10 ) includes a receptacle ( 20 ) fittable to a mating connector and fixing members ( 60 ) for fixing the receptacle ( 20 ) to a circuit board ( 90 ). The receptacle ( 20 ) is in the form of a rectangular tube and has a pair of side walls ( 21 ) facing each other in a width direction and a bottom wall ( 22 ) and a ceiling wall ( 23 ) facing each other in a height direction. At least either the side walls ( 21 ) or the bottom wall ( 22 ) include(s) mounting recesses ( 31 ) for mounting the fixing members ( 60 ) within a wall thickness between an inner side surface and an outer side surface of the receptacle ( 20 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A board connector, comprising:
a receptacle ( 20 ) fittable to a mating connector, the receptacle ( 20 ) defining a substantially a rectangular tube and having two side walls ( 21 ) facing each other in a width direction and a bottom wall ( 22 ) and a ceiling wall ( 23 ) facing each other in a height direction; and a fixing member ( 60 , 60 A, 60 B, 60 C, 60 D) for fixing the receptacle to a circuit board ( 90 ), wherein at least one of the side wall ( 21 ) and the bottom wall ( 22 ) includes a mounting recess ( 31 , 31 B, 31 C, 31 D) for mounting the fixing member ( 60 , 60 A, 60 B, 60 C, 60 D) within a wall thickness between an inner side surface and an outer side surface of the receptacle ( 20 ).

2 . The board connector of claim 1 , wherein the mounting recesses ( 31 , 31 B, 31 C) are arranged within wall thicknesses of the side walls ( 21 ).

3 . The board connector of claim 2 , wherein the receptacle ( 20 ) has a back wall ( 24 ) and the mounting recess ( 31 , 31 B, 31 C) is open toward a side from which a terminal fitting ( 50 ) to be mounted through the back wall ( 24 ) is to be inserted.

4 . The board connector of claim 1 , wherein the side wall ( 21 ) includes an erroneous connection prevention receiving groove ( 28 ) for receiving an erroneous connection preventing portion of the mating connector, the erroneous connection prevention receiving groove ( 28 ) is open on an inner side surface of the side wall ( 21 ), a part of the side wall ( 21 ) between the erroneous connection prevention receiving groove ( 28 ) and the bottom wall ( 22 ) having a larger height than a part of the side wall ( 21 ) between the erroneous connection prevention receiving groove ( 28 ) and of the ceiling wall ( 23 ), and the mounting recess ( 31 , 31 B, 31 C, 31 D) is arranged within a wall thickness of the part of the side wall ( 21 ) between the erroneous connection prevention receiving groove ( 28 ) and the bottom wall ( 22 ).

5 . The board connector of claim 1 , wherein the fixing member ( 60 , 60 A, 60 B, 60 C, 60 D) is a metal plate and includes an inserting piece ( 61 , 61 A, 61 B, 61 C, 61 D) extending in an inserting direction into the mounting recess ( 31 , 31 B, 31 C, 31 D) and a fixing piece ( 62 , 62 A, 62 B, 62 C, 62 D) extending from the inserting piece toward the circuit board ( 90 ).

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Kang Liping
• Okamura Kenji

Classifications

• H01R12/716 Primary

  Coupling device provided on the PCB · CPC title

• H01R12/7052 Primary

  characterised by the locating members · CPC title

• H01R12/707

  Soldering or welding · CPC title

• H01R12/7011

  Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB · CPC title

• H01R12/71 Primary

  for rigid printing circuits or like structures · CPC title