Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9088113-B2
Application number	US-201414475972-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2014
Priority date	Sep 5, 2012
Publication date	Jul 21, 2015
Grant date	Jul 21, 2015

Abstract

A second elastic portion includes a bent section connected via the proximal end portion to a first fixing portion formed so as to circumvent along a shape of a distal end portion and a part of a lateral face of a projecting portion of a first movable housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector comprising:
a housing; and
a terminal including a first contact portion and a second contact portion to be brought into contact with a mating terminal of a mating connector, a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion elastically deformable in a direction to contact the mating terminal, and a first fixing portion fixed to the housing,
wherein the housing includes a central partition wall formed at a central portion of the connector in a front-back direction and extending in the direction to contact the mating terminal, so as to oppose a projecting portion of a housing of the mating connector and to retain the mating terminal when the connectors are fitted together,
the terminal is disposed such that the first fixing portion contacts the central partition wall,
the first and the second elastic portions are formed so as to extend upward from an upper end portion of the first fixing portion and spaced from each other in the front-back direction with the second elastic portion located closer to the central portion in the front-back direction than the first elastic portion, and
the second elastic portion includes a bent section formed close to a proximal end portion connected to the first fixing portion, so as to circumvent along a shape of a distal end portion and a part of a lateral portion of the projecting portion of the mating connector.

2. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bent section is connected via a proximal end portion to the first fixing portion at a position where the bent section contacts the central partition wall, and is bent away from the central partition wall and then curved toward the central portion in the front-back direction.

Assignees

• Iriso Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Funayama Daisuke
• Mitsuzuka Shigeru
• Yamaguchi Tomisaburo

Classifications

• H01R13/20

  Pins, blades, or sockets shaped, or provided with separate member, to retain co-operating parts together · CPC title

• H01R12/716 Primary

  Coupling device provided on the PCB · CPC title

• H01R13/6315

  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

• H01R12/91 Primary

  allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating or self aligning (for coupling devices not specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R13/6315 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R35/02

  Flexible line connectors {without frictional contact members} · CPC title