Electrical connector assembled component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9147952-B2
Application number	US-201314101649-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2013
Priority date	Dec 18, 2012
Publication date	Sep 29, 2015
Grant date	Sep 29, 2015

Abstract

An electrical connector assembled component includes a first attachment connector for attaching to a first circuit board member; a second attachment connector for attaching to a second circuit member; and an intermediate connector that is provided between the first attachment connector and the second attachment connector. The intermediate connector has conducting terminals in the housing. The first attachment connector and the second attachment connector have first receiving terminals and second receiving terminals. Each conducting terminal has a first contact section; a second contact section; and a joining section. An elastic cylindrical member is made of metal and can elastically deform in the radial direction so as to allow movement of the first contact section and the second contact section. The elastic cylindrical member contacts with the first contact section and the first receiving terminal or the second contact section and the second receiving terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector assembled component comprising:
a first attachment connector be attached to a first circuit board;
a second attachment connector to be attached to a second circuit board; and
an intermediate connector disposed between the first attaching connector and the second attaching connector for connecting the first attaching connector to the second attaching connector,
wherein said intermediate connector includes a housing and a first power source terminal disposed in the housing,
said first power source terminal includes a first contact portion at one end portion thereof, a second contact portion at the other end portion thereof, and a joint portion joining the first contact portion and the second contact portion so that a first axial line of the first contact portion crosses a second axial line of the second contact portion,
said first attaching connector includes a first receiving terminal for receiving and contacting with the first contact portion,
said second attaching connector includes a second receiving terminal for receiving and contacting with the second contact portion,
at least one of said first receiving terminal, said second receiving terminal, said first contact portion, and said second contact portion includes an elastic cylindrical member so that the first contact portion and the second contact portion are capable of inclining and moving in a radial direction at an arbitrary angle position along a circumferential direction around the first axial line and the second axial line, and
said elastic cylindrical member includes a circumferential surface contacting between the first contact portion and the first receiving terminal and/or between the second contact portion and the second receiving terminal in an elastically deformed state.

2. The electrical connector assembled component according to claim 1 , wherein said joint portion is formed of a plate member having a plate surface extending in a direction perpendicular to a plain containing the axial line and the second axial line.

3. The electrical connector assembled component according to claim 1 , wherein said housing includes a first housing half body and a second housing half body, and
said first housing half body and said second housing half body are divided along a plain containing the axial line and the second axial line so that the first housing half body is attached to second housing half body.

4. The electrical connector assembled component according to claim 1 , wherein said intermediate connector further includes a second power source terminal disposed in the housing, and a holding member for holding the first power source terminal and the second source terminal.

5. The electrical connector assembled component according to claim 1 , wherein said intermediate connector further includes a spring member disposed between the joint portion and the housing for holding the first power source terminal.

6. The electrical connector assembled component according to claim 1 , wherein said elastic cylindrical member is formed of a metal plate having a cylindrical shape,
said elastic cylindrical member includes a plurality of slits extending in an axial line direction along the circumferential direction and disposed between end portions of the elastic cylindrical member in the axial line direction, and
said elastic cylindrical member includes a ring shape contracted portion at a middle portion thereof in the axial line direction, said ring shape contracted portion having a diameter smaller than that of the end portions of the elastic cylindrical member in the axial line direction so that the elastic cylindrical member is capable of being retained in the first receiving terminal and/or the second receiving terminal.

Assignees

• Hirose Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kikuchi Takashi
• Matsuzawa Atsushi

Classifications

• H01R12/737

  Printed circuits being substantially perpendicular to each other (for printed connections H05K3/366) · CPC title

• H01R13/627

  Snap or like fastening · CPC title

• H01R13/625

  Casing or ring with bayonet engagement · CPC title

• H01R12/7082 Primary

  Coupling device supported only by cooperation with PCB · CPC title

• H01R13/187

  with spring member in the socket · CPC title