Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9300064-B2
Application number	US-201414283732-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2014
Priority date	Jan 17, 2014
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A connector includes a housing, contacts arranged and held in the housing, and a shell attached around the housing. The shell is made from a plate and includes an elongated part extending along a sidewall of the housing and a spring piece adapted to contact a ground contact of a mating connector. The spring piece includes a base part protruded from the elongated part in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the elongated part extends and bent so that its front end is positioned inward from the sidewall, an intermediate part extended from the front end of the base part in the direction in which the elongated part extends, and a contact tip extended from a front end of the intermediate part in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the elongated part extends. The intermediate part is spaced away from an inner surface of the sidewall and the contact tip is positioned further inward from the inner surface than the intermediate part and a front end of the contact tip is directed to the side from which the mating connector is inserted. The spring piece of the shell can be made pliant even though the profile of the connector is low. Thus, connector profile reduction can be achieved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector comprising:
a housing;
contacts arranged and held in the housing; and
a shell attached around the housing;
wherein the shell comprises a plate and includes an elongated part extending along a sidewall of the housing and a spring piece configured to contact a ground contact of a mating connector;
the spring piece comprises a base part that protrudes from the elongated part in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the elongated part extends and includes a bend such that a front end of the base part is positioned inwardly of the sidewall, an intermediate part that extends from the front end of the base part in the direction in which the elongated part extends, and a contact tip that extends from a front end of the intermediate part in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the elongated part extends;
the intermediate part is spaced from an inner surface of the sidewall; and
the contact tip is positioned further inward from the inner surface than the intermediate part and a front end of the contact tip is directed to the side from which the mating connector is inserted.

2. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the spring piece has a crank-like configuration in a planar state.

3. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the front end of the contact tip includes a bend so as to extend toward the inner surface.

4. The connector according to claim 2 ,
wherein the front end of the contact tip includes a bend so as to extend toward the inner surface.

5. The connector according to claim 3 ,
wherein the connector is configured to prevent the front end of the contact tip from making contact with other parts of the spring piece when the spring piece contacts a ground contact of the mating connector and deforms.

6. The connector according to claim 4 ,
wherein the connector is configured to prevent the front end of the contact tip from making contact with other parts of the spring piece when the spring piece contacts a ground contact of the mating connector and deforms.

7. The connector according to any one of claims 1 to 6 ,
wherein the spring piece is provided at each of the ends of the length of the elongated part.

8. The connector according to any one of claims 1 to 6 ,
wherein the housing has a rectangular outside shape;
the shell includes extension parts each extending from each end of the elongated part, the extension parts including a bend that extends at a right angle in the same direction; and
the housing is enclosed by a pair of the shells.

9. The connector according to any one of claims 1 to 6 ,
wherein the connector is configured to be surface-mounted on a circuit board; and
a board connection part configured to be connected to a ground trace on the circuit board is provided in the shell.

10. The connector according to claim 1 , the intermediate part of the spring piece extending in a direction transverse to the direction in which the base part protrudes, and the contact tip extending in a direction transverse to the extending direction of the intermediate part.

Assignees

• Japan Aviation Electron
• Jae Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Takenaga Yuichi
• Kamata Kazushi

Classifications

• H01R12/716 Primary

  Coupling device provided on the PCB · CPC title

• H01R13/516

  Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing {, hoods} · CPC title

• H01R13/6582

  with resilient means for engaging mating connector · CPC title

• H01R13/648 Primary

  Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices {, e.g. anti-static shielding}   (coaxially arranged shields H01R24/38) · CPC title

• H01R12/73 Primary

  connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures · CPC title