Connector set and connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9425526-B2
Application number	US-201514717377-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2015
Priority date	Jun 5, 2014
Publication date	Aug 23, 2016
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

An outer peripheral surface of a first anchoring terminal has a first surface facing one side of a second direction and a second surface facing one side of a third direction in a first corner portion, and a third surface facing the other side of the second direction and a fourth surface facing the other side of the third direction in a second corner portion. An inner peripheral surface of a second anchoring terminal has a fifth surface facing the other side of the second direction and a sixth surface facing the other side of the third direction in the first corner portion, and a seventh surface facing the one side of the second direction and an eighth surface facing the one side of the third direction in the second corner portion. The first to fourth surfaces make contact with the fifth to eighth surfaces, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector set comprising
a first connector and a second connector,
the first connector including:
a plurality of first connection terminals, each having a first contact portion; and
a first anchoring terminal connected to a ground potential, and the second connector including:
a plurality of second connection terminals, each having a second contact portion; and
a second anchoring terminal connected to a ground potential,

wherein, when the first connector and the second connector are coupled, the plurality of first connection terminals and the plurality of second connection terminals respectively make contact at the first contact portions and the second contact portions and opposite sides of the first connection terminal contact the second connection terminal;
the plurality of first contact portions and the plurality of second contact portions are, when viewed from a first direction, enclosed in a rectangular ring having a first corner portion located in a plane defined by a second direction and a third direction, orthogonal to the second direction and a second corner portion located on the other side of the connector in both the second direction and the third direction;
an outer peripheral surface of the first anchoring terminal in a first corner portion has, when viewed from the first direction, a first surface that faces the second direction and a second surface that faces the third direction, and, in the second corner portion, a third surface that faces opposite to the second direction and a fourth surface that faces opposite to the third direction;
an inner peripheral surface of the second anchoring terminal in the second corner portion has, when viewed from the first direction, a fifth surface that faces opposite to the second direction and, in the second corner portion, a sixth surface that faces opposite to the third direction, and a seventh surface that faces the second direction and an eighth surface that faces the third direction; and
the first surface to the fourth surface make contact with the fifth surface to the eighth surface, respectively, when the first connector and the second connector are coupled.

2. The connector set according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first surface and the second surface configure form a convex curved surface at an end portion of the first anchoring terminal when viewed from a direction opposite to the first direction;
the third surface and the fourth surface configure a convex curved surface at the end portion of the first anchoring terminal when viewed from a direction opposite to the first direction;
the fifth surface and the sixth surface configure a convex curved surface at an end portion of the second anchoring terminal when viewed from a direction opposite to the first direction; and
the seventh surface and the eighth surface configure a convex curved surface at the end portion of the second anchoring terminal when viewed from a direction opposite to the first direction.

3. The connector set according to claim 2 ,
wherein a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion are provided in the outer peripheral surface of the first anchoring terminal, at the first corner portion and the second corner portion, respectively;
a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion are provided in the inner peripheral surface of the second anchoring terminal, at the first corner portion and the second corner portion, respectively; and
the first protruding portion engages with the first recessed portion and the second protruding portion engages with the second recessed portion.

4. The connector set according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first anchoring terminal and the second anchoring terminal make contact with each other to maintain the coupling between the first connector and the second connector, and have, when viewed from the first direction, the rectangular ring shape when the first connector and the second connector are coupled.

5. The connector set according to claim 4 ,
wherein when viewed from the first direction, each of the first connection terminals extends in the second direction from each of the corresponding first contact portions; and
when viewed from the first direction, each of the second connection terminals extends in a direction opposite to the second direction from each of the corresponding second contact portions.

6. The connector set according to claim 5 ,
wherein, when viewed from the first direction, the plurality of first contact portions and the plurality of second contact portions are arranged in a single row in the third direction.

7. The connector set according to claim 6 ,
wherein, of the plurality of first connection terminals and the plurality of second connection terminals, signal terminals to which a signal is supplied and ground terminals connected to a ground potential are disposed in an alternating manner.

8. The connector set according to claim 7 ,
wherein, of the plurality of first connection terminals, two first connection terminals located on both ends of the connector in the third direction are the signal terminals.

9. The connector set according to claim 5 ,
wherein, when viewed from the first direction, the first anchoring terminal has a structure in which a first portion of the ring, located in the second direction relative to the plurality of first contact portions, is cut out.

10. The connector set according to claim 9 ,
wherein when viewed from the first direction, the first connection terminals are drawn out to an outer side portion of the ring via the first portion.

11. The connector set according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first connector further includes:
a first insulative member that holds the first connection terminals and the first anchoring terminal,

the first anchoring terminal has:
a first main body portion having a structure in which the first portion of the ring is cut out; and
a first projection portion that projects from the first main body portion toward the inner side portion of the ring, and

a gap is provided between the first main body portion and the first insulative member when viewed from the first direction by the first insulative member holding the first anchoring terminal only by the first projection portion.

12. A first connector that couples with a second connector including a plurality of second connection terminals and a second anchoring terminal, the first connector comprising:
a plurality of first connection terminals; and
a first anchoring terminal connected to a ground potential,
wherein, when the first connector and the second connector are coupled, the plurality of first connection terminals make contact with the respective second connection terminals at first contact portions and opposite sides of the first connection terminal contact the second connection terminal;
the first contact portions of the plurality of first connection terminals are, when viewed from a first direction, enclosed in a rectangular ring having a first corner portion located in a plane defined by a second direction and a third direction, orthogonal to the second direction, and a second corner portion located on the other side of the connector in both the second direction and the third direction;
an outer peripheral surface of the first anchoring terminal in the first corner portion has, when viewed from the first direction, a first surface that faces the second direction and a second surface that faces the third direction, and, in the second corner portion, a third surface that faces a direction opposite to the second direction and a fourth surface that faces a direction opposite to the third direction; a

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Uratani Chikara

Classifications

• H01R13/6473

  Impedance matching · CPC title

• H01R12/716 Primary

  Coupling device provided on the PCB · CPC title