Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9728885-B2
Application number	US-201515309970-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2015
Priority date	Jun 3, 2014
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

A connector is mateable with a mating connector along a front-rear direction. The connector includes a contact member and a ground member. The contact member includes a plurality of contacts and an arrangement member. The arrangement member holds and arranges the contacts in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The arrangement member is provided with two press-fit protrusions and an island-like protrusion. Each of the press-fit protrusions protrudes in a protruding direction perpendicular to both the front-rear direction and the pitch direction. The island-like protrusion protrudes in the protruding direction while extending long in a predetermined direction perpendicular to the protruding direction. The ground member has a plate-like main portion. The main portion of the ground member is formed with two holes and a protrusion accommodation portion. The press-fit protrusions are press-fit into the holes, respectively. The island-like protrusion is accommodated in the protrusion accommodation portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connector mateable with a mating connector along a front-rear direction, wherein:
the connector comprises a contact member and a ground member;
the contact member comprises a plurality of contacts and an arrangement member;
the arrangement member arranges the contacts in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction and holds the contacts;
the arrangement member is provided with two press-fit protrusions and an island-like protrusion;
each of the press-fit protrusions protrudes in a protruding direction perpendicular to both the front-rear direction and the pitch direction;
the island-like protrusion protrudes in the protruding direction and extends long in a predetermined direction perpendicular to the protruding direction;
the island-like protrusion has a first size in the predetermine direction;
each of the press-fit protrusions has a second size in the predetermined direction;
the first size is larger than the second size;
the ground member has a plate-like main portion;
the main portion of the ground member is formed with two holes and a protrusion accommodation portion; and
the press-fit protrusions are press-fit into the holes, respectively, while the island-like protrusion is accommodated in the protrusion accommodation portion.

2. The connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the mating connector has a mating lock portion;
the ground member has a lock portion and a lock spring;
the lock portion locks the mating lock portion;
the lock spring supports the lock portion;
the press-fit protrusion is positioned away from a base of the lock spring by a first distance;
the island-like protrusion is positioned away from the base by a second distance; and
the first distance is shorter than the second distance.

3. The connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the main portion has an end in the front-rear direction; and
the protrusion accommodation portion reaches the end of the main portion of the ground member in a plane perpendicular to the protruding direction.

4. The connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the connector comprising two of the contact members;
the two contact members have structures same as each other;
the main portion of the ground member is formed with two sets each consisting of the two holes and the protrusion accommodation portion; and
the two holes of one of the two sets and the two holes of a remaining one of the two sets are arranged to be axisymmetrical with each other about an axis which passes through a center of the ground member in the pitch direction while extending in the front-rear direction.

5. The connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
each of the press-fit protrusions has a main protrusion portion and a plurality of sub protrusion portions;
the main protrusion portion extends in the protruding direction;
the main protrusion portion is smaller than the corresponding hole of the main portion of the ground member in a plan perpendicular to the protruding direction; and
each of the sub protrusion portions protrudes from the main protrusion portion in a direction perpendicular to the protruding direction while extending in the protruding direction.

6. The connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the arrangement member is formed with two recesses;
the recesses correspond to the press-fit protrusions, respectively;
each of the recesses is recessed in a direction opposite to the protruding direction; and
each of the press-fit protrusions protrudes from an inside of the corresponding recess in the protruding direction.

7. The connector as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a holding member which holds the contact member(s) and the ground member together.

Assignees

• Japan Aviation Electronics Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Yokoyama Yohei

Classifications

• H01R13/502 Primary

  composed of different pieces (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R24/60

  Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement · CPC title

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R13/42 Primary

  Securing in a demountable manner · CPC title

• H01R13/652

  with earth pin, blade or socket · CPC title