Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9948038-B2
Application number	US-201615047462-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2016
Priority date	Apr 10, 2015
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

A connector comprises an outer member, which is made of resin coated with a conductive plating layer, and an inserted portion, which is inserted into an insertion hole of a case rearward in a front-rear direction when the connector is attached to the case. The outer member has a body portion, a flange and an attached surface which is formed of a rear surface of the body portion and a rear surface of the flange. The flange protrudes from the body portion in a perpendicular plane perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The inserted portion is located inward of the body portion in the perpendicular plane. The rear surface of the body portion is formed with a pressure contact portion which surrounds the inserted portion in the perpendicular plan. The pressure contact portion is formed with a contact surface which is located rearward of the rear surface of the flange.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector attachable to a case formed with an insertion hole, the connector comprising a contact, a holding member, an outer member and an inserted portion, wherein:
the outer member is made of resin coated with a conductive plating layer;
the holding member holds the contact;
the outer member, at least in part, accommodates the holding member;
the inserted portion is configured to be inserted into the insertion hole rearward in a front-rear direction when the connector is attached to the case;
the outer member has a body portion, a flange and an attached surface;
the flange protrudes from the body portion in a perpendicular plane perpendicular to the front-rear direction;
the attached surface is formed of a rear surface of the body portion and a rear surface of the flange;
the inserted portion projects rearward beyond the attached surface and is located inward of the body portion in the perpendicular plane;
the rear surface of the body portion is formed with a pressure contact portion which surrounds the inserted portion with no break in the perpendicular plane;
the pressure contact portion is integrally formed on the rear surface of the body portion and is coated with the conductive plating layer that coats the outer member;
the pressure contact portion is formed with a contact surface which is coated with the conductive plating layer and is located rearward of the rear surface of the flange;
the inserted portion is formed with a space which passes through the inserted portion in the front-rear direction; and
the contact is, at least in part, accommodated in the space.

2. The connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the inserted portion is formed integrally with the outer member; and
the pressure contact portion is formed on a boundary between the rear surface of the body portion and the inserted portion in the perpendicular plane.

3. The connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the inserted portion is formed separately from the outer member; and
the pressure contact portion is formed on an innermost part of the rear surface of the body portion in the perpendicular plane.

4. The connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein the contact surface is perpendicular to the front-rear direction.

5. The connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein the attached surface is formed with an accommodation ditch which surrounds the pressure contact portion with no break in the perpendicular plane.

6. The connector as recited in claim 5 , wherein the accommodation ditch accommodates a sealing member.

7. The connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the body portion and the inserted portion has a circumference surface which is formed on a circumference in the perpendicular plane and formed with a screw.

8. A connector attachable to a case formed with an insertion hole, the connector comprising a contact, a holding member and an outer member, wherein:
the outer member is made of resin coated with a conductive plating layer;
the holding member holds the contact;
the outer member, at least in part, accommodates the holding member;
the outer member has a body portion, a flange, an inserted portion and a pressure contact portion;
the inserted portion is configured to be inserted into the insertion hole rearward in a front-rear direction when the connector is attached to the case;
the flange protrudes from the body portion in a perpendicular plane perpendicular to the front-rear direction;
the inserted portion projects rearward beyond a rear surface of the flange;
the body portion is located inward of the inserted portion in the perpendicular plane;
the pressure contact portion is formed on a boundary between the rear surface of the flange and the inserted portion in the perpendicular plane and surrounds the inserted portion with no break in the perpendicular plane;
the pressure contact portion is coated with the conductive plating layer that coats the outer member;
the pressure contact portion projects rearward beyond the rear surface of the flange and is formed with a contact surface which is coated with the conductive plating layer and is located rearward of the rear surface of the flange;
the inserted portion is formed with a space which passes through the inserted portion in the front-rear direction; and
the contact is, at least in part, accommodated in the space.

9. The connector as recited in claim 8 , wherein the contact surface is perpendicular to the front-rear direction.

10. The connector as recited in claim 8 , wherein the rear surface of the flange is formed with an accommodation ditch which surrounds the pressure contact portion with no break in the perpendicular plane.

11. The connector as recited in claim 10 , wherein the accommodation ditch accommodates a sealing member.

12. The connector as recited in claim 8 , wherein at least one of the body portion and the inserted portion has a circumference surface which is formed on a circumference in the perpendicular plane and formed with a screw.

Assignees

• Japan Aviation Electronics Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Katou Ryou
• Miyashita Takashi
• Furukatsu Kazuhiko

Classifications

• H01R24/52 Primary

  mounted in or to a panel or structure · CPC title

• H01R13/5202

  Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings · CPC title

• H01R24/40 Primary

  specially adapted for high frequency · CPC title