IP Library Granted Patent US 12683311
Granted Patent B2
US 12683311 · App. 18/429,480 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Connector

Inventors: Hideyo Tagami (Yamato, JP); Junichi Asanuma (Yamato, JP)
Assignee: Molex, LLC
H01R12/79H01R12/88H01R13/502
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12683311
App. No.
18/429,480
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

For a connector 10, a stopper surface 35 a interferes with a stopper contacted surface 53 a when an actuator 50 is in an upright orientation and this restricts movement of the actuator 50 around a support shaft part 52 beyond the upright orientation. The cam control surface 25 c and stopper surface 35 a are positioned more to the back than at least a part of the support shaft part 52.

Claims (24)

1 . A connector, comprising:

a plurality of terminals, each including a contact point and lined up in a first direction;

a housing for retaining the plurality of terminals open facing a first side in a second direction that intersects with the first direction, and into which a flat cable can be inserted through the opening;

an actuator including a cam part for deforming the terminals to press the contact points against the flat cable surface and a stopper contacted surface;

a cam control surface positioned on a second side in the second direction relative to the cam part that controls movement of the cam part toward the second side; and

a stopper surface, wherein

the actuator is supported by a support shaft part positioned at the end of the actuator in the first direction that enables rotating between an upright orientation and a horizontal orientation,

the horizontal orientation is an orientation where the cam part causes deformation to the plurality of terminals to press the contact points against the flat cable, and the upright orientation is an orientation that eliminates deformation of the plurality of terminals caused by the cam part,

there is interference between the stopper surface and the stopper contacted surface when the actuator is in the upright orientation and this restricts movement of the actuator around the support shaft part beyond the upright orientation, and

the cam control surface and stopper surface are positioned more to the second side in the second direction than at least a part of the support shaft part.

2 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the position of the stopper surface in the second direction is the same as the cam control surface position or more to the second side in the second direction than the cam control surface position.

3 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing includes a pair of arm parts extending towards the second side in the second direction,

the actuator is provided between the pair of arm parts, and

the stopper surface is formed on this pair of arm parts.

4 . The connector according to claim 3 , wherein

a stopper protruding part protruding toward the center of the connector is formed on this pair of arm parts in the first direction, and

the stopper protruding part includes a surface facing the second side in the second direction as the stopper surface.

5 . The connector according to claim 3 , wherein

the actuator includes a stopper protruding part contacted part protruding in the first direction, and

the stopper protruding part includes a surface facing the first side in the second direction as the stopper contacted surface.

6 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the stopper surface and stopper contacted surface includes a first edge part positioned to the center in the first direction and a second edge part positioned to the outside in the first direction, and

at least one of the stopper surface and the stopper contacted surface is inclined such that the second edge part is positioned more to the first side than the first edge part in the second direction.