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Granted Patent B2
US 12695222 · App. 18/564,544 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Board connector

Inventors: Teruo Hara (Mie, JP); Takashi Natsume (Mie, JP); Yicheng Chen (Mie, JP); Shinji Nozaki (Mie, JP); Hiroki Kobayashi (Mie, JP); Sohei Moroki (Mie, JP); Takumi Watanabe (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01R12/62H01R12/716
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12695222
App. No.
18/564,544
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A board connector 1 to be mounted on a circuit board is provided with a connector housing 11 , to which a mating connector is connected from a direction parallel to a board surface of the circuit board, a flexible cable 12 including an electrically conductive path 40 extending in a connection direction, a front part 110 in a connection direction of the electrically conductive path 40 being inserted into the connector housing 11 from behind in the connection direction, a rear part 111 in the connection direction of the electrically conductive path 40 being soldered to the circuit board, and a cable holder 14 to be mounted on a rear side in the connection direction of the connector housing 11 . The flexible cable 12 is curved downward by the cable holder 14.

Claims (24)

1 . A board connector to be mounted on a board, comprising:

a connector housing, a mating connector being connected to the connector housing from a direction parallel to a board surface of the board;

a flexible cable including an electrically conductive path extending in a connection direction, a front part in the connection direction of the electrically conductive path being inserted into the connector housing from behind in the connection direction, a rear part in the connection direction of the electrically conductive path being connected to the board; and

a cable holder to be mounted on a rear side in the connection direction of the connector housing, the cable holder including a path forming portion for forming a cable insertion path, the flexible cable being inserted into the cable insertion path,

wherein the path forming portion includes a slant surface configured such that the flexible cable is obliquely guided toward the board at the slant surface.

2 . The board connector of claim 1 , comprising a reinforcement plate for reinforcing a front part in the connection direction of the flexible cable.

3 . A board connector to be mounted on a board, comprising:

a connector housing, a mating connector being connected to the connector housing from a direction parallel to a board surface of the board;

a flexible cable including an electrically conductive path extending in a connection direction, a front part in the connection direction of the electrically conductive path being inserted into the connector housing from behind in the connection direction, a rear part in the connection direction of the electrically conductive path being connected to the board; and

a cable holder to be mounted on a rear side in the connection direction of the connector housing,

the flexible cable being curved toward the board side by the cable holder if a side where the board is located with respect to the board connector with the board connector mounted on the board surface is defined as the board side,

wherein:

the cable holder is constituted by one member,

the cable holder includes a path forming portion for forming a cable insertion path, the flexible cable being inserted into the cable insertion path, and

the cable insertion path is entirely open on one side in a direction orthogonal to the connection direction and parallel to the board surface of the board.

4 . The board connector of claim 3 , comprising a plurality of the flexible cables disposed apart from each other in a vertical direction if a direction orthogonal to the board surface of the board with the board connector mounted on the board is defined as the vertical direction,

wherein the cable insertion path is provided for each flexible cable.

5 . A board connector to be mounted on a board, comprising:

a connector housing, a mating connector being connected to the connector housing from a direction parallel to a board surface of the board;

a flexible cable including an electrically conductive path extending in a connection direction, a front part in the connection direction of the electrically conductive path being inserted into the connector housing from behind in the connection direction, a rear part in the connection direction of the electrically conductive path being connected to the board; and

a cable holder to be mounted on a rear side in the connection direction of the connector housing,

the flexible cable being curved toward the board side by the cable holder if a side where the board is located with respect to the board connector with the board connector mounted on the board surface is defined as the board side,

wherein the cable holder is composed of a plurality of path forming members disposed apart from each other in a vertical direction and a space between two adjacent ones of the path forming members is formed as the cable insertion path configured such that the flexible cable is inserted thereinto if a direction orthogonal to the board surface of the board with the board connector mounted on the board is defined as the vertical direction.

6 . The board connector of claim 5 , wherein the connector housing includes an extension portion extending rearward in the connection direction, and a space between the path forming member and the extension portion is also formed as the cable insertion path.