IP Library Granted Patent US 7,722,408
Granted Patent B2
US 7,722,408 · App. 12/059,147 · Granted May 25, 2010

Connector and connector connecting body

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Patent No.
US 7,722,408
App. No.
12/059,147
Granted
May 25, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A socket includes a socket housing of an insulator to which plural socket contacts to be soldered to a conductive pattern of a circuit substrate, and a fitting metal for fixture to the circuit substrate are attached, in which the fitting metal includes plate-like side plates that are exposed along end surfaces of the socket housing, anchors that are formed by folding the side plates to bite into the housing, and an attachment piece that protrudes from a bottom plate to outside of the socket housing to be fixed to the circuit substrate.

Claims (11)

1. A connector connecting body, comprising:

a housing of an insulator defined by outer walls to which plural contacts to be soldered to a conductive pattern of a circuit substrate, and a fitting metal for fixture to the circuit substrate are attached, wherein

the fitting metal comprises:

a plate-like body that is exposed and flush along one of the outer walls of the housing, the plate-like body having a side plate and at least one bottom plate, the side plate and the bottom plate extending generally perpendicular to each other,

first anchors that are formed by folding the side plate of the plate-like body, the first anchors biting into a side of the housing,

second anchors that are formed by the folding the bottom plate of the plate-like body, the second anchors projecting upwardly from the bottom plate and biting into a bottom of the housing,

an attachment piece that protrudes from the plate-like body of the fitting metal to outside of the housing to be fixed to the circuit substrate, and

wherein the second anchors extend in a different direction than that of the first anchors.

2. The connector connecting body according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second anchors are respectively provided on opposing ends in a longitudinal direction of the plate-like body.

3. A connector comprising paired connector connecting bodies, wherein at least one of the paired connector connecting bodies comprises the connector connecting body according to claim 1 .

4. The connector connecting body according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment piece extends from the peripheral wall and in a width direction of the housing.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 28, 2009
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
To: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022206/0574 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2008
From: MIYAZAKI, YOJI; OKURA, KENJI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 020728/0481 →