Connector assembly having an elastic engaging portion
A connector assembly is provided which includes a first connector having a first housing and a second connector having a second housing. The first housing has two fixed portions positioned apart from one another in the transverse direction, an elastic portion passing between the two fixed portions and able to bend elastically in the longitudinal direction, and an engaging protruding portion formed on the elastic portion and able to be hooked in an engaging hole in the second housing. The engaging protruding portion is positioned between upper and lower edges of the elastic portion.
1. A connector assembly the connector assembly comprising:
a first connector having a first housing for holding first terminals; and
a second connector having a second housing for holding second terminals,
wherein the second housing is configured to be coupled with the first housing in a first direction, the second housing having a second engaging portion, the first housing having two fixed portions positioned apart from one another in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the first housing having an elastic portion passing between the two fixed portions and bending in a third direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction, the elastic portion having a first engaging portion formed thereon, the first engaging portion able to be hooked on the second engaging portion, the elastic portion having a first edge and a second edge positioned on opposite sides in the first direction, and the first engaging portion being positioned between the first edge and the second edge,
wherein the first engaging portion is formed in the elastic portion closer to the first edge than to the second edge in the first direction, and the first housing has a section positioned in the first direction relative to the first edge and facing the first edge in the first direction, and
wherein the first edge of the elastic portion hits the section of the first housing facing the first edge before the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion disengage when the first engaging portion formed in the elastic portion is inclined due to force in the separating direction for the first housing and the second housing while the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged.
2. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein either the section of the first housing facing the first edge or the first edge of the elastic portion has a protruding portion protruding towards the other one.
3. The connector assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the protruding portion is positioned in the first direction relative to the first engaging portion when the first housing is viewed in the third direction.
4. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a position of the first engaging portion in the first direction is between a position of a first end portion and a position of a second end portion of the fixed portion in the first direction.
5. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic portion has at least two first engaging portions positioned apart from one another in the second direction.
6. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , the section of the first is formed along the first edge, and an end portion of the first edge is connected to the section formed along the first edge.