Electrical connector
A connector to which a connection target object is fitted and connected by inserting the connection target object into a fitting chamber is configured to allow the fitting operation to be readily performed even in a case where the connector is small. An insertion guiding surface is provided round an insertion port through which the connection target object is inserted. The insertion guiding surface has an inner guiding surface that extends from the edge of the insertion port toward the fitting chamber, an intermediate guiding surface provided in a region outside the inner guiding surface, and an outer guiding surface provided in a region outside the intermediate guiding surface. The inner guiding surface differs from the intermediate guiding surface in terms of shape, and the intermediate guiding surface differs from the outer guiding surface in terms of shape.
1. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing having an insertion port into which a connection target object is inserted in a direction toward a surface of a substrate as an insertion direction and a fitting chamber into which the connection target object is inserted via the insertion port; and
terminals that are connected to the connection target object in the fitting chamber so that the terminals are electrically continuous with the connection target object,
wherein the housing has an insertion guiding surface that guides the insertion of the connection target object via the insertion port,
the insertion guiding surface has an inner guiding surface that extends from an edge of the insertion port toward an interior of the fitting chamber, an intermediate guiding surface provided in a region outside the inner guiding surface, and an outer guiding surface provided in a region outside the intermediate guiding surface, and
the outer guiding surface, the intermediate guiding, and the inner guiding surface are located along the insertion direction of the connection target object in this order, and the inner guiding surface and the outer guiding surface are at different angles with respect to the insertion direction and a line perpendicular to the insertion direction into the fitting chamber.
2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein an angle between the intermediate guiding surface and the line is smaller than an angle between the inner guiding surface and the line and an angle between the outer guiding surface and the line.
3. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate guiding surface is a flat surface parallel to the substrate.
4. The electrical connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the outer guiding surface and the inner guiding surface are formed as inclining surfaces that have a different angle respectively from the line, and
the angle between the outer guiding surface and the line is smaller than the angle between the inner guiding surface and the line.
5. The electrical connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the housing has a circumferential wall and a protruding section that protrudes outward from the circumferential wall, and
the outer guiding surface is provided on an upper surface of the protruding section.
6. The electrical connector according to claim 5 , wherein the intermediate guiding surface is provided on an upper surface of the circumferential wall.
7. The electrical connector according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a fixed housing fixed to the substrate,
wherein the housing is a movable housing movable relative to the fixed housing, and
the terminals each have a fixing section fixed to the fixed housing, a fixing section fixed to the movable housing, and a spring section that supports the movable housing in such a way that the movable housing is movable relative to the fixed housing.
8. The electrical connector according to claim 7 ,
wherein the spring sections are located between the movable housing and the fixed housing, and
the protruding section is so shaped as to cover an upper side of the spring sections.