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Granted Patent B2
US 11,322,875 · App. 16/346,054 · Granted May 3, 2022

Electrical connector with floating contacts each with multiple impedances

Inventors: Shunsuke Morita (Yokohama, JP); Masayoshi Kakino (Yokohama, JP); Masashi Kakeno (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
H01R12/91H01R12/716H01R12/73H01R13/05H01R13/41H01R13/6315H01R13/6474
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,322,875
App. No.
16/346,054
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector ( 10 ) according to the present disclosure includes an insulator to be fitted to a connection object ( 60 ), and contacts ( 50 ) attached to the insulator. Each of the contacts ( 50 ) includes a contact portion ( 59 ), a first elastic portion ( 54 A), a first adjustment portion ( 54 B 1 ), and a second adjustment portion ( 54 B 2 ). The contact portion ( 59 ) electrically contacts the connection object ( 60 ) when the insulator and the connection object ( 60 ) are fitted together. The first elastic portion ( 54 A) is elastically deformable and extends from a first base ( 51 ) supported by the insulator. The first adjustment portion ( 54 B 1 ) is formed continuously with the first elastic portion ( 54 A) and has an electric conductivity higher than that of the first elastic portion ( 54 A). The second adjustment portion ( 54 B 2 ) is formed continuously with the first adjustment portion ( 54 B 1 ) and has an electric conductivity lower than that of the first adjustment portion ( 54 B 1 ).

Claims (25)

1. A connector comprising:

a first insulator formed in a frame shape;

a second insulator to be fitted to a connection object, said second insulator being arranged inside said first insulator and being movable relative to said first insulator; and

contacts, each of said contacts having a first base arranged along said first insulator and a second base arranged along said second insulator,

wherein each of said contacts includes, between said first base and said second base, a first elastic portion that is elastically deformable, an adjustment portion and a second elastic portion that is elastically deformable,

wherein said first elastic portion extends from said first base toward said second insulator,

wherein said adjustment portion includes a first adjustment portion that is formed continuously with said first elastic portion and a second adjustment portion that is formed continuously with said first adjustment portion,

wherein said second adjustment portion is wider in an extending direction of said first elastic portion than a width of said first elastic portion in a fitting direction between said second insulator and said connection object and a width of said second elastic portion in said fitting direction, and is narrower in said extending direction than said first adjustment portion, and

wherein said second elastic portion extends from said adjustment portion toward said second insulator in said extending direction.

2. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein said adjustment portion further includes a third adjustment portion that is formed continuously with said second adjustment portion,

wherein said second adjustment portion is narrower in said extending direction than said third adjustment portion, and

wherein said second elastic portion extends from said third adjustment portion toward said second insulator in said extending direction.

3. The connector according to claim 2 ,

wherein said first adjustment portion, said second adjustment portion and said third adjustment portion are formed in order from a fitting side along said fitting direction.

4. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of said contacts includes a third elastic portion that is elastically deformable, arranged along an inner wall of said second insulator, and extends in said fitting direction.

5. The connector according to claim 4 ,

wherein said second base connects said second elastic portion and said third elastic portion together.

6. The connector according to claim 5 ,

wherein said second insulator includes a wall opposing said second base.

7. The connector according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a contact portion configured to electrically contact said connection object in a fitting state where said second insulator and said connection object are fitted together,

wherein, in each of said contacts, said contact portion is formed at a tip of a portion continuous from said third elastic portion in said fitting direction.

8. An electronic device comprising a connector according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2019
From: MORITA, SHUNSUKE; KAKINO, MASAYOSHI; KAKENO, MASASHI
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049025/0732 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-206596 · Oct 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210328374A1 · Oct 21, 2021
Cited By (1)
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