Movable connector
There is provided a movable connector that facilitates easy engagement and improves stability in electrical connection. The movable connector includes a manipulation housing that is coupled to a movable housing by a pressing operation of the manipulation housing against the movable housing. The movable connector also includes a contact reinforcing member that moves together with the manipulation housing by the pressing operation. The contact reinforcing member comes into contact with a pair of contact portions of a circuit-board connection terminal and thereby presses the contact portions against a pin terminal.
1. A movable connector, comprising:
a fixed housing to be fixed to a circuit board;
a movable housing into which a connection object is inserted;
a circuit-board connection terminal having
a circuit-board connection portion to be electrically connected to the circuit board,
a support spring portion that displaceably supports the movable housing relative to the fixed housing, and
a contact portion that comes into electrical contact with the connection object; and
a manipulation housing to be coupled to the movable housing by an operation of moving the manipulation housing relative to the movable housing, the manipulation housing having a contact reinforcing portion that presses the contact portion against the connection object as a result of the operation of moving the manipulation housing.
2. The movable connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuit-board connection terminal has a pair of the contact portions,
the pair of the contact portions are disposed so as to pinch the connection object, and
the contact reinforcing portion has a first pressing portion that presses one of the contact portions and a second pressing portion that presses the other one of the contact portions.
3. The movable connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact portion has
a first contact point that comes into press-contact with the connection object,
a second contact point with which the contact reinforcing portion comes into press-contact, and
a spring portion that links the first contact point and the second contact point and that urges the first contact point against the connection object by using a reaction force generated due to the second contact point coming into press-contact with the contact reinforcing portion.
4. The movable connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact reinforcing portion has a projection,
the manipulation housing has a retaining groove that movably holds the projection via a gap provided between the retaining groove and the projection, and
the gap enables the contact reinforcing portion to move relative to the manipulation housing.