IP Library Granted Patent US 11,152,747
Granted Patent B2
US 11,152,747 · App. 16/753,472 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Connector

Inventors: Hideki Shioda (Yokohama, JP); Yoshihito Ohkuma (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01R13/6315H01R12/71H01R12/91
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Patent No.
US 11,152,747
App. No.
16/753,472
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector includes a movable housing, a fixed housing, plural signal terminals, and a pair of power source terminals. Each of the power source terminals is formed in an elongated shape with a length in a span direction as viewed along an insertion/removal direction, spans between a pair of sidewalls, includes a span direction intermediate portion retained by a terminal array direction end portion of the movable housing, and includes second elastic portions each capable of undergoing elastic deformation at a location positioned between the movable housing and the pair of sidewalls.

Claims (18)

1. A connector comprising:

a movable housing configured to have a connection target inserted into and removed from the movable housing;

a fixed housing that is fixed to a circuit board and that includes a pair of sidewalls respectively disposed on each side in a span direction orthogonal to an insertion/removal direction of the connection target with respect to the movable housing;

a plurality of signal terminals that are arrayed in a terminal array direction orthogonal to both the insertion/removal direction and the span direction, each of the signal terminals spanning along the span direction between the movable housing and a respective sidewall of the pair of sidewalls and including a first elastic portion capable of undergoing elastic deformation at a span direction intermediate portion of the signal terminal; and

a power source terminal that is disposed on one side of the plurality of signal terminals in the terminal array direction, the power source terminal being formed in an elongated shape with a length in the span direction as viewed along the insertion/removal direction, spanning between the pair of sidewalls, including a span direction intermediate portion retained by a terminal array direction end portion of the movable housing, and including second elastic portions each capable of undergoing elastic deformation at a location positioned between the movable housing and the pair of sidewalls,

the power source terminal including a contact portion provided at the span direction immediate portion and configured to form an electrical contact with the connection target and to undergo elastic deformation toward the plurality of signal terminals.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the power source terminals includes:

a pair of the second elastic portions respectively extending from the contact portion toward each side in the span direction; and

a pair of connection portions respectively extending toward an outer side in the terminal array direction from respective end portions of the pair of second elastic portions on an opposite side from the contact portion, the pair of connection portions being retained by the fixed housing and fixed to the circuit board.

3. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the terminal array direction end portion of the movable housing is formed with a housing recess opening toward the outer side in the terminal array direction and configured to house at least a part of the contact portion.

4. The connector of claim 2 , wherein the terminal array direction end portion of the movable housing is formed with a pair of spring housing recesses respectively opening toward a respective outer side in the terminal array direction and each outer side in the span direction, and configured to house at least a part of a respective second elastic portion of the pair of second elastic portions.

5. A connector comprising:

a movable housing configured to have a connection target inserted into and removed from the movable housing;

a fixed housing that is fixed to a circuit board and that includes a pair of sidewalls respectively disposed on each side in a span direction orthogonal to an insertion/removal direction of the connection target with respect to the movable housing;

a plurality of signal terminals that are arrayed in a terminal array direction orthogonal to both the insertion/removal direction and the span direction, each of the signal terminals spanning along the span direction between the movable housing and a respective sidewall of the pair of sidewalls and including a first elastic portion capable of undergoing elastic deformation at a span direction intermediate portion of the signal terminal; and

a power source terminal that is disposed on one side of the plurality of signal terminals in the terminal array direction, the power source terminal being formed in an elongated shape with a length in the span direction as viewed along the insertion/removal direction, spanning between the pair of sidewalls, including a span direction intermediate portion retained by a terminal array direction end portion of the movable housing, and including second elastic portions each capable of undergoing elastic deformation at a location positioned between the movable housing and the pair of sidewalls,

the power source terminal including a contact portion provided at the span direction immediate portion and configured to form an electrical contact with the connection target,

the terminal array direction end portion of the movable housing is formed with a housing recess opening toward the outer side in the terminal array direction and configured to house at least a part of the contact portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2020
From: SHIODA, HIDEKI; OHKUMA, YOSHIHITO
To: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-196774 · Oct 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200295511A1 · Sep 17, 2020
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