Connector having a floatable holder with a magnet
A connector including a housing, a magnet, and a holder. The holder is accommodated in the housing in a floatable manner and configured to hold the magnet. The holder includes a mounting wall. The mounting wall is disposed around and in spaced relation to the magnet and bonded to the magnet.
1. A connector comprising:
a housing;
a magnet; and
a holder accommodated in the housing in a floatable manner and configured to hold the magnet, the holder including:
a recess accommodating the magnet; and
a mounting wall being a side wall of the recess, the mounting wall being disposed around and in spaced relation to the magnet and bonded to the magnet.
2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the holder includes a contact face, the contact face being the bottom of the recess and in contact with the magnet,
the mounting wall is disposed on the contact face, in spaced relation to the contact face, or around the contact face,
the magnet is bonded to the mounting wall and the contact face.
3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting wall includes an inner face having projections and depressions, the projections and depressions of the inner face being bonded to the magnet.
4. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the holder further includes a plurality of side faces and a plurality of first engaging portions,
the side faces include first and second side faces opposed to each other,
the first engaging portions are disposed in the first and second side faces and space from each other in a first direction in each of the first and second side faces,
the housing includes a plurality of second engaging portion at positions corresponding to the first engaging portions,
the first engaging portions are engaging projections and the second engaging portions are engaging holes, or alternatively the second engaging portions are engaging projections and the first engaging portions are engaging holes, and
the engaging projection engage with the engaging holes such as to be movable in a second direction, the second direction crossing the first direction.
5. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the holder further includes:
a circumferential surface of circular tuboid shape, and
a plurality of first engaging portions in the circumferential surface in spaced relation to each other in a first direction, the first direction being the circumferential direction of the circumferential surface,
the housing includes a plurality of the second engaging portions at positions corresponding to the first engaging portions,
the first engaging portions are engaging projections and the second engaging portions are engaging holes, or alternatively the second engaging portions are engaging projections and the first engaging portions are engaging holes, and
the engaging projections engage with the engaging holes such as to be movable in a second direction, the second direction crossing the first direction.
6. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the housing has an opening to allow the magnet to be partially exposed to the outside of the housing, and
the opening is of dimensions that are larger than the outer dimensions of the magnet and smaller than the outer dimensions of the holder.
7. The connector according to claim 6 , further comprising a cover configured to cover at least a side face of the magnet or at least a peripheral surface of the magnet.
8. The connector according to claim 7 , wherein
the cover includes:
a tuboid portion configured to cover the side face or the peripheral surface of the magnet, and
a flange on the tuboid portion, the flange being abuttable on an edge of the opening of the housing from inside of the housing.
9. The connector according to claim 6 , wherein
the housing further includes:
an accommodating recess provided in the housing such as to communicate with the opening, and
a top of the accommodating recess, the opening of the housing is made in the top,
the holder and the magnet are accommodated in the accommodating recess in a floatable manner and such that the magnet is partially exposed from the opening, and
the connector further includes a closing member fixed to the housing so as to close the accommodating recess.
10. The connector according to claim 9 , further comprising a terminal, wherein
the housing further includes an accommodating hole extending through the housing and accommodating the terminal at least partially, and
the terminal includes a flange held between the housing and the closing member.
11. The connector according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a circuit board located on one or the other side of a thickness direction of the closing member; and
a shield member located between the circuit board and the magnet.
12. The connector according to claim 10 , wherein the housing further includes a slit configured to accommodate a lead wire partially.
13. The connector according to claim 1 , further comprising a terminal held by the housing.
14. The connector according to claim 13 , wherein the terminal includes:
a barrel having electrical conductivity,
a plunger movably accommodated in the barrel,
a biasing part configured to bias the plunger in a direction in which the plunger projects from the barrel, and
an insulator interposed between the biasing part and the plunger.
15. A connector comprising:
a housing;
a magnet;
a holder accommodated in the housing in a floatable manner and configured to hold the magnet, the holder including a mounting wall, the mounting wall being disposed around and in spaced relation to the magnet and bonded to the magnet; and
a yoke being held by the holder and in contact with the magnet.
16. The connector according to claim 15 , wherein
the yoke includes a contact face in contact with the magnet,
the mounting wall is disposed on the contact face, in spaced relation to the contact face, or around the contact face,
the magnet is bonded to the mounting wall and the contact face.
17. A connector comprising:
a housing;
a magnet;
a yoke fixed to the magnet; and
a holder accommodated in the housing in a flexible manner and configured to hold the yoke, the holder including:
a recess accommodating the magnet, and
a mounting wall being a side wall of the recess, the mounting wall being disposed around and in spaced relation to the yoke and bonded to the yoke.
18. The connector according to claim 17 , wherein
the housing an opening to allow the magnet to be partially exposed to the outside of the housing, and
the opening is of dimensions that are larger than the outer dimensions of the magnet and smaller than the outer dimensions of the holder.
19. The connector according to claim 18 , further comprising a cover configured to cover at least a side face of the magnet or at least a peripheral surface of the magnet.
20. An electronic device comprising:
the connector according to claim 1 ; and
a cabinet accommodating the connector.