IP Library Granted Patent US 12,463,364
Granted Patent B2
US 12,463,364 · App. 18/488,172 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Flat conductor electric connector

Inventor: Shoichiro Tamaki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H01R12/89H01R12/774H01R12/79
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Patent No.
US 12,463,364
App. No.
18/488,172
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flat conductor electric connector to hold a flat conductor inserted in a front-back direction includes: terminals arrayed in the flat conductor width direction; a housing holding the terminals; and a slider. The housing includes a receiving portion receiving the flat conductor and a locking protruding portion upwardly protruding in the receiving portion and lockable to the flat conductor. The slider is attached to the housing and movable in the front-back direction between a retreat position and an advance position, and includes a first abutting portion to abut the flat conductor at the advance position and a second abutting portion to abut the flat conductor at the retreat position. The second abutting portion is on a front side from the first abutting portion. An upper end of the second abutting portion is at a position identical to or higher than the upper end of the locking protruding portion.

Claims (30)

1 . A flat conductor electric connector configured such that a flat conductor extending in a front-back direction is inserted and connected forward to the flat conductor electric connector, comprising:

a plurality of terminals arrayed in a flat conductor width direction which is a terminal alignment direction;

a housing holding the plurality of terminals; and

a slider,

wherein the housing includes a receiving portion configured to receive the flat conductor from a back and a locking protruding portion configured lockable to a locking target portion of the flat conductor from the back,

the locking protruding portion is positioned in the receiving portion, and protrudes upward in an upper-lower direction which is a flat conductor thickness direction,

the slider is attached to the housing so as to move in the front-back direction between a retreat position and an advance position, and includes a first abutting portion configured to be able to abut on an upper surface of the flat conductor at the advance position and a second abutting portion configured to abut on a lower surface of the flat conductor at the retreat position,

the second abutting portion is provided on a front side with respect to the first abutting portion, and

an upper end of the second abutting portion is, in the upper-lower direction, at a position identical to that of an upper end of the locking protruding portion or a position higher than the upper end of the locking protruding portion.

2 . The flat conductor electric connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the first abutting portion is positioned in an area overlapping with the locking protruding portion in the front-back direction at the advance position, and is positioned on the back side with respect to the locking protruding portion at the retreat position.

3 . The flat conductor electric connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the second abutting portion is provided at a position different from that of the locking protruding portion in the width direction of the inserted and connected flat conductor, and is positioned in an area overlapping with the locking protruding portion in the front-back direction at the retreat position.

4 . The flat conductor electric connector according to claim 1 , wherein

an inclined surface inclined such that a dimension of the second abutting portion in the upper-lower direction decreases toward the back side is formed at a back portion of the second abutting portion.

5 . A flat conductor electric connector configured such that a flat conductor extending in a front-back direction is inserted and connected forward to the flat conductor electric connector, comprising:

a plurality of terminals arrayed in a flat conductor width direction which is a terminal alignment direction;

a housing holding the plurality of terminals; and

a slider,

wherein the housing includes a receiving portion configured to receive the flat conductor from a back and a locking protruding portion configured lockable to a locking target portion of the flat conductor from the back,

the locking protruding portion is positioned in the receiving portion, and protrudes downward in an upper-lower direction which is a flat conductor thickness direction,

the slider is attached to the housing so as to move in the front-back direction between a retreat position and an advance position, and includes a first abutting portion configured to be able to abut on a lower surface of the flat conductor at the advance position and a second abutting portion configured to abut on an upper surface of the flat conductor at the retreat position,

the second abutting portion is provided on a front side with respect to the first abutting portion, and

a lower end of the second abutting portion is, in the upper-lower direction, at a position identical to that of a lower end of the locking protruding portion or a position lower than the lower end of the locking protruding portion.

6 . The flat conductor electric connector according to claim 5 , wherein

the first abutting portion is positioned in an area overlapping with the locking protruding portion in the front-back direction at the advance position, and is positioned on the back side with respect to the locking protruding portion at the retreat position.

7 . The flat conductor electric connector according to claim 5 , wherein

the second abutting portion is provided at a position different from that of the locking protruding portion in the width direction of the inserted and connected flat conductor, and is positioned in an area overlapping with the locking protruding portion in the front-back direction at the retreat position.

8 . The flat conductor electric connector according to claim 5 , wherein

an inclined surface inclined such that a dimension of the second abutting portion in the upper-lower direction decreases toward the back side is formed at a back portion of the second abutting portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2023
From: TAMAKI, SHOICHIRO
To: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-175401 · Nov 1, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240145964A1 · May 2, 2024
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