First connector and connector module
A first connector 10 configured to be attached to a connection object 40 that includes a plurality of contact lines 42 exposed at a tip of the connection object 40 and a ground portion 43 covering part of the plurality of contact lines 42 , comprises: a first insulator 20 including a holding portion 24 configured to hold the connection object 40 in a state of accommodating the tip; and a first metal member 30 attached to the first insulator 20 , wherein the first metal member 30 includes: a first base portion 31 that is plate-shaped; a first contact portion 32 configured to extend from the first base portion 31 toward the tip and contact the plurality of contact lines 42 ; and a second contact portion 33 configured to be located more on a side opposite to the tip than the first contact portion 32 and contact the ground portion 43.
1 . A connector module comprising:
a first connector configured to be attached to a connection object that includes a plurality of contact lines exposed at a tip of the connection object and a ground portion covering part of the plurality of contact lines, the first connector comprising:
a first insulator including a holding portion configured to hold the connection object in a state of accommodating the tip; and
a first metal member attached to the first insulator,
wherein the first metal member includes:
a first base portion that is plate-shaped;
a first contact portion configured to extend from the first base portion toward the tip and contact the plurality of contact lines; and
a second contact portion configured to be located more on a side opposite to the tip than the first contact portion and contact the ground portion;
a second connector configured to be fitted to the first connector, wherein the second connector includes:
a second insulator configured to be fitted to the first insulator; and
a first contact attached to the second insulator, the first contact including a third contact portion configured to contact the first metal member; and
a second metal member attached to the second insulator, the second metal member including a second base portion that is plate-shaped and a fifth contact portion contacting the first contact and extending from part of the second metal member including the second base portion.
2 . The connector module according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact portion and the second contact portion are configured to be located on a same side of the connection object in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the plurality of contact lines.
3 . The connector module according to claim 2 , wherein the first contact portion is configured to contact a part of each of the plurality of contact lines adjacent to a boundary between each contact line and the ground portion, and
the second contact portion is configured to contact a part of the ground portion adjacent to the boundary.
4 . The connector module according to claim 2 , wherein the first contact portion and the second contact portion are configured to be arranged linearly in the extending direction.
5 . The connector module according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first contact portion and the second contact portion is elastically deformable and is configured to contact the connection object in an elastically deformed state.
6 . The connector module according to claim 1 , wherein one first contact portion is configured to contact two or more of the plurality of contact lines.
7 . The connector module according to claim 1 , wherein the third contact portion is configured to be located on a same side of the connection object as the first contact portion in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the plurality of contact lines.
8 . The connector module according to claim 1 , comprising
a second contact attached to the second insulator,
wherein the second contact includes a fourth contact portion configured to contact the plurality of contact lines, and
the fourth contact portion is configured to be located on a same side of the connection object as the first contact portion in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the plurality of contact lines.
9 . The connector module according to claim 1 , wherein the second metal member includes a third base portion extending from the second base portion while being bent toward the first contact and lying along an end surface of the second insulator in an extending direction of the plurality of contact lines, and
the fifth contact portion extends from the third base portion.
10 . The connector module according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact includes a sixth contact portion contacting the fifth contact portion of the second metal member, and
the third contact portion and the sixth contact portion are arranged at opposite ends of the first contact in an extending direction of the plurality of contact lines.
11 . The connector module according to claim 1 , wherein
the second metal member includes an elastically deformable seventh contact portion configured to contact the connection object and to extend from the second base portion.