Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited

Hiroki Kamata

Akira Kimura

Masayuki Katayanagi

Takahiro Yamaji

Takamitsu Wada

Takamitsu Nakajima

Masahide Watanabe

A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector matable with the receptacle connector along a mating direction. The plug connector includes a lock activation portion movable between a lock position and an unlock position along an activation direction under a mating state. The receptacle connector includes a detection switch and a deformable lock operation member pivotably mounted to the plug connector that ensures movement of the lock activation portion in a separation direction when the lock activation portion is located at the unlock position under the mating state. The lock operation member has lock member ends that are received by holes of a receptacle shell to retain the plug connector and receptacle connector in the locked position and to effect closure of the detection switch. The detection switch is pressed by the lock activation portion to detect the lock activation portion is located at the lock position.

Connector assembly having a detection switch which is closed or opened by operation of a locking member

In a connector including a contact and a housing holding the contact, a fixing member is coupled to the housing. The fixing member has a pair of facing portions faced to each other in a first direction via a part of the housing. The facing portions are connected to each other by a connecting portion. Screw holes are formed in the facing portions, respectively. Each of the screw holes extends in the first direction.

Connector having a U-shaped fixing member with screw holes

In a connector for use in an electronic card having a circuit board and a case containing the circuit board, a housing holds a ground connection terminal and a contact. The ground connection terminal has a press-fit portion press-fitted to and held by the housing, a contacting portion connected to the press-fit portion and adapted to be contacted with the case, and a terminal portion connected to the press-fit portion and adapted to be connected to the circuit board. The housing has a guide portion for guiding the contacting portion when the press-fit portion is press-fitted to the housing. The contacting portion is connected to the case with elastic displacement inside the guide portion.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroki Kamata