Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited

Yazaki Corporation

Tyco Electronics Amp K.k.

Ryusuke Murayama

Keiji Hamada

Keigo Tsubo

Takumi Nakagishi

Kazuhiro Fujino

Koji Hayashi

Yosuke Saito

Yukiko Sato

Masahito Ozaki

Shigeyuki Maruhashi

A first shielding case of a receptacle respectively has arms extending to a forward side to be forwardly folded back from proximal ends fixed to a back end of an upper surface wall, stopper walls formed on free ends of the arms and projecting from outside to inside of the first shielding case and abut on an unauthorized plug in inserting the unauthorized plug, plug pickup parts formed on the free ends of the arms and are integrally formed in parallel with the stopper walls and projecting from outside to inside of the first shielding case and abut on an authorized plug in of inserting the authorized plug, and holes formed near to an opening of the upper surface wall, the holes into which the stopper walls and the plug pickup parts are inserted, on both ends of a width direction.

Wrong insertion preventive structure of connector

A connector includes a housing and terminal fittings attached to a printed circuit board. The terminal fittings form two terminal rows. In the terminal rows, one end parts of the terminal fittings are piled in a fitting plate part of the housing to which a mate side connector is fitted in a mutually parallel state and arranged in parallel with a surface of the printed circuit board. Central parts of the terminal fittings are bent. The other end parts are connected to a conductor pattern of the printed circuit board. In the other end parts of the terminal fittings, outward bent parts are provided which are bent outward in the direction of width of the housing. Tip ends of the other end parts of all the terminal fittings are arranged with spaces left between them along the direction of width of the housing.

Connector

A cable connector which enables high-density mounting while reducing the risk of the locking arm being damaged or deformed is disclosed. The cable connector () comprises housings (and) that support a cable (C) and that have a locking arm () to be locked with a mating connector (). A pull-tab () is connected to the locking arm (). The pull-tab () is inserted into holes (and) that are respectively formed in the upper section () of the housings (and) and in the upper section () of the locking arm (). When the pull-tab () is pulled in direction approximately opposite from the mating direction (i.e., in the direction of arrow A), the pull-tab () causes an approaching motion between the upper section () of the housings () and () and the section () of the locking arm (), thus releasing the locking arm () from the mating connector ().

Cable connector having a pull tab lock release

In a connector to be mounted on a circuit board, a conductive contact has a contacting portion and a terminal portion and held by an insulator. A conductive shell surrounds the contacting portion of the contact. A conductive shielding cover is held by the insulator and surrounds the terminal portion of the contact. The shielding cover is electrically connected to the shell and the circuit board.

Connector enhanced in electromagnetic shielding function

A retainer clip is used for retaining a connector through an open window in a panel. The connector has a connecting portion and two engaging elements projecting in a first direction together through the open window of the panel in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. The retainer clip has an aperture through which the connecting portion and the engaging elements are projected together in a first position and are slidable in the first direction to a second position. The clip is provided with locking tabs engaging with engaging surfaces on the engaging elements to prevent the clip from falling off from the connector in the second direction. The clip is further provided with stoppers engaging with detent surfaces formed on the engaging elements to prevent the clip from easily restore from the second position to the first position. In an embodiment, the clip is formed with elastic finger elements extending from side edge of the aperture thereof and stoppers are formed on the extending ends of the finger elements. The retainer clip can have, in place of the aperture, a cut-away portion with three sides closed but one side open.

Combination of device and retainer clip for retaining the device through an open window in panel

A first insulator ( ) is combined with a connector body comprising a second insulator ( ), signal contacts ( ) and ground contacts ( ). The first insulator ( ) is provided with separator accommodation slits ( ); and cable receiving portions ( ). Each cable receiving portion ( ) is arranged between the respective neighboring separator accommodation slits ( ) and is able to hold one of the balanced transmission cables ( ). Separators ( ) connected to ground contacts ( ) are fitted within the separator accommodation slits ( ) so that end portions of balanced transmission cables ( ) are positioned between the respective neighboring separators ( ) and are electrically shielded by them. The first insulator ( ) holds ground plates ( ) so that each of the cable receiving portions ( ) is also arranged between the ground plates ( ). The separators ( ) and the ground plates ( ) define tubular enclosures for surrounding end portions of the respective balanced transmission cables.

Electrical connector for balanced transmission cables with module for positioning cables

In a connector provided with a locking member ( ) for locking a connection state between a connector ( ) and a connection object ( ), the locking member is assembled in an assembling portion ( ) of a housing member ( ) of the connector. The locking member has an engaging portion ( - ) at its one end, an operating portion ( - ) at the other end, and a pivot portion formed at a particular position between the engaging portion and the operating portion. The pivot portion has a first pivot ( - ) protruding on the side of one surface and a second pivot ( - ) protruding on the side of the other surface. The assembling portion has a pivot bearing portion ( ) rotatably clamping the first and the second pivots. The engaging portion is engaged the connection object. The an operating portion is for receiving operation force. The housing member holds a contact member ( ).

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Tokyo, Japan

Ryusuke Murayama