Molex Corporation

Satoru Teruki

Sho Kitazawa

Daiki Tanaka

Toshiyuki Someya

Akihiko Okajima

Toshitaka Kusuhara

Yuki Seki

Manabu Yamanaka

Kenta Arichika

Jun Furukawa

Tomohiro Arai

A first connector body includes a recess having a substantially rectangular shape in a planar view filled with a plurality of first connection units arranged in close contact in the longitudinal direction of the first connector body, wherein each first connection unit includes a first terminal and a first shield having a rectangular cylindrical shape with a substantially rectangular cross-section surrounding the periphery of the first terminal and extending in the mating direction.

Connector and connector assembly

The first connector body includes: a recess mating with the second connector body; a first side wall part extending in the longitudinal direction so as to define both sides of the recess; and a projection extending in the longitudinal direction of the recess so as to mate with a recessed groove of the second connector body, the first terminal includes a first contact part contacting the second terminal in a recessed groove between the projection and the first side wall part, the first connector further includes a shield plate which is held in the center in the width direction of the projection so as to extend in the longitudinal direction, the second reinforcing bracket includes a reference potential connection part connected to a reference potential trace; and a tongue part contacting both ends in the longitudinal direction of the shield plate, and the second connector further includes a reference potential terminal which includes a tail part connected to the reference potential trace along with a contact part contacting the middle of the shield plate in the longitudinal direction.

Connector assembly

A connector assembly can be attached to a surface of a substrate and has high airtightness to improve reliability. The connector assembly includes: a connector including a connector body and a terminal attached to the body; and a protective member including a wall extending in a longitudinal direction or a width direction of the body and an accommodation unit in which at least a part of four sides of a periphery is defined by the wall, the protective member being attached to the surface of the substrate with the connector accommodated in the accommodation unit. The protective member includes a protective member body made of an insulating material and a protective metal fitting made of a conductive metal integrally formed with the protective member body, and the protective member is placed on the surface of the substrate while coupled to the connector with the connector accommodated in the accommodation unit.

Connector assembly and connector pair

A connector assembly can be easily and certainly attached to a surface of a substrate while having a simple configuration, and high airtightness or watertightness is certainly maintained to improve reliability. The connector assembly includes: a connector including a connector body, a terminal attached to the connector body, and a reinforcing metal fitting attached to the connector body, the connector being attached to a surface of a substrate; and a protective member including a pair of parallel first walls extending in a longitudinal direction of the connector body, a pair of parallel second walls extending in a width direction of the connector body, the pair of second walls being connected to both ends of each of the pair of first walls, and an opening in which four sides of periphery are defined by the first wall and the second wall, the protective member being attachable to the surface of the substrate with the connector accommodated in the opening. The protective member is placed on the surface of the substrate while coupled to the connector with the connector accommodated in the opening.

Electric connector

A connection to which a mating connector, moving from one side to another side in a first direction, may be able to be inserted, and may include an inner housing, an outer housing surrounding the inner housing, and a plurality of terminals connecting these housings. The terminals may each include an inner fixed portion fixed to the inner housing, an outer fixed portion fixed to the outer housing, and an elastic portion that is connected to both the inner fixed portion and the outer fixed portion and is elastically deformable. The outer fixed portion may include a first base portion connected to the elastic portion and a first engaging portion that extends in a direction crossing the first direction from the first base portion and is engaged with the outer housing.

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Yamato, Japan

Satoru Teruki