Fujikura Limited

Hirose Electric Company, Ltd.

Takamitsu Noguchi

Shigeru Ishikawa

Isao Tashiro

Yasuhiro Mamada

Kotaro Hayashi

A self-aligning connector, comprising: a female connector which is adapted to include at least one electrical component and to be optionally secured to one securing portion; a male connector connectable to the female connector, the male connector being adapted to include at least one electrical component and to be optionally secured to another securing portion; and at least one connector cover and at least one slide plate, which are disposed between the one securing portion and the another securing portion; wherein the at least one connector cover includes a plurality of resilient pawls, which has distal ends located in the vicinity of a connector cover center portion in front-rear and left-right directions in the plane of the at least one connector cover; wherein the at least one slide plate includes a receiving portion in which resilient pawls are inserted and engaged; and wherein the resilient pawls absorb deviations in the front-rear and left-right directions occurring at the time of connecting the female and the male connectors to properly align the female and the male connectors.

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Sakura, Japan

Takamitsu Noguchi