Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited

Takasuke Omi

Takashi Kuwahara

Kazuaki Ibaraki

Yoshiaki Ishiyama

Hiroki Abe

Masahiko Komachi

A connectable plate (2) is mounted on an upper surface of a horizontal portion (the uniform thickness portion) (1b) of a housing (1). A plurality of contacts (3) mounted on the housing come into contact with a pattern of the connectable plate. A clip (4) has a U-shaped cross-sectional configuration. A spacing of a resilient forked portion of the contacts (an opening width) is larger than the thickness of the connectable plate but smaller than the sum of the thickness of the connectable plate and the thickness of the uniform thickness portion. When the clip is mounted to the connectable plate and the housing, an insulating coating portion (4d) of the clip slides onto the upper surface of the connectable plate, and a connector-housing-side end portion (4b) of the clip presses against an inclined portion (1a) of the housing. Thus, the opening width of the clip becomes larger, so that the connector-housing-side end portion slides smoothly onto the lower surface of the uniform thickness portion. As a result, the clip holds the connectable plate and the housing, and does not cause damage to either the connectable plate or to the clip connector.

Clip connector

For mounting a connector (2) to a board (1) with the use of a clip (3), a mounting apparatus (5) includes a board holder (51) for holding the board to extend in a first direction, a clip holder (53) for holding the clip to be opposite to the board in the first direction, and a connector holder (52) for holding the connector between the board and the clip. The clip holder is movable relative to the board holder in the first direction. The connector holder is movable relative to the board holder and to the clip holder in the first direction and is turnable around a predetermined axis extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The connector holder has a holder angle controlled around the predetermined axis in accordance with relative movement between the connector holder and the clip holder in the first direction.

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Tachikawa, Japan

Takasuke Omi