Mitsumi Electric Company Ltd.

Taro Mizue

Takashi Kawasaki

Hiroyuki Sadohara

Takaki Tsutsui

Tetsuya Kifune

An electrical connector contains a first contact group arranged on a first contact plane, a second contact group arranged on a second contact plane and a ground plate located on a ground plane. The ground plate is located between horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the first contact group and horizontally extending portions, downwardly extending portions and terminal portions of the contacts of the second contact group in addition to between contacting portions and the horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the first contact group and contacting portions and the horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the second contact group.

Electrical connector and electronic device

A connector includes: a plurality of contacts each of which includes one end to be connected to a mating contact of a mating connector; a housing main body inside which a portion between the one end and the other end of each of the plurality of contacts is disposed, the housing main body being configured to support the plurality of contacts such that the plurality of contacts are disposed side by side; and an elastic sealing material to be provided on a side of the other end with respect to the housing main body in such a manner as to come into tight contact with peripheries of the plurality of contacts, the elastic sealing material serving as a seal against water ingress between the housing main body and the plurality of contacts from a side of the one end to the side of the other end.

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Tokyo, Japan

Taro Mizue