Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Autonetworks Technologies, Limited

Yutaka Kobayashi

Tetsuya Miyamura

Yasunori Asano

Masanori Moriyasu

Daisuke Saito

Shinji Tanaka

Teruo Hara

Kenji Makino

Hiroki Kobayashi

Pipatthana Phatiwuttipat

Shunya Takeuchi

Shinji Nozaki

Akihiro Nishitani

Yorikazu Murabayashi

Takashi Natsume

It is aimed for miniaturization. A connector device is provided with a first connector (), a second connector () provided to face the first connector (), an adapter () for connecting the first and second connectors (), resilient holding portions () formed in the first connector (), having a shape retention force capable of holding the adapter () in a fixed posture with respect to the first connector () and being resiliently deformable, and a first guide portion () and second guide portions () for absorbing position shifts of the first and second connectors () by inclining the adapter () with respect to the first connector () while resiliently deforming the resilient holding portions ().

Connector device

It is aimed to provide a connector device excellent in the reliability of a connecting operation. A connector device is provided with a first housing () to be mounted on a first circuit board (Pa), a plurality of mounting terminals () to be mounted into the first housing () and connected to the first circuit board (Pa), a plurality of movable terminals () individually rockable with the plurality of mounting terminals () as fulcrums and to be individually connected to a plurality of mating terminals (), and a coupling member () formed such that the plurality of movable terminals () are passed therethrough.

It is aimed to improve workability at the time of assembling. A connector device is provided with a first connector including a first terminal unit and to be mounted on a first circuit board, a second connector including a second terminal unit and to be mounted on a second circuit board, and an adaptor including a pair of connecting end parts. The pair of connecting end parts are connected to the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit with the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit facing each other, and symmetrical with respect to a facing direction of the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit.

Electrical connector device with an adaptor connecting two parallel board mounted connectors

It is aimed to improve workability at the time of assembling. A connector device is provided with a pair of connectors including terminal units and to be individually mounted on a pair of circuit boards facing each other, and an adaptor including a pair of connecting end parts swingably connectable to the terminal units. The connecting end part is formed with a hooking portion radially projecting from the connecting end part. The terminal unit is formed with a receiving portion for holding the adaptor in the connector by locking the hooking portion to the receiving portion.

It is aimed to prevent a reduction in connection reliability. A terminal fitting is to be mounted into a housing having a board accommodation space and is provided with a connection terminal including a resilient contact piece to be brought into contact with a circuit board inserted into the board accommodation space and a protection terminal separate from the connection terminal and attached to the connection terminal. The connection terminal is movable with respect to the protection terminal between a protection position where the resilient contact piece is accommodated in the protection terminal and a connection position where the resilient contact piece is exposed to outside of the protection terminal to be contactable with the circuit board.

Terminal fitting

A circuit board () is arranged in a receptacle (). A housing () having an accommodation space () is fit into the receptacle (). A protecting member () is arranged movably to an initial position and a connection position in the housing (). A terminal fitting () includes a contact point portion () facing the accommodation space (). The protecting member () includes a body portion () to be located on an opening side of the accommodation space () at the initial position and retracted from the opening side of the accommodation space () at the connection position, and a hooked portion () connected to an end part of the body (). The receptacle () includes a hooking portion () on an inner surface for moving the protecting member () from the connection position to the initial position by hooking the hooked portion ().

Card edge connector

A connector device is provided with a first connector to be mounted on a first circuit board and a second connector to be mounted on a second circuit board. The first connector includes a plurality of first terminal unit each formed such that a first inner conductor is surrounded by a first outer conductor. The second connector includes a plurality of second terminal units facing the plurality of first terminal units and a plurality of movable terminal units. The second terminal unit is formed such that a second inner conductor is surrounded by a second outer conductor. The movable terminal unit is swingable with the second terminal unit as a fulcrum. A tip part of the movable terminal unit is connectable to the first terminal unit. The plurality of movable terminal units are coupled to swing integrally by an alignment member.

It is aimed to provide a terminal fitting and a connector capable of ensuring connection reliability. A terminal fitting includes a terminal connecting portion to be connected to a mating terminal fitting and a board connecting portion to be connected to a circuit board. The terminal connecting portion is provided in a first member. The board connecting portion is provided in a second member different from the first member. The first member and the second member are so coupled that relative positions of the terminal connecting portion and the board connecting portion are displaceable. A housing includes a supporting portion for rotatably supporting the first member and the second member.

Terminal fitting and connector

A connector is provided with a connecting member including a contact point portion, a housing for holding the connecting member and a protecting member displaceable with respect to the connecting member to a protection position for protecting the contact point portion and a connection position for bringing the contact point portion into contact with a circuit board. The housing includes a lock portion for holding the protecting member at the protection position.

Board connecting connector

It is aimed to provide a connector capable of ensuring connection reliability with a circuit board. A connector includes a housing and a terminal fitting to be disposed in the housing. The terminal fitting includes a terminal connecting portion to be connected to a mating terminal fitting, a board connecting portion to be connected to a circuit board and a shaft portion located between the terminal connecting portion and the board connecting portion. The housing includes a supporting portion for rotatably supporting the terminal fitting by being engaged with the shaft portion. The terminal fitting has a center of gravity on a side closer to the board connecting portion than the shaft portion.

Connector capable of ensuring connection reliability with a circuit board

It is aimed to improve grounding performance. A connector device is provided with a plurality of first terminal units to be mounted on a first circuit board, a plurality of second terminal units to be mounted on a second circuit board and a plurality of movable terminal units. The first terminal unit includes a first outer conductor surrounding a first inner conductor. The second terminal unit includes a second outer conductor surrounding a second inner conductor. The movable terminal unit includes a movable outer conductor surrounding a movable inner conductor. The movable terminal unit is swingable with the second terminal unit as a fulcrum. A tip part of the movable terminal unit is connectable to the first terminal unit. The plurality of movable outer conductors are electrically conductively connected via an alignment member serving as a connecting member.

Connector device with plurality of movable outer conductors being electrically conducive with each other

A card edge connector includes: a housing including a board accommodation space and a connection terminal including a resilient contact piece configured to contact a circuit board inserted into the board accommodation space, the connection terminal being mounted into the housing. The connection terminal is movable between a connection position where the resilient contact piece is in contact with a surface of the circuit board and a retraction position where the resilient contact piece is separated from the circuit board. A first interference preventing portion and a second interference preventing portion are formed between a moving path of the resilient contact piece and the board accommodation space. The first interference preventing portion and the second interference preventing portion restrict the interference of the resilient contact piece and an inserting end part of the circuit board inserted into the board accommodation space in a moving process of the connection terminal.

Card edge connector preventing a reduction in connection reliability

It is aimed to provide a connector and a connector mounting body capable of ensuring good workability at the time of manufacturing and connection reliability with a circuit board. A connector includes a connector housing and a flexible cable arranged in the connector housing and including conductive paths. The flexible cable includes terminal connecting portions to be connected to mating terminals on one end sides of the conductive paths and board connecting portions to be connected to a circuit board on the other end sides of the conductive paths. The connector includes a reinforcement plate for reinforcing a region of the flexible cable on the side of the terminal connecting portions.

Connector and connector mounting body

A connector having a moving plate that performs positioning of a tab in an excellent manner. This connector comprises: a first housing having a terminal-holding part and a hood part; a male terminal fitting with a tab protruding into the hood part; a second housing that is closely fitted with the first housing; and a moving plate that positions a front-end part of the tab and is capable of moving inside the hood part, the tab penetrating through the moving plate. The moving plate has a protrusion formed such that a hole edge section of a positioning hole within a first facing surface that faces the second housing is caused to protrude forward. When the moving plate is in an initial position, the front end of the tab is positioned farther toward the rear than a virtual protective surface to which the outer surface of the protrusion is extended forward.

Connector increasing accuracy of positioning terminal tab into the moving plate

It is aimed to reduce connection resistance between a female housing and a male housing without causing the settling of a resilient contact piece of a female terminal fitting. A female connector (F) includes a female housing () configured to accommodate female terminal fittings () and to be connected to a male housing (), and a movable portion () displaceable between a terminal deforming position where resilient contact pieces () are resiliently deformed away from male terminal fittings () and a releasing position where the movable portion is disengaged from the resilient contact pieces (). As the connection of the female housing () and the male housing () proceeds, a retainer-side slide-contact portion () slides in contact with male-side slide-contact portions () and the movable portion () is displaced from the releasing position to the terminal deforming position.

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Mie, Japan

Yutaka Kobayashi