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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2003
Mitsuru Iida, Tsu, JP;
Narutoshi Hoshino, Katano, JP;
Hirohisa Tanaka, Tsu, JP;
Hidetoshi Takeyama, Hisai, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A connector has a connector plug and a connector receptacle for connecting a cable and a substrate. The connector plug has a shell made of a conductive material with both sides open, and an insulator made of a resin molding. The insulator has a first fitting part on a first side for mating with the connector receptacle, a second fitting part on the other side for mating with the cable, and a plurality of contacts disposed on the second fitting part side. The shell has flexible parts for flexibly contacting a connector receptacle shell mated with the first fitting part. The insulator is fit into the shell from an opening on one side of the shell.