Connector and connector device
AssigneeHirose Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsYongjin Lee, Shiro Sunaga
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Abstract
A connector device includes: a plug connector including a plurality of plug terminals, a plug housing that holds the plurality of plug terminals in its longitudinal direction, and a plug shell held by the plug housing; and a receptacle connector including a plurality of receptacle terminals, a receptacle housing that holds the receptacle terminals along its longitudinal direction, and a receptacle shell held by the receptacle housing. The plug shell and the receptacle shell are electrically connected to each other through at least the contact portion in a state where the plug connector and the receptacle connector is fitted with each other.
Claims21
A connector device comprising:
- a plug connector including a plurality of plug terminals, a plug housing that holds the plurality of plug terminals in its longitudinal direction, and a plug shell held by the plug housing;
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- a receptacle connector including a plurality of receptacle terminals, a receptacle housing that holds the receptacle terminals along its longitudinal direction, and a receptacle shell held by the receptacle housing, wherein
- the plug shell includes a plug shell plane facing the receptacle connector when the connectors are fitted to each other, a plate-like first plug shield extending in the longitudinal direction of the plug housing, a plate-like second plug shield extending in a short direction of the plug housing, a plug housing support portion held by the plug housing, and a plug shell mounting portion connected to a ground potential of a substrate,
- the first plug shield faces the plug terminals in the short direction,
- the receptacle shell includes a receptacle shell plane facing the plug connector when the connectors are fitted to each other, a plate-like first receptacle shield extending in the longitudinal direction of the receptacle housing, a plate-like second receptacle shield extending in a short direction of the receptacle housing, a receptacle housing support portion held by the receptacle housing, and a receptacle shell mounting portion connected to the ground potential of the substrate,
- the first receptacle shield faces each of the plurality of the receptacle terminals in the short direction,
- one shell plane out of the plug shell plane and the receptacle shell plane includes a contact portion, which extends from the corresponding shell plane, is formed by being bent in a fitting direction with a mating connector, and is configured to contact the other shell plane when the connectors are fitted to each other, and
- when the plug connector and the receptacle connector are fitted to each other, the plug shell and the receptacle shell are electrically connected to each other through at least the contact portion.
A connector comprising a plurality of terminals, a housing that holds the terminals in its longitudinal direction, and an outer conductor shell held by the housing, wherein
- the outer conductor shell includes a shell plane facing a mating connector at the time of fitting, a plate-like first shield extending in the longitudinal direction of the housing, a plate-like second shield extending in a short direction of the housing, a support portion held by the housing, and a shell mounting portion connected to a ground potential of a substrate,
- the first shield faces each of the terminals in the short direction,
- the shell plane includes a contact portion, which extends from the shell plane, is formed by being bent in a fitting direction with the mating connector, and is configured to contact a mating shell plane of the mating connector when the connectors are fitted to each other, and
- the outer conductor shell is electrically connected to a mating outer conductor shell of the mating connector through at least the contact portion in a fitting state with the mating connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.