Bracket with an overlapping portion and connector assembly having the bracket

A connector assembly, comprising:

• a plurality of first connectors arranged laterally and each having a mating portion facing sideward;
• a plurality of circuit boards each connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of first connectors and arranged laterally in an attitude having a plug portion to be plugged into a second connector facing downward;
• and
• a bracket having an upper bracket and a lower bracket and supporting the first connectors in a sandwiching manner from above and below between the upper bracket and the lower bracket,
• the lower bracket has a lower bracket base portion supporting a lower face of each of the first connectors, and a pair of lateral lower bracket sidewall portions extending upward from a pair of lateral ends of the lower bracket base portion,
• the upper bracket has an upper bracket base portion resting on the first connectors, and a pair of lateral upper bracket sidewall portions extending downward from a pair of lateral ends of the upper bracket base portion to a height at which the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions overlap the lateral lower bracket sidewall portions laterally,
• in an overlapping portion where the lateral lower bracket sidewall portions and the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions overlap each other laterally, a pair of first sidewall portions of one of the lateral lower bracket sidewall portions and the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions have a first adjacent portion located inside between a pair of second sidewall portions different from the first sidewall portions and adjacent to the second sidewall portions, and a second adjacent portion located outside the pair of second sidewall portions and adjacent to the second sidewall portions, the first adjacent portion has a first catch portion and the second adjacent portion has a second catch portion, and
• a third adjacent portion adjacent to an outside of the first adjacent portion and a fourth adjacent portion adjacent to an inside of the second adjacent portion, the third adjacent portion has a third catch portion catching the first catch portion and the fourth adjacent portion has a fourth catch portion catching the second catch portion, catching the lower bracket on the upper bracket.

A bracket, comprising:

• an upper bracket;
• and
• a lower bracket, the upper bracket and the lower bracket supporting a supported body from above and below between the upper bracket and the lower bracket, the supported body is a first connector connected with a circuit board having a plug portion, the circuit board in an attitude in which the plug portion to be plugged into a second connector faces downward,
• the lower bracket has a lower bracket base portion supporting a lower face of the supported body, and a pair of lateral lower bracket sidewall portions extending upward from a pair of lateral ends of the lower bracket base portion,
• the upper bracket has an upper bracket base portion resting on the supported body, and a pair of lateral upper bracket sidewall portions extending downward from a pair of lateral ends of the upper bracket base portion to a height at which the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions overlap the lateral lower bracket sidewall portions in lateral directions,
• in an overlapping portion where the lateral lower bracket sidewall portions and the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions overlap each other in the lateral directions, a pair of first sidewall portions of one of the lateral lower bracket sidewall portions and the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions have a first adjacent portion located inside between a pair of second sidewall portions different from the first sidewall portions and adjacent to the second sidewall portions, and a second adjacent portion located outside the pair of second sidewall portions and adjacent to the second sidewall portions, the first adjacent portion has a first catch portion and the second adjacent portion has a second catch portion, and
• a third adjacent portion adjacent to an outside of the first adjacent portion and a fourth adjacent portion adjacent to an inside of the second adjacent portion, the third adjacent portion has a third catch portion catching the first catch portion and the fourth adjacent portion has a fourth catch portion catching the second catch portion, catching the lower bracket on the upper bracket.

A bracket, comprising:

• an upper bracket;
• and
• a lower bracket, the upper bracket and the lower bracket supporting a supported body from above and below between the upper bracket and the lower bracket,
• the lower bracket has a lower bracket base portion supporting a lower face of the supported body, and a pair of lateral lower bracket sidewall portions extending upward from a pair of lateral ends of the lower bracket base portion,
• the upper bracket has an upper bracket base portion resting on the supported body, and a pair of lateral upper bracket sidewall portions extending downward from a pair of lateral ends of the upper bracket base portion to a height at which the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions overlap the lateral lower bracket sidewall portions in lateral directions,
• in an overlapping portion where the lateral lower bracket sidewall portions and the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions overlap each other in the lateral directions, a pair of first sidewall portions of one of the lateral lower bracket sidewall portions and the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions have a first adjacent portion located inside between a pair of second sidewall portions different from the first sidewall portions and adjacent to the second sidewall portions, and a second adjacent portion located outside the pair of second sidewall portions and adjacent to the second sidewall portions, the first adjacent portion has a first catch portion and the second adjacent portion has a second catch portion, and
• a third adjacent portion adjacent to an outside of the first adjacent portion and a fourth adjacent portion adjacent to an inside of the second adjacent portion, the third adjacent portion and the fourth adjacent portion lie in a same plane, the third adjacent portion has a third catch portion catching the first catch portion and the fourth adjacent portion has a fourth catch portion catching the second catch portion, catching the lower bracket on the upper bracket.