Electrical connector including plug connector and receptacle connector detachably fitting to each other
AssigneeFujikura Ltd.
InventorsKiyotaka Yamada, Soichi Sugaya, Kazunori Takei
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Abstract
An electric connector includes a plug connector 30 and a receptacle connector 20. The receptacle connector 20 has a first housing 200 having first and second recess fitting parts 203a, 203b, and a required number of first contacts 220. The first and second recess fitting parts 203a, 203b have different shapes. The receptacle connector 20 has a first cover 240 that is made of metal and covers a part of a peripheral wall 202 of the first housing 200 that defines the first recess fitting part 203a, and a second cover 260 that is made of metal and covers a part of the peripheral wall 202 that defines the second recess fitting part 203b.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising a plug connector and a receptacle connector that are detachably fit to each other, characterized in that:
- the receptacle connector including:
- a first housing having a recess defined by a bottom wall and a peripheral wall rising from the bottom wall, with one end part of the recess in a longitudinal direction of the receptacle connector forming a first recess fitting part adjacent to an end surface of the first housing and an other end part forming a second recess fitting part adjacent to an other end surface of the first housing that opposes the end surface of the first housing in the longitudinal direction;
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- a required number of first contacts that are arrayed and retained between the first and second recess fitting parts of the first housing;
- the plug connector including:
- a second housing having a first convex fitting part that is detachably inserted into the first recess fitting part and a second convex fitting part that is detachably inserted into the second recess fitting part;
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- a required number of second contacts that are arrayed and retained between the first and second convex fitting parts of the second housing and come into contact with the first contacts when the plug connector and the receptacle connector are fit to each other;
- the first and second recess fitting parts have different shapes such that, in the longitudinal direction, a thickness of a part of the peripheral wall that protrudes from the end surface of the first housing is different from a thickness of an other part of the peripheral wall that protrudes from the other end surface of the first housing;
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- the receptacle connector has a first cover that includes a metal and covers a part of the peripheral wall that defines the first recess fitting part, and a second cover that includes a metal and covers an other part of the peripheral wall that defines the second recess fitting part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.