# US 11,909,139 B2 · Electrical connector

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- Number: US 11,909,139 B2
- Document ID: US11909139B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/680,834
- Filed: 2022-02-25
- Published: 2022-09-22
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2021-03-16
- Assignees: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Chunkai Yang; Kota Aizawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909139B2

## CPC

- H01R 12/7082: {Coupling device supported only by cooperation with PCB}
- H01R 13/20: Pins, blades, or sockets shaped, or provided with separate member, to retain co-operating parts together
- H01R 13/11: Resilient sockets (carrying separate resilient parts H01R13/15)
- H01R 13/502: composed of different pieces (H01R13/514 takes precedence)
- H01R 13/514: composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
- H01R 13/629: Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure {electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances (separate tools or apparatus H01R43/26)}
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

## Abstract

Housings have blade receiving portions for blade insertion formed in a peripheral wall by two side walls facing each other in the through-thickness direction of the blades and two end walls; the multiple connecting units include end connecting units located at the opposite ends in the through-thickness direction of the blades and intermediate connecting units located between the end connecting units; engagement grooves engaging with counterpart connect bodies formed in the intermediate connecting units between the side walls and the end walls of the housing to extend in the through-thickness direction of the blades and be open toward the counterpart connect bodies; and no grooves are formed in end connecting units to an extent equal to or greater than the depth of the engagement grooves of the intermediate connecting units between the end walls and the outer side walls located on the outside in the through-thickness direction of the blades.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electrical connector comprising:
a plurality of connecting units coupled and formed as a result of retaining plate-shaped blades retaining an array of a plurality of terminals extending in a direction of connection with counterpart connect bodies in a housing in such a manner that a direction of coupling is the through-thickness direction of the blades, wherein
the housing has a peripheral wall formed by two side walls facing each other in the through-thickness direction of the blades and two end walls located outside of the blade range in the plate width direction of the blades, that is, in the connector width direction; blade receiving portions used for blade insertion are formed in the peripheral wall;
the blades are inserted into and retained by the blade receiving portions of the housing;
the plurality of connecting units include end connecting units located at the opposite ends in the through-thickness direction of the blades and intermediate connecting units located between the end connecting units at the opposite ends;
engagement grooves that engage with a portion of the counterpart connect bodies are formed in the intermediate connecting units between the side walls and end walls of the housing so as to extend in the through-thickness direction of the blades and be open toward the counterpart connect bodies, and
no grooves open toward the above-mentioned counterpart connect bodies to an extent equal to or greater than the depth of the engagement grooves of the above-mentioned intermediate connecting units are formed in the end connecting units between the end walls and at least the outer side walls located on the outside in the through-thickness direction of the blades.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein at least the outer side walls of the end connecting units are thicker than the side walls of the intermediate connecting units.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the outer side walls in the end connecting units are thicker than the inner side walls located on the inside in the through-thickness direction of the blades and through-holes or recesses are formed on the side of the above-mentioned outer side walls in the above-mentioned direction of coupling.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the end connecting units have notched portions formed on the outer surface of the end walls, and the notched portions are open in said direction of connection and in the through-thickness direction of the blades at, at least, one end in the above-mentioned direction of connection.