Rotatably mated connector couple
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorHung-Chi Yu
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Abstract
A connector couple includes a plug connector and a receptacle connector. The plug connector includes a housing and a plurality of first and second terminals. The housing defines a cutout and a slot in communication with the cutout and therefore forms first and second side walls. The first and second terminals are received in inner sides of the first and second side walls respectively. The receptacle connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals received in the housing. A protruding wall extends from the housing and is received in the slot of the plug connector. The cutout of the plug connector provides access to the protruding wall of the receptacle connector to extend into the slot of the plug connector during the plug connector rotatably mating with the receptacle connector.
Claims9
A connector couple comprising:
- a plug connector comprising a housing and a plurality of first and second terminals, the housing defining a cutout and a slot in communication with the cutout and therefore forming first and second side walls, the first and second terminals being received in inner sides of the first and second side walls respectively;
- and
- a receptacle connector comprising a housing and a plurality of terminals received in the housing, a protruding wall extending from the housing and being received in the slot of the plug connector;
- wherein the cutout of the plug connector provides access for the protruding wall of the receptacle connector to extend into the slot of the plug connector during rotatably mating the plug connector with the receptacle connector.
A connector couple comprising:
- first and second connector mated with each other in a vertical direction;
- said first connector defining a first elongated insulative housing having an elongated slot therein with a plurality of first contacts by two sides of said slot;
- and
- said second connector defining a second elongated insulative housing having an elongated central protruding wall with a plurality of second contacts by two sides of said protruding wall;
- wherein
- said protruding wall is adapted to be received within the slot, and at least one of said slot and said protruding wall is cut off at one corner so as to allow an obliquely initial mating with regard to said vertical direction instead of an initial vertical mating along said vertical direction.
A connector couple comprising:
- first and second connectors mated with each other in a vertical plane;
- said first connector defining a first elongated insulative housing having an elongated slot therein with two opposite rows of contacts by two sides of said slot;
- and
- said second connector defining a second elongated insulative housing having an elongated central protruding wall with two opposite rows of contacts by two sides of said protruding wall;
- wherein
- said protruding wall is adapted to be received within the slot, and the contacts in one row of at least one of said first and second connectors are shorter than those in the other row so as to allow an obliquely initial mating with regard to said vertical direction instead of an initial vertical mating along said vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.