Electrical/photoelectric conversion dual connector
AssigneeHosiden Corporation
InventorsYuji Nakai, Yasuro Ishimori
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Abstract
According to the invention, a disadvantage in the production cost for producing a wiring board, which may occur when an electrical connector element and a photoelectric conversion connector element are to be surface mounted, is eliminated. A connector has a first unit serving as the electrical connector element, and a second unit serving as the photoelectric conversion connector element which is attachable to and detachable from a rear end portion of the first unit. A first soldering terminal of the surface mount type disposed on the first unit is placed on a side portion of the body, and a second soldering terminal of the surface mount type disposed on the second unit is placed on a rear portion of a holder.
Claims8
An electrical/photoelectric conversion dual connector comprising:
- a first unit serving as an electrical connector element having an insertion hole in a body into which a contact is incorporated, a pin type optical plug and a pin-type electrical plug being selectively insertable into and extractable from said insertion hole, said pin type optical plug holding an end portion of an optical fiber, said pin-type electrical plug having a terminal that is to be connected to said contact;
- and a second unit serving as a photoelectric conversion connector element comprising a holder which is attachable to and detachable from a rear end portion of said body of said first unit, and which holds a photoelectric conversion device that, in an attached state, is placed coaxially with an optical axis of said optical fiber held by said pin type optical plug inserted into said insertion hole, wherein
- both said first and second units are formed as surface mounting type units, a first soldering terminal of a surface mount type disposed on said first unit is placed on a side portion of said body, and a second soldering terminal of the surface mount type disposed on said second unit is placed on a rear portion of said holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.