Electric connector and socket connector
AssigneeJ.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuomi Shimizu, Shoichi Sasaki
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Abstract
An electric connector, comprising a base connector (4) fixed onto a mounting surface (3) and a socket connector (6) extracted from the inserting space (5) of the base connector (4) along the extracting direction (X2) generally orthogonal to the mounting surface (3), wherein, when an electric conductor (7) extending in the direction parallel with the mounting surface (3)(Y) is pulled in the direction parallel with the mounting surface (3)(Y), a tension is converted into a force in the direction of extracting the socket connector (6) (X2) by the activation of the cam surface (24) of the base connector (4) and the cam surface (37) of the socket connector (6), whereby the socket connector (6) can be removed smoothly.
Claims14
An electric connector comprising:
- a base connector including a base housing defining an inserting space accommodating a plurality of contacts, and fixed onto a mounting surface;
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- a socket connector including a socket housing accommodating a plurality of contacts, and an electric conductor extending from the socket housing in a direction generally parallel with the mounting surface,
- wherein when removed from the base connector, the socket connector is extracted from the inserting space of the base connector along a predetermined extracting direction generally orthogonal to the mounting surface,
- the base connector and socket connector individually including a cam surface, the cam surfaces capable of matching with each other,
- the cam surfaces serving to convert an extracting force on the socket connector into a force directed in the predetermined extracting direction, the extracting force applied via the electric conductor to the socket connector in the direction generally parallel with the mounting surface when the socket connector is removed from the base connector.
A socket connector extractable from an inserting space of a base connector fixed onto a mounting surface along a predetermined extracting direction generally orthogonal to the mounting surface, the socket connector comprising:
- a socket housing for accommodating a plurality of contacts;
- an electric conductor extending from the socket housing in a direction generally parallel with the mounting surface;
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- a cam surface for converting an extracting force into a force directed in the predetermined extracting direction, the extracting force applied via the electric conductor in the direction generally parallel with the mounting surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.