Electrical connector
AssigneeJ.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshihiro Terashima, Terumi Nakashima
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Abstract
An electrical connector comprises first and second connectors connectable to each other in a predetermined connecting direction. The first connector comprises a housing, a plurality of contacts supported by the housing, and a metal reinforcement member fixed to the housing. The reinforcement member is engageable with an engagement groove of the second connector. The reinforcement member includes a pair of engagement projections. The first and second connectors are permitted to be offset from each other in a direction intersecting the connecting direction and guided with respect to each other for connection thereof when the engagement projections are introduced into the engagement groove.
Claims10
An electrical connector comprising:
- first and second connectors which are connectable to each other in a predetermined connecting direction;
- the first connector comprising a housing, a plurality of contacts supported by the housing, and a metal reinforcement member fixed to the housing and extending in a first direction perpendicular to the connecting direction;
- the reinforcement member including a pair of engagement projections;
- the second connector comprising an engagement groove engageable with the reinforcement member;
- wherein the first and second connectors are permitted to be offset from each other in the first direction intersecting the connecting direction and guided with respect to each other for connection thereof when the pair of engagement projections of the reinforcement member are introduced into the engagement groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.