Connector and device equipped with the same
AssigneeJapan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
InventorsToshio Okamura, Osamu Hashiguchi, Akihiro Onogawa, Hiroyuki Ebihara
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Abstract
A connector capable of setting a direction of running a cable connected thereto, as desired. An angle end bell has eight positioning protrusions formed on a foremost end of a surrounding portion thereof at circumferentially equally-spaced intervals. Eight positioning recesses for engagement with the positioning protrusions are formed in a rear end of a barrel. The barrel has three erroneous fitting-preventing key grooves formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof at circumferentially equally-spaced intervals.
Claims16
A connector for being fitted to a mating connector in a predetermined fitting direction, comprising:
- a connector body including a contact which has a cable connected thereto, and a housing for holding said contact;
- an end bell including a surrounding portion which surrounds at least part of said housing, a cable running portion which is connected to said surrounding portion, for running the cable in a direction at right angles to the fitting direction, and an end bell-side locking portion which is formed on an outer peripheral surface of said surrounding portion;
- a barrel including an erroneous fitting-preventing portion which prevents erroneous fitting of the connector to the mating connector, and is coaxially abutted against a foremost end of said surrounding portion such that said barrel covers a remaining part of said housing;
- barrel rotational position-determining means for determining a relative position of said barrel with respect to said end bell in a rotational direction, thereby causing the position of said erroneous fitting-preventing portion in the rotational direction to correspond to a position of said contact;
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- a coupling nut including a first coupling nut-side locking portion which is engaged with said end bell-side locking portion, and a second coupling nut-side locking portion which is engaged with a mating connector-side locking portion provided on the mating connector, for locking the mating connector, said coupling nut covering said end bell and said barrel, and causing said barrel to abut against said end bell.
A connector comprising:
- a connector body including a contact, and a positioning portion;
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- a casing for accommodating said connector body, said casing including a front-side casing portion which is disposed to surround a fitting-side portion of said connector body to be fitted to a mating connector, with a space therebetween, and a rear-side casing portion which is mounted on a rear end of said front-side casing portion, for accommodating a rear-side portion of said connector body opposite from said fitting-side portion of said connector body, said front-side casing portion having a positioned portion capable of being fitted to said positioning portion.
A device comprising:
- a connector including:
- a connector body including a contact, and a positioning portion;
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- a casing for accommodating said connector body, said casing including a front-side casing portion which is disposed to surround a fitting-side portion of said connector body to be fitted to a mating connector, with a space therebetween, and a rear-side casing portion which is mounted on a rear end of said front-side casing portion, for accommodating a rear-side portion of said connector body opposite from said fitting-side portion of said connector body, said front-side casing portion having a positioned portion capable of being fitted to said positioning portion;
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- a CCD module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.