Electric connector
AssigneeDai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakayoshi ENDO, Shuji TOUNO
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Abstract
An electric connector includes a male connector and a female connector, the male connector including a cylindrical main portion, and a male contact terminal formed at the main portion. The female connector includes a hole into which the main portion is fit, and a female contact terminal formed at the hole for making electrical contact with the male contact terminal when the main portion is fit into the hole. One of the male connector and the female connector includes a guide shaft axially extending in a direction in which the male connector is fit into the female connector, and the other of the male connector and the female connector includes a guide hole for allowing the guide shaft to be inserted thereinto to guide the guide shaft in the direction.
Claims10
An electric connector including a male connector and a female connector,
- said male connector including a cylindrical main portion, and a male contact terminal formed at said main portion,
- said female connector including a hole into which said main portion is fit, and a female contact terminal formed at said hole for making electrical contact with said male contact terminal when said main portion is fit into said hole,
- one of said male connector and said female connector including a guide shaft axially extending in a direction in which said male connector is fit into said female connector,
- the other of said male connector and said female connector including a guide hole for allowing said guide shaft to be inserted thereinto to guide said guide shaft in said direction,
- one of said male contact terminal and said female contact terminal being comprised of at least one cylindrical first terminal arranged coaxially with said guide shaft, and the other of said male contact terminal and said female contact terminal being comprised of a second terminal arranged in correspondence to said first terminal,
- said second terminal including a contact portion exposed outside for making contact with said first terminal, and an embedded portion being embedded in the other of said male contact terminal and said female contact terminal,
- said embedded portion being outwardly bent at opposite ends thereof to thereby define curved portions, said curved portions being inserted into a housing of said electric connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.