# US 2018/0026382 A1 · Connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0026382 A1 - Document ID: US20180026382A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/480,657 - Filed: 2017-04-06 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-21 - Assignees: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited - Applicants: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited - Inventors: Tetsu URANO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180026382A1 ## CPC - F21V 23/06: the elements being coupling devices {, e.g. connectors} - H01R 4/4823: {Multiblade spring} - H01R 4/4848: {Busbar integrally formed with the spring} - H01R 12/53: connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - H01R 12/57: surface mounting terminals - H01R 12/58: terminals for insertion into holes - H01R 43/16: for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract A connector has a mounting portion of a plate-like shape and a cable fitting portion protruding from the mounting portion in a first direction. The mounting portion has a fixing portion disposed on a first flat surface faced to the first direction and adapted to be fixed to a board, and a flat portion disposed on a second flat surface faced to a second direction opposite to the first direction. The cable fitting portion has a receiving portion adapted to receive a cable, an opening portion formed at one end of the receiving portion and allowing the cable to be inserted therethrough, and a cable contact portion to be electrically connected to the cable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connector comprising a mounting portion of a plate-like shape and a cable fitting portion protruding from the mounting portion in a first direction; the mounting portion having: a first flat surface faced to the first direction; a second flat surface faced to a second direction opposite to the first direction; a fixing portion adapted to be fixed to a board and disposed on the first flat surface; and a flat portion disposed on the second flat surface; the cable fitting portion having: a receiving portion adapted to receive a cable; an opening portion formed at one end of the receiving portion and allowing the cable to pass therethrough; and a cable contact portion to be electrically connected to the cable. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein the mounting portion has a flat shape. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein: the mounting portion has a recessed portion depressed in the first direction; the flat portion being provided in the recessed portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The connector according to claim 3, wherein: when the fixing portion is fixed to the board, the flat portion is located between a first principal surface of the board faced to the first direction and a second principal surface of the board faced to the second direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein: the receiving portion is inclined with respect to the first flat surface so that a distance from the first flat surface is gradually reduced from one end of the receiving portion that is provided with the opening portion towards the other end of the receiving portion which is opposite to the one end. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein: when the fixing portion is fixed to the board, at least a part of the other end of the receiving portion opposite to the one end provided with the opening portion is located between the first principal surface of the board that is faced to the first direction and the second principal surface of the board that is faced to the second direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein: the cable has a conductor and a covering portion covering the conductor; the receiving portion having a plate-like member disposed in a direction intersecting with an inserting direction of inserting the cable into the receiving portion; the plate-like member overlapping the covering portion and not overlapping the conductor when a state where the cable is received in the receiving portion is seen through in the inserting direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein: the cable contact portion comprises a flat plate made of a material harder than a conductor of the cable received in the receiving portion; frontward one end of the flat plate, when the cable is seen in a direction of inserting the cable through the opening portion into the receiving portion, being fixed to the receiving portion; the flat plate extending from the receiving portion in the direction of inserting the cable and thereafter bending in a direction obliquely intersecting with the direction of inserting the cable to form a bend; the flat plate extending straight from the bend; backward one end of the flat plate, when the cable is seen in the direction of inserting the cable through the opening portion into the receiving portion, contacting a conductor of the cable when the cable is received in the receiving portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein: the cable contact portion comprises a pair of flat plates made of a material harder than a conductor of the cable received in the receiving portion; frontward one ends of the flat plates, when the cable is seen in a direction of inserting the cable through the opening portion into the receiving portion, being fixed to the receiving portion; the flat plates extending from the receiving portion in the direction of inserting the cable and thereafter bending in directions obliquely intersecting with the direction of inserting the cable to form bends; the flat plates extending straight from the bends; backward one ends of the flat plates, when the cable is seen in the direction of inserting the cable through the opening portion into the receiving portion, clamping a conductor of the cable when the cable is received in the receiving portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein: the cable fitting portion further has a connecting portion connecting the mounting portion and the receiving portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, formed by bending one metal plate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The connector according to claim 11, wherein: one end and the other end of the metal plate are bent to overlap each other; the one end being provided with a projecting portion; the other end having a bending portion bent to be engaged with the projecting portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein a length of a vertical line drawn from a point P of the cable inserted in the opening portion to the first flat surface or an extension thereof is longer than a distance from the first principal surface to the second principal surface, where the point P is located on the cable in the opening portion at an end in the second direction. ### Claim 14 An illuminating device comprising a board having a first principal surface, a second principal surface, and a through hole; a light emitting portion disposed on the second principal surface, and a connector; the connector comprising a mounting portion of a plate-like shape and a cable fitting portion protruding from the mounting portion in a first direction; the mounting portion having: a first flat surface faced to the first direction; a second flat surface faced to a second direction opposite to the first direction; a fixing portion adapted to be fixed to a board and disposed on the first flat surface; and a flat portion disposed on the second flat surface; the cable fitting portion having: a receiving portion adapted to receive a cable; an opening portion formed at one end of the receiving portion and allowing the cable to be inserted therethrough; and a cable contact portion to be electrically connected to the cable; the cable fitting portion protruding from the second principal surface through the through hole onto the first principal surface, the fixing portion being fixed to the second principal surface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The illuminating device according to claim 14, wherein a height of the mounting portion protruding from the second principal surface is lower than a height of the light emitting portion protruding from the second principal surface. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The illuminating device according to claim 14, wherein a length of a vertical line drawn from a point P of the cable inserted in the opening portion to the first flat surface or an extension thereof is longer than a distance from the first principal surface to the second principal surface, where the point P is located on the cable in the opening portion at an end in the second direction.