# US 2018/0026384 A1 · Electrical connector for circuit board

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- Number: US 2018/0026384 A1
- Document ID: US20180026384A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/657,192
- Filed: 2017-07-23
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-25
- Assignees: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Kazunari SHIBUYA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180026384A1

## CPC

- H01R 12/737: {Printed circuits being substantially perpendicular to each other (for printed connections H05K3/366)}
- H01R 12/716: {Coupling device provided on the PCB}
- H01R 12/91: allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating or self aligning (for coupling devices not specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R13/6315 takes precedence)
- H01R 31/06: Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter (with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94)
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

## Abstract

An electrical connector with terminals having contact portions that come into contact with a connected circuit board and a housing that supports the terminals. The housing has a stationary housing for attaching to a circuit board and a movable housing configured to move with respect to the stationary housing. The connecting circuit board contacts the contact portions on the movable housing side. The terminals each have a stationary-side supported portion that is supported by the stationary housing, a movable-side supported portion that is supported by the movable housing, and an elastic portion that links the stationary-side supported portion and the movable-side supported portion. The elastic portions each have longitudinal portions extending in the connector mating direction, and a lateral portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the mating direction, and reach the stationary-side supported portions via bent portions that are bent at the inner ends of the lateral portions.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electrical connector for a circuit board, comprising:
terminals on which connection portions for connecting to a circuit board are formed on one end side and contact portions for making contact with a counterpart connected circuit board are formed on the other end side, and
a housing that supports said terminals, said housing having a stationary housing for attaching to a circuit board via the terminals, and a movable housing that is formed as a separate member from the stationary housing and is able to move with respect to the stationary housing, and said counterpart connected circuit board coming into contact with the contact portions of the terminals on the movable housing side,
wherein the terminals each have a stationary-side supported portion that is supported by the stationary housing, a movable-side supported portion that is supported by the movable housing, and an elastic portion that links the stationary-side supported portion and the movable-side supported portion and is capable of elastic displacement, and
the elastic portions each have longitudinal portions extending in the connector mating direction and a lateral portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the mating direction, and bent portions are formed by being bent at the inner ends of the lateral portions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electrical connector for a circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the elastic portion of the terminal has the longitudinal portions, the lateral portion, and the bent portion linked in that order to the movable-side supported portion, and the bent portion is linked to the stationary-side supported portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electrical connector for a circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinal portions of a terminal are formed longer than the lateral portions, and at least a portion of the longitudinal portions is located within the range of the movable-side housing in the connector mating direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electrical connector for a circuit board according to claim 1, wherein a pair of terminals is such that the movable-side supported portions of said terminals are located more to the inside in the connector width direction than the stationary-side supported portions.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electrical connector for a circuit board according to claim 1, wherein at least the elastic portions of the terminals are bent in the sheet thickness direction of the terminals.