# US 2022/0037818 A1 · Board-to-board connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0037818 A1 - Document ID: US20220037818A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/501,077 - Filed: 2021-10-14 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-27 - Assignees: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited - Applicants: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. - Inventors: Junji OOSAKA; Yuichi TAKENAGA; Akihiro MATSUNAGA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220037818A1 ## CPC - H01R 12/523: {by an interconnection through aligned holes in the boards or multilayer board} - H01R 12/714: {with contacts abutting directly the printed circuit; Button contacts therefore provided on the printed circuit} - H01R 12/7052: {characterised by the locating members} - H01R 12/707: {Soldering or welding} - H01R 13/2442: {with a single cantilevered beam} - H01R 13/41: by frictional grip in grommet, panel or base - H01R 13/50: formed as an integral body (H01R13/514 takes precedence) - H01R 43/205: {with a panel or printed circuit board} - H05K 1/181: associated with surface mounted components - H01R 12/57: surface mounting terminals - H01R 13/6215: {using one or more bolts} - H01R 13/631: for engagement only - H05K 2201/09063: Holes or slots in insulating substrate not used for electrical connections - H05K 2201/09445: Pads for connections not located at the edge of the PCB, e.g. for flexible circuits - H05K 2201/10189: Non-printed connector - H05K 2201/2009: Reinforced areas, e.g. for a specific part of a flexible printed circuit - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A connector includes a rectangular flat-plate housing including a first positioning hole and a second positioning hole, and a contact row and a contact row held on the housing. The housing includes a first pitch side surface and a second pitch side surface on an opposite side of the first pitch side surface. The contact row and the contact row extend from the first pitch side surface to the second pitch side surface. The first positioning hole is disposed between the first pitch side surface and the contact row, and the second positioning hole is disposed between the first pitch side surface and the contact row. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A board-to-board connector to be mounted on a first board and interposed between the first board and a second board to electrically connect a plurality of pads of the first board with a plurality of pads of the second board respectively, comprising: a rectangular flat-plate housing including a first positioning hole and a second positioning hole; and a first contact row and a second contact row held on the housing, wherein the housing includes only the first positioning hole and the second positioning hole as positioning holes for positioning the second board with respect to the board-to-board connector, the first contact row and the second contact row are disposed to separate from each other in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the first contact row, the housing includes a first side surface on one side thereof and a second side surface on another side thereof opposite to the one side, the first contact row and the second contact row extend from the first side surface to the second side surface, the first positioning hole is disposed between the first side surface and the first contact row, and the second positioning hole is disposed between the first side surface and the second contact row. ### Claim at position 2 -4. (canceled) ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The board-to-board connector according to claim 1, further comprising: a reinforcing member made of metal, wherein the housing includes a second board opposed surface to be opposed to the second board, and the reinforcing member includes a reinforcing plate part to cover the second board opposed surface around the first positioning hole or the second positioning hole. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The board-to-board connector according to claim 5, wherein the reinforcing member is disposed in such a way that the reinforcing plate part of the reinforcing member does not cover an inner edge of the first positioning hole or the second positioning hole when viewed in a thickness direction of the housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The board-to-board connector according to claim 5, wherein the first contact row includes a plurality of contacts, each of the contacts includes an electrical contact spring piece projecting from the second board opposed surface, and an accommodation recess to accommodate the reinforcing plate part of the reinforcing member is formed on the second board opposed surface of the housing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The board-to-board connector according to claim 5, wherein the reinforcing member further includes a soldering part projecting toward the first board from the reinforcing plate part of the reinforcing member and connectable by soldering to a pad of the first board. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The board-to-board connector according to claim 1, wherein the first positioning hole is a round hole, and the second positioning hole is a slotted hole.