Connector having a mechanism for preventing inclination of a connector pin
AssigneeHosiden Corporation
InventorTakayuki Nagata
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Abstract
A connector for use in e.g. establishing electrical connection between adjacent circuit boards is disclosed. The connector includes a conductive connector pin and an insulator housing. The housing includes a pin retaining hole into which the connector pin is press-fitted. The housing also includes a groove which is open to the face (first face) of the housing for receiving the pin and has a dosed bottom to the other face (second face) opposite from the first face. This groove serves to maintain the pin at its proper posture, while allowing elastic deformation of the housing for prevention of crack in the housing during press-fitting process of the pin.
Claims6
A connector comprising:
- a connector pin;
- and
- a housing for keeping the connector pin press-fitted within the housing at its proper vertical posture, the housing having a first face for receiving the connector pin and a second face opposite from the first face;
- wherein the housing includes:
- a plurality of pin retaining holes arranged in a row, each such pin retaining hole being defined through from the first face to the second face;
- and a groove which is open to the first face and has a closed bottom to the second face, the groove being provided in communication with and between at least one adjacent pair of said pin retaining holes in the row, the groove allowing elastic deformation of the housing for radial enlargement of the pin retaining hole when the connector pin is press-fitted into the corresponding pin retaining hole.
A connector comprising:
- a connector pin;
- and
- a housing for keeping the connector pin press-fitted within the housing at its proper vertical posture, the housing having a first face for receiving the connector pin and a second face opposite from the first face;
- wherein the housing includes:
- a plurality of pin retaining holes arranged in a row, each such pin retaining hole being defined through from the first face to the second face;
- and
- a groove which is open to the first face and has a closed bottom to the second face, the groove allowing elastic deformation of the housing for radial enlargement of the pin retaining hole when the connector pin is press-fitted into the corresponding pin retaining hole, wherein said groove includes an intermediate groove provided in communication with and between adjacent pin retaining holes in the row and an end groove formed for each of the pin retaining holes, said intermediate groove and said end groove being open to an outer wall of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.