Electrical connector assembly
AssigneeHirose Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorToshiyuki Takada
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Abstract
An electrical connector assembly comprises first and second connectors (20 and 40), each having contact portions arranged in a direction perpendicular to the plugging direction. The first connector (20) has a pair of guide portions (36) provided at sides thereof and each having guide surfaces (36A and 36B). The second connector comprises (40) has a pair of guided portions (41), each having a guided surface (41A) which is guided by the guide surface when the second connector is plugged into the first connector. At least one of the guide and guided surfaces has a relief recess (36C and 41C) in a middle thereof to permit large inclination of the second connector with respect to the first connector when the second connector is removed from the first connector.
Claims7
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- a first connector extending in a first direction and having a pair of guide portions at both ends thereof in the first direction, each of the guide portions having a first inside surface at an inside thereof in the first direction and a first outside surface at an outside thereof in the first direction, said first inside surface having a flat surface, said first outside surface having a relief recess;
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- a second connector to be connected to the first connector and extending in a second direction, said second connector having a pair of guided portions at both ends thereof in the second direction for receiving the pair of the guide portions, each of the guided portions having a second inside surface at an inside thereof in the second direction and a second outside surface at an outside thereof in the second direction, said second inside surface having a relief recess, said second outside surface having a flat surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.