Connector device
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorYoshikatsu Okada
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Abstract
A connector device includes a plug including a plurality of plug terminals and a socket including a plurality of socket terminals. Ground plug terminals each have a recess on the contact surface, and ground socket terminals each have a dimple on the contact surface thereof. The dimple of the ground socket terminal is elastically urged to the recess of the ground plug terminal for obtaining a firm electric contact between the ground plug terminal and the ground socket terminal.
Claims6
A connector device comprising a plug including a first plug terminal and a second plug terminal each having a first contact surface, and a socket including a first socket terminal and a second socket terminal disposed on a first side of the plug and each having a first contact portion, said first contact portion of said first socket terminal being elastically urged toward said first contact surface of said first plug terminal, said first contact portion of said second socket terminal being located closer to an opening of said socket than said first contact portion of said first socket terminal and being elastically urged toward said first contact surface of said plug terminal, wherein:
- said first plug terminal has a recess on said first contact surface;
- said first socket terminal has a dimple on said first contact portion corresponding to said recess of said first plug terminal;
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- said dimple of said first socket terminal is elastically urged toward said recess of said first plug terminal to firmly engage said recess in a locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.