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US 7,677,935 B2Granted
Right-angle connector
AssigneeSMK Corporation
InventorsShigetoshi Ogata, Mieko Kano
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Abstract
A connector forms a connection by inserting a socket connector and a plug connector into a housing. The housing is configured by integrally forming a plug insertion recessed part and a socket insertion recessed part in an L shape. A socket terminal of the socket connector, which is inserted in a socket insertion recessed part, is connected to and pinched by a plug terminal of the plug connector, which is inserted in and attached to the plug insertion recessed part.
Claims11
A connector that forms a connection by inserting a socket connector and a plug connector into a housing, wherein
- the housing includes a plug insertion recessed part and a socket insertion recessed part, the plug insertion recessed part and the socket insertion recessed part being integrally formed in an L shape;
- and
- a socket terminal of the socket connector, which is inserted in the socket insertion recessed part, is pinchably connected to a plug terminal of the plug connector, which is fixedly inserted in the plug insertion recessed part, wherein:
- a contact part of the plug terminal extends along an insertion direction of the plug insertion recessed part into a base portion of the socket insertion recessed part,
- the socket insertion recessed part fully encloses the contact part of the plug terminal,
- the contact part of the plug terminal is pinched by and connected to the socket terminal,
- the contact part and a wire connecting part of the plug terminal are integrally formed from a plate material;
- and
- the contact part is formed by folding the plate material so that it is doubled.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.