Connector with channels having concave grooves facing into connector and convex support surfaces for mounting on substrate
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorHiroyuki Hiramatsu
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Abstract
A connector (10) for a substrate has a tubular hood (21) in which at least one mating housing can be fit. The hood (21) is mounted on a surface of a circuit substrate (90). Channels (45, 46) are formed in a bottom wall (22) of the hood (21) and define grooves opening into the hood (21) for preventing the mating housings from being fitted in wrong fit-in concavities (28) of the hood (21). The channels (45, 46) have flat bottom surfaces that contact and extend along the circuit substrate (90) for stably supporting the hood (10) while spacing the bottom wall (22) from the circuit substrate (90).
Claims21
A connector for a circuit substrate comprising:
- a tubular hood having an open front end in which at least one mating housing can be fit and a rear end spaced from the front end along a front to rear direction, the hood having a bottom wall and opposite side walls extending up from opposite widthwise sides of the bottom wall, channels projecting out from the bottom wall of the hood and extending in the front to rear direction from the front end of the hood, each of the channels defining a concave groove facing inwardly into the hood and having at least one external convex supporting surface facing outwardly and away from the hood and disposed at a position spaced below the bottom wall, the convex support surfaces of the channels being mountable on a surface of a circuit substrate.
A connector for a circuit substrate comprising:
- a tubular hood having a bottom wall, opposite side walls extending up from opposite widthwise sides of the bottom wall, a top wall connecting the side walls and opposed to the bottom wall, the hood further having an open front end and a rear wall spaced from the front end in a front to rear direction, a partitioning wall extending between the bottom and top walls at a position between the side walls for defining concavities between the partitioning wall and the side walls, first channels projecting out from the bottom wall of the hood at positions substantially adjacent the side walls and extending in the front to rear direction from the front end of the hood, second channels projecting out from the hood at positions in proximity to the partitioning wall and extending in the front to rear direction from the front end of the hood, each of the channels having a concave groove facing inwardly into the hood and at least one external convex supporting surface facing downwardly and away from the hood at a position spaced below the bottom wall, the external convex supporting surfaces of the channels being mountable on a surface of a circuit substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.