Connector
AssigneesJapan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, JAE Electronics, Inc.
InventorsTakayuki Nishimura, Joe Motojima
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Abstract
A connector includes a plurality of contacts, a housing made of a predetermined material and a reinforcement member. The housing holds the contacts. The housing includes a bottom portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the connector. The reinforcement member is, at least in part, embedded in the bottom portion of the housing via insert-molding. The reinforcement member has a rib portion extending in the longitudinal direction. The rib portion has a reversed U- or V-shape cross-section and is filled with the predetermined material of the housing.
Claims7
A connector comprising:
- a plurality of contacts;
- a housing made of a predetermined material and holding the contacts, the housing including a bottom portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the connector;
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- a reinforcement member which is, at least in part, embedded in the bottom portion of the housing via insert-molding, the reinforcement member having a rib portion extending in the longitudinal direction, the rib portion having a reversed U- or V-shape in cross-section, and the rib portion being filled with the predetermined material of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.