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US 9,853,403 B1Granted
Board to board connector assembly, female connector and male connector
AssigneeOupiin Electronic (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
InventorHsin Chih Chen
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Abstract
A board to board connector assembly is disclosed in this invention, which includes a female connector and a male connector. Each female terminal has an elastic engaging section and a first protrusion located on the top of the elastic engaging section. Each male terminal has an elastic arm and a second protrusion located on the top of the elastic arm. When the female connector is matched with the male connector, the second protrusion passes the first protrusion, and a bottom surface of the second protrusion and a bottom surface of the first protrusion are engaged with each other and together form a holding state. The board to board connector assembly can ensure the reliable connection of the two connectors by the engagement of the female and male terminals.
Claims9
A board to board connector assembly, comprising:
- a female connector including:
- a female housing, which has a bottom wall, two longitudinal walls standing on the bottom wall and being parallel to each other, two transverse walls standing on the bottom wall and being parallel to each other, a receiving cavity defined by the two longitudinal walls and the two transverse walls, an opening formed above the receiving cavity, and two rows of female terminal-receiving passages being symmetrically formed on the inside of the longitudinal walls and passing through the opening and the bottom wall;
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- two rows of symmetrically arranged female terminals, each of which has a horizontal section, an elastic engaging section being connected with one end of the horizontal section and extending upward, and a tail section being connected with the other end of the horizontal section and horizontally extending away from the side of the horizontal section;
- the elastic engaging section having a first protrusion, which is located on the top of the elastic engaging section and protrudes toward the direction opposite to the tail section;
- wherein the elastic engaging section is received in the corresponding female terminal-receiving passage, the first protrusion being partly exposed in the receiving cavity, and the tail section extending out of the female housing;
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- a male connector including:
- a male housing, which includes a base, a tongue plate standing on the base, and two rows of male terminal-receiving passages being symmetrically formed on the tongue plate;
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- two rows of symmetrically arranged male terminals, each of which has a vertical plate, an elastic arm standing on the top of the vertical plate, and a tail portion located on the bottom of the vertical plate and horizontally extending away from the side of the vertical plate;
- the elastic arm having a second protrusion, which is located on the top of the elastic arm and protrudes toward the direction same as the tail portion;
- the elastic arm being located in the corresponding male terminal-receiving passage;
- the second protrusion being partly exposed outside the male terminal-receiving passage for being engaged with the corresponding female terminal;
- and the tail portion horizontally extending out of the tongue plate;
- when the male connector and the female connector are engaged with each other, the tongue plate of the male connector is inserted into the receiving cavity from the opening of the female connector, the second protrusion passes the first protrusion, and a bottom surface of the second protrusion contacts with a bottom surface of the first protrusion to form a holding state.
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A male connector, comprising:
- a male housing, which includes a base, a tongue plate standing on the base, two rows of male terminal-receiving passages being symmetrically formed on the tongue plate, and two rows of male terminal-retaining holes being symmetrically formed on the tongue plate and located on the inside of the corresponding male terminal-receiving passages;
- the tongue plate having a T-shaped section;
- and each male terminal-retaining hole being communicated with the corresponding male terminal-receiving passage under the tongue plate;
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- two rows of symmetrically arranged male terminals, each of which has a vertical plate, an elastic arm standing on the top of the vertical plate, and a tail portion located on the bottom of the vertical plate and horizontally extending away from the side of the vertical plate;
- the elastic arm having an upright section connected to the top of the vertical plate, a tilted section extending upward from the top of the upright section and being tilted to the retaining arm, and a second protrusion, which is located on the top of the tilted section and protrudes toward the direction same as the tail portion;
- the top of the second protrusion is an inclined surface;
- wherein the elastic arm is located in the corresponding male terminal-receiving passage, the second protrusion being partly exposed outside the male terminal-receiving passage for being engaged with a corresponding female terminal, the retaining arm being inserted into and fixed into the corresponding male terminal-retaining hole, and the tail portion horizontally extending out of the tongue plate.
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