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Connector

  • US 10,651,599 B2
  • Filed: 07/03/2019
  • Issued: 05/12/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
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1. A connector mateable with a mating connector along an upper-lower direction, wherein:

  • the connector comprises a fixed housing, a movable housing and a plurality of contacts;

    the fixed housing has a housing-accommodation portion and a plurality of holding portions which correspond to the contacts, respectively;

    the housing-accommodation portion opens upward;

    the holding portions are arranged in a pitch direction perpendicular to the upper-lower direction;

    the movable housing is, at least in part, accommodated in the housing-accommodation portion;

    the movable housing is movable relative to the fixed housing along the upper-lower direction and is movable relative to the fixed housing along a horizontal plane perpendicular to the upper-lower direction;

    the movable housing has a receiving portion, one or more partitions, a catching portion and a plurality of contact-accommodation portions which correspond to the contacts, respectively;

    the receiving portion opens upward and receives, at least in part, the mating connector under a mated state where the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other;

    the contact-accommodation portions are arranged in the pitch direction and communicate with the receiving portion in a width direction perpendicular to both the upper-lower direction and the pitch direction;

    each of the partitions is located between adjacent two of the contact-accommodation portions in the pitch direction;

    each of the contacts has a held portion and a resiliently deformable portion;

    each of the held portions is held by a corresponding one of the holding portions;

    each of the resiliently deformable portions is resiliently deformable and is, at least in part, accommodated in a corresponding one of the contact-accommodation portions under a separated state where the connector and the mating connector are separated from each other;

    each of the resiliently deformable portions is provided with a contact portion and a facing portion;

    each of the facing portions is located between the held portion and the contact portion in the width direction;

    each of the facing portions is in contact with the catching portion or faces the catching portion at a distance apart therefrom in the width direction; and

    a movement of the movable housing relative to the fixed housing enables the facing portions to be pressed against the catching portion while allowing movements of the facing portions at least in the upper-lower direction.

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