CONNECTOR AND MATING CONNECTOR

• US 20130344734A1
• Filed: 06/17/2013
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JAE Taiwan Ltd. (Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited), Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Original Assignee: JAE Taiwan Ltd. (Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited), Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Inventors: YOKOYAMA, Yohei, KODERA, Masafumi
• Granted Patent: US 9,088,095 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/569
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/7011 Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/60 Means for supporting coupling part when not engaged
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6594 the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/16 for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending

Abstract

A connector is fixable to an object such as a circuit board. The connector comprises a shell. The shell has a body portion and a fixing portion for fixing the body portion to the circuit board. The body portion is provided with an engagement piece. The fixing portion has a flange and an opening. The flange is configured to be screwed to and pressed against the circuit board. The opening is engaged with the engagement piece so as to press the engagement piece toward the circuit board when the flange is pressed against the circuit board.

Claims

1. A connector fixable to an object and receivable a part of a mating connector inserted thereinto from a front end thereof in a front-rear direction, the connector comprising:

a contact;

a holding member holding the contact; and

a shell attached to the holding member, the shell having a body portion and a fixing portion, the body portion covering, at least in part, the holding member, the fixing portion being configured to fix the body portion to the object, the body portion being provided with a first engaged portion, the fixing portion having a pressed portion and a second engaged portion, the pressed portion being configured to be secured to the object by screw to be pressed against the object, the second engaged portion being engaged with the first engaged portion so as to press the first engaged portion toward the object when the pressed portion is pressed against the object.

2. The connector as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the first engaged portion is an engagement piece protruding outward in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction while extending obliquely rearward; and

the second engaged portion is an opening.

3. The connector as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the body portion has two sidewalls located at opposite ends thereof in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction, respectively;

the first engaged portion is formed at the sidewall;

the fixing portion has a facing portion, the facing portion facing the sidewall which is formed with the first engaged portion, the facing portion being formed with a lower end in a vertical direction perpendicular to both the front-rear direction and the pitch direction;

the second engaged portion is formed at the facing portion; and

the pressed portion extends outward in the pitch direction from the lower end of the facing portion.

4. The connector as recited in claim 3, wherein:

the sidewall has a front end and a rear end in the front-rear direction;

the facing portion has a front edge and a rear end in the front-rear direction;

the rear end of the sidewall and the rear end of the facing portion are coupled with each other;

the front edge of the facing portion has a shape protruding forward and upward;

the front end of the sidewall is formed with a guide portion which guides the mating connector upon an insertion of the mating connector, the guide portion being located in front of the front edge of the facing portion, the guide portion opening outward in the pitch direction; and

the guide portion extends in a direction oblique to the vertical direction so that an upper end of the guide portion is located forward of a lower end of the guide portion.

5. The connector as recited in claim 3, wherein:

the second engaged portion is an opening;

the sidewall of the body portion is formed with a hole piercing the sidewall in the pitch direction;

the hole at least partially communicates with the second engaged portion in the pitch direction; and

the first engaged portion extends into or through the second engaged portion from a front end of the hole.

6. The connector as recited in claim 3, wherein:

the body portion has a top plate and a post, the top plate coupling the sidewalls in the pitch direction, the post extending downward from the top plate; and

the post is inserted into and fixed to the object when the connector is fixed to the object.