Electrical connector

• US 6,379,187 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2001
• Issued: 04/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hirose Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hirose Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Nishimatsu, Norimasa
• Primary Examiner(s): TA, THO DAC
• Application Number:
  US09/755,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20010012718A1
• Time in Patent Office: 477 Days
• Field of Search: 439/607, 439/284, 439/353, 439/660, 439/924.1, 439/680
• US Class Current: 439/607.35
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6272 comprising a single latching arm
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6582 with resilient means for engaging mating connector

Abstract

An electrical connector comprises a housing with a plug section having a width greater than a height thereof and a plurality of contact elements (14) with contact sections (14A) arranged in the widthwise direction of the connector, a pair of guiding members or protruded section(18) or indented sections (44) provided on opposite sides of the connector.

Claims

1. An electrical connector comprising:

a housing having a plurality of elongated inner cavities provided in parallel with each other and a plug section having a width which is greater than a height;

a pair of protruded sections provided on opposite sides of said connector to form a recess therebetween and having a pair of lock members with engaging claws projecting from said housing in a heightwise direction of said housing;

a plurality of contact elements accommodated in said elongated inner cavities and having contact sections arranged in said plug section in a widthwise direction of said connector and projecting from said plug section into said recess; and

a pair of shield plates covering at least outer side and front side of said protruded sections for protection and having a pair of protective sections brought into contact with a shield plate of a mating connector when said connector is inserted into said mating connector.

2. An electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein said contact elements are provided with flexible sections accommodated in said inner cavities so that said contact sections are pushed back to a face of said housing by contact sections of said mating connector.

3. An electrical connector comprising:

a housing with a raised section having a width which is greater than a height;

a pair of indented sections provided on opposite sides of said connector to receive protruded sections of a mating connector;

a plurality of contact elements with contact sections arranged in said raised section in a widthwise direction of said connector and extending in a direction perpendicular to said widthwise direction and a plugging direction of said mating connector at a front end of said raised section; and

a shield plate provided at at least an outer side of said indented section for guiding said protruded section of said mating connector and having a pair of spring arms on opposite sides of said shield plate, said spring arms brought into contact with a protective section of a shield plate of said mating connector when said protruded sections of said mating connector are inserted into said indented sections of said connector.

4. An electrical connector according to claim 3, wherein a pair of engaging slits are provided in an upper face of said shield plate for engagement with engaging claws of said mating connector.

5. An electrical connector according to claim 3, wherein said housing has a plurality of fine grooves for receiving contact sections of said contact elements such that any front corner of said mating connector cannot make contact with said contact sections.