Connector

• US 7,281,943 B1
• Filed: 02/20/2007
• Issued: 10/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Original Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Inventors: Yamaji, Takahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KHIEM M
• Application Number:
  US11/708,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20070197070A1
• Time in Patent Office: 238 Days
• Field of Search: 439/79, 439/83, 439/492, 439/493, 439/495, 439/497, 439/607
• US Class Current: 439/495
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/707 Soldering or welding
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/714 with contacts abutting directly the printed circuit; Button contacts therefore provided on the printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/658 High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse] coaxial coupling devices specially adapted for high frequency H01R24/40; for flat or ribbon cable connectors H01R12/774; for coaxial cable H01R9/05

Abstract

A connector configured to be fixed on a base member comprises a housing, a plurality of contacts and a pair of supporting members. The housing has a main portion and end portions arranged at opposite ends of the main portion. The contacts are retained in the housing. The supporting members are attached to the housing at the end portions. The respective supporting member comprises an upper portion, a lower portion, an upper arm and a lower arm. The end portion is arranged between the upper portion and the lower portion. The upper arm and the lower arm have an upper contact portion and a lower contact portion, respectively, which are configured to be mounted on the base member.

Claims

1. A connector configured to be fixed on a base member comprising:

a housing having a main portion and end portions arranged at opposite ends of the main portion;

a plurality of contacts retained in the housing;

a pair of supporting members attached to the housing at the end portions of the housing, respectively; and

the respective supporting member comprising;

an upper portion;

a lower portion, wherein the end portion of the housing is arranged between the upper portion and the lower portion;

an upper arm having an upper contact portion configured to be mounted on the base member, and the upper arm extending from the upper portion at least to the upper contact portion; and

a lower arm having a lower contact portion configured to be mounted on the base member, and the lower arm extending from the lower portion at least to the lower contact portion.

2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the respective end portion has a guide cavity arranged between the upper portion and the lower portion and configured to receive a guide post of a mating connector.

3. The connector according to claim 1, wherein:

the respective end portion has a front surface and a rear surface;

the guide cavity is opened at the front surface; and

the supporting member further includes a connecting portion extending between the upper portion and the lower portion along the rear surface.

4. The connector according to claim 3, wherein:

the respective end portion further comprises a rearwardly opened cavity; and

the supporting member further comprises a retention portion configured to be inserted in the rearwardly opened cavity.

5. The connector according to claim 4, wherein the retention portion is positioned forward of the connecting portion.

6. The connector according to claim 1, wherein:

one of the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion has an aperture; and

the rest of the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion is arranged in the aperture.

7. The connector according to claim 1, wherein:

the base member has an depressed edge; and

the supporting members are configured to fix the connector at the depressed edge.

8. The connector according to claim 1, wherein:

the upper contact portion has a first surface;

the lower contact portion has a second surface; and

the first surface and the second surface are configured to be fixed on a surface of the base member.

9. The connector according to claim 1, further comprising an extension interconnecting the supporting members.

10. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the upper contact arm and the lower contact arm have L-shape.

11. A connector configured to be fixed on a base member comprising:

a housing;

a plurality of contacts retained in the housing;

a shell attached to the housing;

the shell comprising a pair of supporting portions and an extension;

the housing arranged between the supporting portions; and

the extension interconnecting the supporting portions and covering at least a part of the housing; and

the respective supporting member comprising;

an upper portion;

a lower portion;

an upper arm having an upper contact portion configured to be mounted on the base member, and the upper arm extending from the upper portion at least to the upper contact portion; and

a lower arm having a lower contact portion configured to be mounted on the base member, and the lower arm extending from the lower portion at least to the lower contact portion.

12. The connector according to claim 11, wherein the respective supporting member has a guide cavity arranged between the upper portion and the lower portion, and the guide cavity configured to receive a guide post of a mating connector.