Connector

• US 5,295,844 A
• Filed: 08/25/1992
• Issued: 03/22/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (MinebeaMitsumi Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (MinebeaMitsumi Inc.)
• Inventors: Konno, Takeshi, Fujieda, Hiroyuki, Koshikawa, Kiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bradley, Paula A.
• Application Number:
  US07/935,033
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• Field of Search: 439/136, 439/138, 439/140, 439/95, 439/101, 439/372, 439/505, 439/892, 439/910
• US Class Current: 439/138
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/4536 Inwardly pivoting shutter
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/4538 Covers sliding or withdrawing in the direction of engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6315 allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6485 Electrostatic discharge protection in general H05F1/00, for electric apparatus H05K9/0067

Abstract

The present invention is a connector having a socket connector including a cover and a plug connector to be engaged with the socket connector, wherein the cover is made of metal, the metal cover is pivotally secured at its one end to a molded body to be rotatable, energized by a spring having a connecting portion to be connected to a ground, and the metal cover is conducted to the ground by the spring.

Claims

1. A connector comprising socket connectors covered with a cover formed with a number of slits and mounted on the upper surface of a molded body including a plurality of socket terminals and formed to expose said socket connectors from the slits, and a plug connector having a plurality of plug terminals opposed to said socket terminals, wherein said cover is formed of metal, said metal cover is pivotally secured at its one end to said molded body to be rotatable, energized upwards by a spring, said spring has a connecting portion to be connected to a ground, thereby conducting said metal cover with ground wherein the slits formed at said metal cover are respectively mounted with separators formed of resin in a window opened at said metal cover.

2. The connector according to claim 1 wherein the pressing portion of said each socket terminal is provided on the rear surface of said metal cover, when said metal cover is pressed, said pressing portion presses said socket terminal to limit the protruding amount of the contact portion formed at the top of said socket terminal constantly.

3. The connector according to claim 2 wherein said each socket terminal is fixed at its base portion to the rear portion of the molded body of said socket connector, bent obliquely upwards at the rear, further bent downwards above the molded body to form a contact portion at the top thereof, and extending rearwards at the distal end thereof.

4. The connector according to claim 2 wherein holes are opened at the sides of the window of said metal cover, and said separator is fixed to the edges of said holes and said window by insert molding.

5. The connector according to claim 1 wherein said spring for energizing upwards said metal cover is restricted in the upward movement of said spring by a first connecting portion provided at the molded body, and restricted in the downward movement of said spring by a second connecting portion to fix said spring to the connector body.

6. The connector according to claims 1 or 5 wherein said each socket terminal is fixed at its base portion to the rear portion of the molded body of said socket connector, bent obliquely upwards at the rear, further bent downwards above the molded body to form a contact portion at the top thereof, and extended rearwards at the distal end thereof.

7. The connector according to claims 1 or 5 wherein holes are opened at the sides of the window of said metal cover, and said separator is fixed to the edges of said holes and said window by insert molding.

8. The connector according to claim 7, wherein said each socket terminal is fixed at its base portion to the rear portion of the molded body of said socket connector, bent obliquely upwards at the rear, further bent downwards above the molded body to form a contact portion at the top thereof, and extending rearwards at the distal end thereof.

9. The connector according to claims 1 or 5 wherein guides are stood at both sides of any of said metal cover and said plug connector, the side of the cover or the plug connector having no said guide is detachably engaged with the inner surface of said guide, and a predetermined clearance is provided between the molded body of said socket connector and said metal cover.

10. The connector according to claim 9 wherein said each socket terminal is fixed at its base portion to the rear portion of the molded body of said socket connector, bent obliquely upwards at the rear, further bent downwards above the molded body to form a contact portion at the top thereof, and extending rearwards at the distal end thereof.

11. The connector according to claim 9 wherein holes are opened at the sides of the window of said metal cover, and said separator is fixed to the edges of said holes and said window by insert molding.

12. The connector according to claims 1 or 5 wherein guides are stood at both sides of any of said metal cover and said plug connector, the side of said metal cover or the plug connector having no said guide is detachably engaged with the inner surface of said guide, and further a predetermined clearance is provided between the inner surface of said guide and the side of said metal cover or the plug connector having no guide.

13. The connector according to claim 12 wherein said each socket terminal is fixed at its base portion to the rear portion of the molded body of said socket connector, bent obliquely upwards at the rear, further bent downwards above the molded body to form a contact portion at the top thereof, and extending rearwards at the distal end thereof.

14. The connector according to claim 12 wherein holes are opened at the sides of the window of said metal cover, and said separator is fixed to the edges of said holes and said window by insert molding.

15. The connector according to claim 12 wherein the pressing portion of said each socket terminal is provided on the rear surface of said metal cover, when said metal cover is pressed, said pressing portion presses said socket terminal to limit the protruding amount of the contact portion formed at the top of said socket terminal constantly.

16. The connector according to claims 1 or 5 wherein guides protrude at both sides of the molded body of said socket connector at the exposed side of said socket terminal, the outer surface of said plug connector is engaged with the inner surface of said guide, and at least one of the upper portion of the inner surface of said guide or the distal end of the outer surface of said plug connector is cut out to form a tapered surface.

17. The connector according to claim 16 wherein said each socket terminal is fixed at its base portion to the rear portion of the molded body of said socket connector, bent obliquely upwards at the rear, further bent downwards above the molded body to form a contact portion at the top thereof, and extending rearwards at the distal end thereof.

18. The connector according to claim 16 wherein holes are opened at the sides of the window of said metal cover, and said separator is fixed to the edges of said holes and said window by insert molding.

19. The connector according to claim 16 wherein the pressing portion of said each socket terminal is provided on the rear surface of said metal cover, when said metal cover is pressed, said pressing portion presses said socket terminal to limit the protruding amount of the contact portion formed at the top of said socket terminal constantly.