US 12,218,446 B2
Electrical connector pair
Yuki Miyazaki, Ogori (JP); Tadamichi Yayoshi, Machida (JP); and Takashi Masunaga, Ogori (JP)
Assigned to I-PEX Inc., Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/782,965
Filed by I-PEX Inc., Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/044603
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/117539, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-222381 (JP), filed on Dec. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006378 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 13/6471 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 12/716 (2013.01) [H01R 13/516 (2013.01); H01R 13/6471 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector pair comprising:
a first connector mounted on a first substrate; and
a second connector mounted on a second substrate, wherein
the first connector includes
an electrically conductive first contact that connects to a signal electrode of the first substrate,
an electrically conductive second contact that connects to the signal electrode of the first substrate,
an electrically conductive first periphery surrounding wall that, when viewed from a direction normal to a main surface of the first substrate, is arranged so as to surround the first contact and the second contact, and that connects to a ground electrode of the first substrate,
an insulating first housing that includes a first holder that insulates and holds the first contact and the first periphery surrounding wall, and a second holder that insulates and holds the
second contact and the first periphery surrounding wall, and an electrically conductive first partition wall that is held by the first housing so as to partition a portion of a boundary between the first holder and the second holder in a state insulated from the first contact and the second contact, and that is grounded to the first substrate,
the second connector includes
an electrically conductive third contact that connects to a signal electrode of the second substrate, and that contacts the first contact when the first connector and the second connector are fitted together,
an electrically conductive fourth contact that connects to the signal electrode of the second substrate, and that contacts the second contact when the first connector and the second connector are fitted together,
an electrically conductive second periphery surrounding wall that, when viewed from a direction normal to a main surface of the second substrate, is arranged so as to surround the third contact and the fourth contact, and that connects to a ground electrode of the second substrate,
an insulating second housing that includes a third holder that insulates and holds the third contact and the second periphery surrounding wall, and a fourth holder that insulates and holds the fourth contact and the second periphery surrounding wall, and
an electrically conductive second partition wall that is held by the second housing so as to partition a portion of a boundary between the third holder and the fourth holder in a state insulated from the third contact and the fourth contact, and that is grounded to the second substrate, and
when the first connector and the second connector are fitted together, the first partition wall partitions a portion of boundary between the third holder and the fourth holder where the second partition wall is not formed, such that the first contact and the third contact cannot be seen from the second contact and the fourth contact.