US 11,916,326 B2
Plug connector and connector set having same, and method for removing connector set
Chikara Ito, Mie (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/632,478
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/022411
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/024602, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-143110 (JP), filed on Aug. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285868 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 12/79 (2011.01); H01R 12/77 (2011.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/79 (2013.01) [H01R 12/774 (2013.01); H01R 13/6272 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plug connector to be fitted in a receptacle connector, comprising:
a housing; and
multiple plug terminals arranged in the housing,
wherein the housing has at least
a base portion housing the multiple plug terminals,
a lock mechanism configured to be stopped at the receptacle connector when fitted in the receptacle connector, and
a pair of side portions each provided on both right and left sides of the base portion,
at least one of the pair of side portions has
a first surface extending upward, and
a second surface positioned forward of a back surface of the base portion and backward of the first surface and extending upward, and
in a state in which the plug connector is fitted in the receptacle connector,
the second surface faces the receptacle connector through a clearance, and
the first surface is closer to the receptacle connector than the second surface is to the receptacle connector.