US 12,308,536 B2
Connection device providing multidirectional contacts
Hironori Tomita, Nara (JP); and Atsushi Watanabe, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/999,601
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/021821
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/256332, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-104168 (JP), filed on Jun. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0238722 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/52 (2011.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/52 (2013.01) [H01R 4/48 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection device comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate located above the first substrate and disposed opposite to the first substrate;
a protrusion provided on an upper surface of the first substrate and protruding from the first substrate toward the second substrate;
a first terminal provided on the protrusion; and
a second terminal provided on a lower surface of the second substrate and disposed opposite to the first terminal, wherein
the first terminal includes a first connector and a second connector, and the first connector and the second connector are electrically joined together,
the second terminal includes a third connector and a fourth connector, and the third connector and the fourth connector are electrically joined together, the third connector being configured to contact the first connector, the fourth connector being configured to contact the second connector,
the third connector is located above the first connector,
the second connector is located between a first side surface of the protrusion and the fourth connector,
the third connector has elasticity and is configured to press against the first connector, and
the fourth connector has elasticity and is configured to press against the second connector.