US 12,316,039 B2
Connector and connector set
Hiroaki Hashimoto, Tokyo (JP); and Nobukazu Kato, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to ACES Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP); and ACES Electronics Co., Ltd., Zhongli (CN)
Appl. No. 17/910,028
Filed by ACES Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP); and ACES Electronics Co.,Ltd., Taiwan (TW)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/009221
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/182450, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-040806 (JP), filed on Mar. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112519 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/11 (2006.01); F21V 23/06 (2006.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/11 (2013.01) [F21V 23/06 (2013.01); H01R 13/2407 (2013.01); H01R 12/716 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector configured to be engaged with a counterpart connector, the connector comprising:
an insulator;
a first contact incorporated into the insulator;
a second contact incorporated into the insulator;
a shell fixed to at least part of a periphery portion of the insulator in plan view viewed from an engagement direction of the connector, and grounded; and
a ground contact portion including a contact arm that comes into elastic contact with and is electrically connected to a counterpart ground contact portion of the counterpart connector, wherein
the ground contact portion includes an extension part which extends from the shell toward a region between the first contact and the second contact,
the extension part includes a free end on a distal end side in a longitudinal direction along a direction in which the first contact and the second contact are disposed, and includes a fixed end connected to the shell on a base end side of the longitudinal direction, and
the contact arm is provided at the free end of the extension part, and includes a first contact arm and a second contact arm that are branched at a bifurcation that is an end of the extension part,
the first contact arm and the second contact arm nipping the counterpart ground contact portion by elastic force.