US 12,347,972 B2
Connector device
Kenta Kusaka, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on May 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/315,666.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-082491 (JP), filed on May 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0411905 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/639 (2013.01) [H01R 12/716 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector device comprising:
a first connector; and
a second connector connected to the first connector,
wherein the first connector includes a first terminal, a first lock member, and a first housing,
the second connector includes a second terminal, a second lock member, and a second housing,
the first housing has a first plate portion, a first inner protruding portion protruding upward from the first plate portion, a first outer protruding portion protruding upward from the first plate portion and surrounding the first inner protruding portion, a first inner space surrounded by the first inner protruding portion, and a first outer space between the first inner protruding portion and the first outer protruding portion,
the second housing has a second plate portion, a second inner protruding portion protruding upward from the second plate portion, a second outer protruding portion protruding upward from the second plate portion and surrounding the second inner protruding portion, and a second inner space between the second inner protruding portion and the second outer protruding portion,
when the first connector and the second connector are connected to each other, the second inner protruding portion enters the first inner space, the first inner protruding portion enters the second inner space, and the second outer protruding portion enters the first outer space,
one end portion of the first terminal is arranged on the first inner protruding portion, and another end portion of the first terminal is arranged on the first plate portion,
one end portion of the second terminal is arranged in the second inner space, and another end portion of the second terminal is arranged on the second plate portion,
the first lock member has a first inner lock portion arranged on an outer surface of the first inner protruding portion and a first outer lock portion arranged on an inner surface of the first outer protruding portion, and
the second lock member has a second inner lock portion arranged on an inner surface of the second outer protruding portion and locked to the first inner lock portion and a second outer lock portion arranged on an outer surface of the second outer protruding portion and locked to the first outer lock portion.