US 12,119,575 B2
Connector and connector mounting body
Akihiro Nishitani, Mie (JP); Kenji Makino, Mie (JP); Takashi Natsume, Mie (JP); Shunya Takeuchi, Mie (JP); and Yutaka Kobayashi, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/605,937
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/017017
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/230532, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-089506 (JP), filed on May 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0216627 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 24/28 (2011.01); H01R 12/58 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/77 (2011.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/58 (2013.01) [H01R 12/716 (2013.01); H01R 12/77 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a connector housing; and
a flexible cable arranged in the connector housing, the flexible cable including a conductive path,
wherein:
the flexible cable includes a terminal connecting portion to be connected to a mating terminal by entering a box portion of the mating terminal on one end side of the conductive path, a board connecting portion to be connected to a circuit board on the other end side of the conductive path, and a strip-like coupling portion located between the terminal connecting portion and the board connecting portion,
the connector comprises a reinforcement plate integrated with the flexible cable and configured to reinforce a region of the flexible cable on the side of the terminal connecting portion,
a plurality of the terminal connecting portions are arranged side by side on one side edge of the coupling portion and respectively project toward one side, and
the reinforcement plate is shaped to correspond to each of the plurality of terminal connecting portions.