US 12,463,362 B2
Connector assembly
Ryosuke Shimomura, Mie (JP); Hiroshi Tanaka, Aichi (JP); and Kazumasa Iijima, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/264,268
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 2, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/008836
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/190987, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-036771 (JP), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0097366 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 13/6581 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 12/73 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6581 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly comprising:
a first connector; and
a second connector to which the first connector is fitted from above, wherein
the first connector includes
a plurality of first terminals,
a first shield having a first ground connection portion connected to a ground pattern of a first circuit board, and
a first housing that holds the plurality of first terminals and the first shield,
the second connector includes
a plurality of second terminals each coming into contact with a corresponding one of the plurality of first terminals in a fitted state in which the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other,
a second shield having a second ground connection portion connected to a ground pattern of a second circuit board, and
a second housing that holds the plurality of second terminals and the second shield,
the plurality of first terminals include a first specific terminal,
the plurality of second terminals include a second specific terminal,
in the fitted state, the first specific terminal is in contact with and electrically connected to the second specific terminal,
the first shield has a first opposed portion opposed to the first specific terminal on a second axis orthogonal to the first axis in the fitted state,
the first specific terminal includes a first terminal proximity portion in which a distance to the first opposed portion on the second axis is smaller than a distance between the second specific terminal and the first opposed portion on the second axis in the fitted state,
the first terminal proximity portion has a first wide face intersecting a thickness axis of the first specific terminal and a first narrow face along the thickness axis of the first specific terminal, and
a projected area obtained by projecting the first wide face onto a virtual plane orthogonal to the second axis is greater than a projected area obtained by projecting the first narrow face onto the virtual plane.