US 12,469,996 B2
Connector and connector assembly
Keisuke Nakamura, Tokyo (JP); and Osamu Hashiguchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,640.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-208548 (JP), filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0198181 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/52 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 12/716 (2013.01) [H01R 12/52 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector mateable in an up-down direction with a mating connector which has a mating terminal, wherein:
the connector comprises a plurality of terminals and a housing;
the housing holds the terminals;
the housing has an interposing portion extending in the up-down direction;
the interposing portion has a first side portion and a second side portion in a width direction perpendicular to the up-down direction;
each of the terminals has an insertion end portion, a first extending portion, and a second extending portion;
the insertion end portion has a U-like shape;
each of the first extending portion and the second extending portion extends in the up-down direction from the insertion end portion;
the interposing portion is positioned between the first extending portion and the second extending portion in the width direction;
the first extending portion includes a first contact point;
the first contact point is brought into contact with the mating terminal when the connector is mated with the mating connector;
the second extending portion includes a second contact point;
the second contact point is brought into contact with the mating terminal when the connector is mated with the mating connector;
the first side portion is in contact with the first extending portion;
the second side portion has an allowance portion and a restriction portion;
the allowance portion is nearer to the insertion end portion than the restriction portion in the up-down direction;
the connector has a gap between the allowance portion and the second extending portion in the width direction;
the allowance portion allows partial movement of the second extending portion into the gap; and
the restriction portion is in contact with the second extending portion in the width direction without any gap and thereby restricts movement of the second extending portion in the width direction.