JP2022049162A - Connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

To reduce the number of components.SOLUTION: A connector assembly made by fitting a first terminal 41 and a second terminal 42, a ground terminal 40 equipped with a shielding portion (plate portion 44) located between the first terminal 41 and the second terminal 42, a connector 100 having a frame-shaped conductive shell 50, a counterpart side first terminal 71 and a counterpart side second terminal 72 respectively connected with the first terminal 41 and the second terminal 42, a counterpart side ground terminal 70 equipped with a counterpart side shielding portion (counterpart side plate portion 73) located between the counterpart side first terminal 71 and the counterpart side second terminal 72, and a counterpart side connector 200 having a frame-shaped conductive counterpart side shell 80. The ground terminal 40 and the shell 50 are integrally formed by bending a metal plate. The shielding portion and the counterpart side shielding portion are elastically contacted to connect the ground terminal 40 and the counterpart side ground terminal 70 with each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

The present invention relates to a connector assembly in which a connector and a mating connector are opposed to each other and fitted to each other.

15 and 16 show a connector (referred to as a receptacle in Patent Document 1) 10 and a mating connector described in Patent Document 1 as a conventional example of a connector fitted to each other to form a connector assembly and a mating connector. 20 (referred to as a plug in Patent Document 1) 20 are shown respectively.

The connector 10 has a configuration in which signal terminals 12, 13, 14 and ground terminals 15, 16 are mounted on the connector housing 11, and a shell-shaped conductor 17 is further mounted. The shell-shaped conductor 17 forms a substantially rectangular annular shape continuous in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral side of the connector housing 11, and surrounds the upper outer circumference and the upper side surface of the connector housing 11.

The signal terminals 12 to 14 are arranged with the ground terminals 15 and 16 interposed therebetween, and the signal terminals 12 to 14 are separated from each other by the ground terminals 15 and 16. The ground terminals 15 and 16 are formed by punching a plate material and have a shape as shown in FIG. 15B.

The connector housing 11 has a fitting portion insertion hole 11a in the center, and the signal terminals 12 to 14 and the ground terminals 15 and 16 are exposed to the fitting portion insertion hole 11a. In FIG. 15, 12a to 16a indicate connection ends of the signal terminals 12 to 14 and the ground terminals 15 and 16 to the mounting board, respectively.

The mating connector 20 has a configuration in which signal terminals 22, 23, and 24 are mounted on the connector housing 21, and a shell-shaped conductor 25 is further mounted. The signal terminals 22 to 24 are held by the projecting portions 26a to 26c aligned and arranged in the central portion of the insert molding resin portion 26 of the connector housing 21. The shell-shaped conductor 25 has a shape along the peripheral wall portion 27 of the connector housing 21.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2019-1231439

As described above, the conventional connector 10 and the mating connector 20 are provided with shell-shaped conductors 17 and 25 as external shields, respectively, and the connector 10 is a ground terminal 15, which is an internal shield that shields between the signal terminals 12 to 14. 16 is provided, and this is a configuration in which EMC measures and crosstalk measures between signal terminals are taken.

However, in the connector 10, the shell-shaped conductor 17 forming the external shield and the ground terminals 15 and 16 forming the internal shield are separate bodies (separate parts), and the ground terminals 15 and 16 are also separate bodies. Therefore, the number of parts was large and the assembly man-hours were also required.

In view of this problem, an object of the present invention is a connector capable of reducing the number of parts as compared with the conventional case in a configuration in which both the connector constituting the connector assembly and the mating connector are provided with an external shield and an internal shield. To provide the assembly.

According to the invention of claim 1, it has a first terminal and a second terminal, a ground terminal having a shielding portion located between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a frame-shaped conductive shell. It is provided with a connector, a mating side first terminal and a mating side second terminal connected to the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively, and a mating side shielding portion located between the mating side first terminal and the mating side second terminal. In a connector assembly in which a mating side ground terminal and a mating side connector having a frame-shaped conductive mating side shell are fitted, the ground terminal and the shell are integrally formed by bending a metal plate. It is assumed that the ground terminal and the mating ground terminal are connected to each other by elastically contacting the shielding portion and the mating side shielding portion.

In the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, the shielding portion is composed of a plate portion having a plate surface parallel to the fitting direction of the connector and the mating side connector, and the mating side shielding portion is parallel to the fitting direction. It is composed of a mating side plate portion having a mating side plate surface, the plate portion is composed of a pair of adjacent U-shaped portions, and the mating side plate portion is shaped to have a pair of protruding portions forming recesses between each other. And the mating plate surface are parallel to each other, the thickness of one of the plate and the mating plate is located within the range where the thickness of the other is located, and the pair of protrusions is within the U-shape of the pair of U-shaped portions. The U-shaped legs adjacent to each other of the pair of U-shaped portions are inserted and positioned in the recesses, respectively, and protrude outward from each other toward the tip end side of the adjacent U-shaped legs. It is assumed that the formed protrusions are in elastic contact with each of the pair of protrusions.

In the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 1, the shielding portion has a contact portion elastically displaced in the contact direction perpendicular to the fitting direction between the connector and the mating side connector, and the mating side shielding portion is in the mating direction. It has a parallel mating plate surface, and the contact portion is assumed to be in elastic contact with the mating plate surface with the contact direction perpendicular to the mating plate surface.

According to the present invention, in a connector assembly in which a connector and a mating connector are fitted, the connector is provided with a shell forming an external shield and a shielding portion forming an internal shield that electromagnetically shields between different types of terminals. Since the ground terminal is integrally formed by bending a metal plate, the number of parts and the number of assembly steps can be reduced by that amount, so that the configuration can be inexpensive.

A is a perspective view from above showing one of the connectors constituting the first embodiment of the connector assembly according to the present invention, and B is a perspective view from below showing the connector shown in A. A is a front view of the connector shown in FIG. 1A, and B is a sectional view taken along line CC in A. FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing a ground terminal integrated with the shell. FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing an insulator and terminals held by the insulator. A is a perspective view showing the mating side connector constituting the first embodiment of the connector assembly according to the present invention, and B is a perspective view showing the mating side connector shown in A from below. A is a front view of the mating connector shown in FIG. 5A, and B is a sectional view taken along line CC in A. FIG. 5A is a perspective view of the other side shell. FIG. 5A is a perspective view showing a mating side insulator and a mating side terminal held by the mating side insulator in FIG. 5A. A is a plan view showing the first embodiment of the connector assembly according to the present invention, B is a front view thereof, C is a sectional view taken along line EE in B, and D is a sectional view taken along line FF in B. A is a perspective view from above showing one of the connectors constituting the second embodiment of the connector assembly according to the present invention, and B is a perspective view from below showing the connector shown in A. FIG. 10A is a perspective view showing a ground terminal integrated with the shell. A is a perspective view of the mating side connector constituting the second embodiment of the connector assembly according to the present invention from above, and B is a perspective view of the mating side connector shown in A from below. A is a front view of the mating connector shown in FIG. 12A, and B is a sectional view taken along line CC in A. A is a plan view showing Example 2 of the connector assembly according to the present invention, and B is a sectional view taken along line CC in A. A is a perspective view showing a connector constituting a conventional connector assembly, and B is a cross-sectional view of the connector shown in A. The perspective view which shows the mating side connector which constitutes the conventional connector assembly.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described by way of examples with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 show one connector 100 constituting the first embodiment of the connector assembly according to the present invention, and the connector 100 includes a first terminal 41, a second terminal 42, a ground terminal 40, a shell 50, and an insulator. It is composed of 60 and. In this example, the ground terminal 40 is integrally formed with the shell 50 constituting the outer shell of the connector 100. FIG. 3 shows the details of the ground terminal 40 and the shell 50 integrally formed, and FIG. 4 shows the insulator 60 and the first terminal 41 and the second terminal 42 held by the insulator 60. be.

The insulator 60 is made of resin and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole. First terminals 41 are attached to both ends of the insulator 60 in the longitudinal direction, and two second terminals 42 are attached to the center of the insulator 60 in two rows, for a total of four.

The first terminal 41 has a pair of contact pieces 41a facing each other, and the second terminal 42 also has a pair of contact pieces 42a facing each other. The connection portions 41b and 42b of the first terminal 41 and the second terminal 42 with the substrate are located on the bottom surface side of the insulator 60. In this example, the two first terminals 41 are for high-frequency signals (for high-speed transmission), and the four second terminals 42 are for low-frequency signals (for low-speed transmission).

The conductive shell 50 is formed by bending a metal plate, and a square frame structure is formed by two bodies having a U-shaped outer wall. The upper ends of the outer wall portion 51 located on the two opposite sides forming the long side of the square and the outer wall portion 52 located on the two opposite sides forming the short side of the square are curved so as to slightly protrude inside the frame. The curved portions 51a and 52a are formed, respectively.

Two ground terminals 40 integrated with the shell 50 are formed in the frame of the shell 50, and both ends of the ground terminals 40 are connected and supported by facing outer wall portions 51. The ground terminals 40 are provided at two locations in the longitudinal direction of the shell 50.

The ground terminal 40 has a plate portion 44 in the center in which a pair of U-shaped portions 43 having an upward opening are adjacent to each other and are located on the same plane, and the pair of U-shaped portions 43 are located in the center of each other. Protruding portions 43b are formed so as to project outward from each other on the distal end side of the adjacent U-shaped leg portions 43a.

The ground terminal 40 has the above-mentioned plate portion 44, a connecting portion 45 having a shape that is bent and extended from the lower end of the facing outer wall portion 51 to the inside of the frame, and a held portion that is bent and raised from each connecting portion 45. It is composed of a portion 46 and an extension portion 47 extending from the upper end of each held portion 46 to reach the tip of a leg portion 43c located outside the pair of U-shaped portions 43. A pair of protrusions 46a are formed on each held portion 46 so as to project in the width direction.

Two notches 53 having a small size are formed in the portion sandwiched between the two connecting portions 45 at the lower end of each outer wall portion 51. These notches 53 are provided in correspondence with the positions of the connecting portions 42b of the second terminal 42, which are held by the insulator 60 and exposed on the bottom surface side of the insulator 60.

The shell 50 integrally formed with the ground terminal 40 as described above is attached to the insulator 60 holding the first terminal 41 and the second terminal 42. The installation is performed by covering the insulator 60 with the shell 50 and pushing it in. At this time, each pair of held portions 46 having protrusions 46a of the two ground terminals 40 are press-fitted into the four recesses 61 of the insulator 60 and fixedly held. Further, the plate portion 44 of each of the pair of U-shaped portions 43 of the two ground terminals 40 is inserted into the slit 62 of the insulator 60 and is positioned between the first terminal 41 and the second terminal 42 to shield the two ground terminals 40. This completes the connector 100 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

Next, a mating connector 200 that is fitted with the connector 100 described above to form a connector assembly will be described.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show the mating side connector 200, and the mating side connector 200 shows the mating side first terminal 71, the mating side second terminal 72, the mating side ground terminal 70, the mating side shell 80, and the mating side insulator 90. It is composed of and. FIG. 7 shows the details of the mating side shell 80, and FIG. 8 shows a state in which the mating side shell 80 is removed from the mating side connector 200.

The mating insulator 90 is made of resin and has a bottom plate portion 91 and side walls 92 provided at each of the four corner portions of the bottom plate portion 91. The mating side first terminal 71 is attached to both ends of the bottom plate portion 91 in the longitudinal direction, and the mating side second terminal 72 is attached to the central portion of the bottom plate portion 91 in two rows of two each, for a total of four. There is. Further, a mating side ground terminal 70 is attached between each of the two mating side first terminals 71 and the four mating side second terminals 72.

The first terminal 71 on the mating side has a columnar shape, and a connection portion 71a with a substrate is provided at the lower end. The second terminal 72 on the mating side has a plate shape, and a connection portion 72a with a substrate is provided at the lower end. The two mating side first terminals 71 are for high frequency signals, and the four mating side second terminals 72 are for low frequency signals.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the mating side ground terminal 70 has a mating side plate portion 73 at the center in the extension direction, and the mating side plate portion 73 has a pair of protruding portions 75 constituting a recess 74 that opens upward between the mating side plate portions 73. It is said to have a shape. The pair of projecting portions 75 project onto the bottom plate portion 91 of the mating insulator 90. In the mating side plate portion 73, the connecting portion 76 connecting the lower ends of the pair of protruding portions 75 is located on the bottom surface side of the mating side insulator 90 and is exposed. The mating side ground terminal 70 includes a mating side plate portion 73 having the above configuration and an extension portion 77 extending from both ends of the connecting portion 76 of the mating side plate portion 73, respectively. The mating side plate portion 73 of the two mating side ground terminals 70 is located between the mating side first terminal 71 and the mating side second terminal 72, respectively, and forms a mating side shielding portion.

The conductive mating shell 80 forming a square frame is formed by bending a metal plate, and as shown in FIG. 7, the outer wall portions 81 located on the two opposite sides forming the long sides of the square and the square An outer wall portion 82 located on two opposite sides forming a short side and a pair of connecting portions 83 connecting the upper ends of the outer wall portions 81 and 82 are provided. The pair of connecting portions 83 have a plate surface that slightly closes both ends of the rectangular frame in the long side direction.

Elongated convex portions 81a are formed by extending in the side direction on each outer surface of the pair of outer wall portions 81, and elongated convex portions 82a are also formed in the side direction on each other outer surface of the pair of outer wall portions 82. It is formed by stretching. It should be noted that extension portions 81b that are bent and extended toward the outer wall portion 82 are formed at both ends of the pair of outer wall portions 81 in the side direction.

Two notches 84 are formed at the lower end of each outer wall portion 81, and notches 85 are formed on both sides of these two notches 84 in the side direction. The notch 84 is provided corresponding to the position of the connection portion 72a of the other side second terminal 72 which is held by the other side insulator 90 and is exposed on the bottom surface side of the other side insulator 90, and the notch 85 is the other side. It is provided corresponding to the position of the extension portion 77 of the mating side ground terminal 70 which is held by the side insulator 90 and is exposed on the bottom surface side of the mating side insulator 90. Protrusions 82b are formed so as to project outward from each other at both ends in the side direction of each outer wall portion 82.

The mating side shell 80 having the above-mentioned configuration is attached to the mating side insulator 90 holding the mating side first terminal 71, the mating side second terminal 72, and the mating side ground terminal 70. The mating side shell 80 is attached by covering the mating side insulator 90 with the mating side 80 and pushing it in, and both outer wall portions 82 provided with the protrusions 82b straddle the two side walls 92 of the mating side insulator 90. The mating side connector 200 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is completed by being press-fitted into the recesses 93 formed on the outer side of the above.

The connector 100 and the mating connector 200 described above form a board-to-board connector that is mounted on the facing surfaces of the boards facing each other, fitted to each other, and connected to each other. In the connector 100, the first terminal 41 and the connector 200 are connected. The portions 41b and 42b of the second terminal 42, the portions of the plate portion 44 of the ground terminal 40 exposed on the bottom surface of the insulator 60 (each intermediate portion of the U-shape of the pair of U-shaped portions 43) and the shell 50. Is soldered and connected to the corresponding pad or pattern on the board.

On the other hand, in the mating side connector 200, the connecting portions 71a and 72a of the mating side first terminal 71 and the mating side second terminal 72, the connecting portion 76 and the extension portion 77 of the mating side plate portion 73 of the mating side ground terminal 70, and further the mating portion 77. The side shell 80 is soldered and connected to the corresponding pad or pattern on the substrate.

FIG. 9 shows a connector assembly according to the present invention in which the connector 100 and the mating connector 200 are fitted, and the illustration of the substrate is omitted.

By fitting the mating side connector 200 to the connector 100, the first terminal 41 and the mating side first terminal 71, and the second terminal 42 and the mating side second terminal 72 are fitted and connected, respectively. Further, the convex portions 81a and 82a provided on the mating side shell 80 get over the curved portions 51a and 52a of the shell 50 and fit into the shell 50, so that the mating side shell 80 is fitted inside the shell 50.

On the other hand, the plate portion 44 of the ground terminal 40 and the mating side plate portion 73 of the mating side ground terminal 70 have a plate surface parallel to each other and parallel to the mating direction of the connector 100 and the mating side connector 200, and FIG. 9D. As shown in the above, the pair of protruding portions 75 of the mating plate portion 73 are inserted and positioned in the U-shape of the pair of U-shaped portions 43 of the plate portion 44, and are adjacent to each other of the pair of U-shaped portions 43. The U-shaped leg portion 43a is inserted and positioned in the recess 74 of the mating plate portion 73, respectively. When the adjacent U-shaped legs 43a are inserted into the recess 74, they are elastically deformed in a direction approaching each other, and the protrusions 43b provided on the tip side of the legs 43a are paired by the elastic restoring force of the legs 43a. Elasticly contact each other's inner surfaces of the protrusions 75 of the. As a result, the plate portion 44 forming the shielding portion between the first terminal 41 and the second terminal 42 and the mating side plate portion 73 forming the mating side shielding portion between the mating side first terminal 71 and the mating side second terminal 72 are electrically connected to each other. Will be done.

As described above, in this example, the plate portion 44 and the mating side plate portion 73 are combined, and the first terminal 41 and the mating side first terminal 71 for high frequency signals, the second terminal 42 for low frequency signals, and the mating side first terminal are combined. A shield is configured between the two terminals 72. In FIG. 9D, the portion a surrounded by the dotted line indicates the portion where this shield is configured, and the shield between the terminals (between the terminal for high frequency signal and the terminal for low frequency signal and between the terminal for both high frequency signals). The electromagnetic interference of is shielded.

In this example, the plate portion 44 and the mating side plate portion 73 have the same thickness (plate thickness), and the plate portion 44 and the mating side plate portion 73 have the same range in which the thickness is located, that is, one plate. It is combined to form an eggplant. The gap between the plate portion 44 and the mating plate portion 73 and the gap between the adjacent U-shaped legs 43a of the plate portion 44 inserted into the recess 74 of the mating side plate portion 73 are the plate portion 44 and the mating side plate portion. It is smaller than the thickness of 73, which ensures good shielding performance in this example.

The thickness of the plate portion 44 and the thickness of the mating side plate portion 73 do not necessarily have to be the same, and when the thicknesses are different, the plate portion 44 and the mating side plate portion 73 are the other within the range where one of the thicknesses is located. Combined so that the range in which the thickness is located is located. When the thickness of the plate portion 44 and the thickness of the mating side plate portion 73 are different in this way, the gap between the plate portion 44 and the mating side plate portion 73 and the gap between the U-shaped leg portions 43a located in the recess 74 are the plate portions 44. And the thickness of the mating plate portion 73, whichever is smaller, is smaller than the thickness.

In the first embodiment described above, the shielding portion of the ground terminal 40 located between the first terminal 41 and the second terminal 42 of the connector 100 is a plate portion 44 composed of a pair of U-shaped portions 43, and the mating connector. The mating side shielding portion of the mating side ground terminal 70 located between the mating side first terminal 71 and the mating side second terminal 72 of 200 has a shape having a pair of protruding portions 75 forming a recess 74 between the mating side ground terminals 70. Although it is said that the mating side plate portion 73 is used, other configurations may be adopted for these shielding portions.

In the second embodiment, in the connector and the mating side connector, the shielding portion provided by the ground terminal and the mating side ground terminal has another configuration, FIG. 10 shows the connector 100'in the second embodiment, and FIG. 11 shows the connector 100'. The ground terminal 40'integrated with the shell 50 in the connector 100'is shown. 12 and 13 show the mating connector 200', and FIG. 14 shows the state in which the connector 100'and the mating connector 200'are fitted. In these FIGS. 10 to 14, the parts corresponding to the configurations of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 9 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In this example, as shown in FIG. 13B, the mating side shielding portion provided by the mating side ground terminal 70'is composed of a substantially rectangular flat plate portion 78, and the mating side ground terminal 70'has the flat plate portion 78 and a flat plate. It is composed of extension portions 77 extending from both ends of the lower side of the portion 78. The flat plate portion 78 projects above the bottom plate portion 91 of the mating side insulator 90 and is located between the mating side first terminal 71 and the mating side second terminal 72, and the lower side and the extending portion 77 of the flat plate portion 78 are the mating side insulators. It is located on the bottom side of 90 and is exposed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, the shielding portion included in the ground terminal 40'consists of a pair of adjacent U-shaped portions 48. The U-shaped leg portions adjacent to each other of the pair of U-shaped portions 48 are contact portions 49 that are elastically displaced in the contact direction perpendicular to the plate surface 48a of the U-shaped portion 48, and the contact portion 49 has a dogleg shape. Has a bent shape. Similar to the ground terminal 40 in the first embodiment, the ground terminal 40'has a connecting portion 45, a held portion 46, and an extension portion 47, and the leg portions 48b of the pair of U-shaped portions 48 located outside each other are extended. It is formed by extending from the portion 47.

Each pair of U-shaped portions 48 of the two ground terminals 40'is inserted into the slit 62 of the insulator 60 and is positioned between the first terminal 41 and the second terminal 42, respectively.

In the connector assembly in which the connector 100'and the mating connector 200' are fitted and connected, in this example, as shown in FIG. 14B, a flat plate having a plate surface (counterpart plate surface) parallel to the mating direction. The contact portion 49, which is elastically displaceable in the contact direction perpendicular to the fitting direction, makes elastic contact with the plate surface 78a of the portion 78 with the contact direction perpendicular to the plate surface 78a. As a result, the pair of U-shaped portions 48 forming the shielding portion of the ground terminal 40'and the flat plate portion 78 forming the mating side shielding portion of the mating ground terminal 70' are conducted to each other and combined to form the first terminal 41 and the first terminal 41. A shield that shields electromagnetic interference between the terminals is configured between the first terminal 71 on the other side, the second terminal 42, and the second terminal 72 on the other side in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

10 Connector 11 Connector housing 11a Fitting part insertion hole 12 to 14 Signal terminals 12a to 14a Connection ends 15, 16 Ground terminals 15a, 16a Connection ends 17 Shell-shaped conductor 20 Mating connector 21 Connector housing 22 to 24 Signal terminals 25 Shell-shaped conductor 26 Insert molding resin part 26a to 26c Protruding part 27 Peripheral wall part 40, 40'Grand terminal 41 First terminal 41a Contact piece 41b Connection part 42 Second terminal 42a Contact piece 42b Connection part 43 U-shaped part 43a Leg part 43b Protrusion 43c Leg 44 Plate 45 Connecting 46 Holding 46a Protrusion 47 Extension 48 U-shaped 48a Plate surface 48b Leg 49 Contact 50 Shell 51, 52 Outer wall 51a, 52a Curved 53 Notch 60 Insulator 61 Recessed 62 Slit 70, 70'Mating side ground terminal 71 Mating side 1st terminal 71a Connection part 72 Mating side 2nd terminal 72a Connecting part 73 Mating side plate part 74 Recessed part 75 Protruding part 76 Connecting part 77 Extension part 78 Flat plate part 78a Plate surface 80 Opposite side shell 81, 82 Outer wall part 81a, 82a Convex part 81b Extension part 82b Protrusion 83 Connecting part 84,85 Notch 90 Opposite side insulator 91 Bottom plate part 92 Side wall 93 Recessed part 100, 100'Connector 200, 200' Mating connector

Claims (3)

A connector having a first terminal and a second terminal, a ground terminal having a shielding portion located between the first terminal and the second terminal, a frame-shaped conductive shell, and the first terminal. And the other side having a mating side first terminal and a mating side second terminal connected to the second terminal, respectively, and a mating side shielding portion located between the mating side first terminal and the mating side second terminal. A connector assembly in which a ground terminal and a mating connector having a frame-shaped conductive mating shell are fitted.
The ground terminal and the shell are integrally formed by bending a metal plate.
A connector assembly characterized in that the ground terminal and the mating side ground terminal are connected to each other by elastically contacting the shielding portion and the mating side shielding portion. In the connector assembly according to claim 1,
The shielding portion is composed of a plate portion having a plate surface parallel to the mating direction of the connector and the mating connector.
The mating side shielding portion is composed of a mating side plate portion having a mating side plate surface parallel to the fitting direction.
The plate portion is composed of a pair of adjacent U-shaped portions.
The mating plate portion has a shape having a pair of protruding portions forming a recess between the two plates.
The plate surface and the mating side plate surface are parallel to each other, and the thickness of one of the plate portion and the mating side plate portion is located within the range where the thickness of the other plate portion is located.
The pair of protrusions are respectively inserted and positioned in the U-shape of the pair of U-shaped portions.
The U-shaped legs adjacent to each other of the pair of U-shaped portions are respectively inserted and positioned in the recesses.
A connector assembly characterized in that protrusions formed so as to protrude outward from each other on the tip end side of the adjacent U-shaped legs are in elastic contact with the pair of protrusions. In the connector assembly according to claim 1,
The shielding portion has a contact portion that is elastically displaced in a contact direction perpendicular to the fitting direction between the connector and the mating connector.
The mating side shielding portion has a mating side plate surface parallel to the mating direction, and has a mating side plate surface.
The connector assembly is characterized in that the contact portion is in elastic contact with the mating plate surface so that the contact direction is perpendicular to the mating plate surface.

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