JP2019185875A - Connector device having terminal pressing structure - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a connector device capable of reducing a load applied to a second terminal when a first terminal comes into contact with an elastic contact part of the second terminal.SOLUTION: A first connector has a first housing and a plurality of first terminals, while a second connector has a second housing and a plurality of second terminals. Each of the second terminals includes an elastic contact part which comes into contact with each of the first terminals inserted into an insertion space of the second housing. The insertion space has a reference surface that is spaced away from the elastic contact part in a direction perpendicular to both of an insertion direction of the first terminals and a terminal arrangement direction of the second terminals. When the elastic contact part comes into contact with the corresponding first terminal, it is pressed toward a side approaching the reference surface in a direction perpendicular to the first terminal. The second housing has a second protrusion protruding to the side approaching the reference surface. When the second protrusion comes into contact with the first housing, it presses the plurality of first terminals supported by the first housing toward the side approaching the reference surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector device having a terminal pressing structure, and more specifically, when a connector included in a connector device is connected to each other, a terminal provided on a housing constituting the connector is used to connect a terminal of one connector to the other. The present invention relates to a connector device having a structure for pressing against a predetermined portion of a connector.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2015-185257 discloses an example of a connector device including the above structure. The connector device includes a first connector such as a cable connector and a second connector such as a board connector that can be connected to each other. When the first connector and the second connector are connected, the first terminal of the first connector comes into contact with the second terminal of the second connector, particularly the elastic contact portion, and is pressed downward. In order to maintain the connection state of the first terminal and the second terminal, the second housing of the second connector has a direction opposite to the pressing direction of the elastic contact portion of the second terminal, that is, upward, in other words, a reference plane. Corresponding to the elastic contact portion side, and correspondingly, the first housing of the first connector has a lower side, in other words, a reference surface from the elastic contact portion side. A protruding portion protruding to the side is provided. When connecting the first connector and the second connector, the protrusion provided on the first housing gets over the protrusion provided on the second housing, and as a result, the first connector and the second connector can be locked together. It is like that.
These protrusions in Patent Document 1 are mainly provided to lock the first connector and the second connector, but in fact, when the first connector and the second connector are connected, The relative position of the first terminal and the second terminal moves through contact between the protruding portion of the first housing and the protruding portion of the second housing. Furthermore, the first terminal is pressed upward, that is, from the reference surface side to the elastic contact portion side through the contact of these protrusions. Therefore, it can be said that Patent Document 1 discloses an example of a connector device including the above structure.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-185257

  By the way, the direction in which the first terminal is pressed through contact with the elastic contact portion of the second terminal is opposite to the direction that the first terminal receives through contact with the protruding portion. A force is applied to the elastic contact portion in a direction opposite to the direction in which the first terminal is pressed, more specifically, an unnecessary direction that is not originally planned, and as a result, the second terminal is damaged, or There is a risk of deterioration. For example, in the connector device disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the use of a small second terminal having a thickness of 0.2 mm or less and a height of 2.0 mm or less is also assumed, the second terminal can be used even with a small load. The damage to the second terminal is reduced and the damage to the second terminal can be prevented as much as possible by reducing the load on the second terminal. Desired.

  The present invention was made to solve such problems in the prior art, and in a connector device having a terminal pressing structure, a first terminal included in each of the first and second connectors included in the connector device; A connector device that can reduce a load applied to the second terminal at the time of contact with the elastic contact portion of the second terminal and can prevent damage and deterioration of the second terminal due to insertion and removal of the first connector and the second connector. The purpose is to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, a connector device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first connector and a second connector, and the first connector includes a first housing and a plurality of members supported by the first housing. The second connector has a second housing and a plurality of second terminals supported by the second housing, and the second terminal is an insertion space of the second housing. An elastic contact portion that contacts the first terminal inserted into the insertion space, and the insertion space is orthogonal to both the insertion direction of the first terminal relative to the insertion space and the terminal arrangement direction of the plurality of second terminals. A reference surface that is spaced apart from the elastic contact portion, and the elastic contact portion presses the first terminal against the side approaching the reference surface in the orthogonal direction through contact with the first terminal. The second housing has a second projecting portion projecting to the side approaching the reference plane in the orthogonal direction, and at least the first terminal is orthogonal to the elastic contact portion through contact. A plurality of first housings supported by the first housing through contact between the first housing inserted into the insertion space and the second projecting portion when pressed against the reference surface in the direction of The first terminal is configured to be pressed to the side approaching the reference plane in the orthogonal direction.
According to the connector device of this aspect, the direction in which the first terminal is pressed through contact with the elastic contact portion is the same as the direction in which the first housing supporting the first terminal is pressed through contact with the second housing. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the force applied to the second terminal at the time of contact between the first terminal and the elastic contact portion of the second terminal, and damage or deterioration of the second terminal due to insertion and removal of the first connector and the second connector. Can be prevented.

  In the connector device according to the aspect described above, the first housing has a first protruding portion that protrudes in a direction opposite to the side approaching the reference plane in the orthogonal direction, and the second protruding portion includes the second protruding portion. You may contact | abut to a protrusion part.

In the connector device according to the aspect described above, it is preferable that the timing at which the first terminal comes into contact with the elastic contact portion and the timing at which the first protrusion comes into contact with the second protrusion are substantially the same.
By making these timings substantially the same, the load on the second terminal can be reduced more effectively.

  Furthermore, in the connector device according to the above aspect, the second projecting portion is disposed outside the second terminal array and / or in the middle of the second terminal array in the direction along the terminal array direction. May be.

In the connector device according to the aspect described above, the reference surface may be a slidable contact surface on which the first housing is slidably contacted when the first housing is inserted into the insertion space.
In the connector device of the above aspect, the reference surface may be formed by the second housing and / or the second terminal.

In the connector device according to the aspect described above, the elastic contact portion is formed of a metal plate, and a contact surface of the elastic contact portion with the first terminal is a surface forming a plate thickness of the metal plate. Is preferred.
By using the plate surface as the contact surface, it is easy to ensure the strength even when the second terminal is small.
Furthermore, in the connector device according to the above aspect, each of the plurality of second terminals is formed of a metal plate, and at least the elastic contact portion, the second terminal faces the plate surfaces of the metal plate. They may be arranged side by side in a state.

Furthermore, in the connector device according to the aspect described above, it is preferable that a concave portion recessed on the side approaching the reference plane in the orthogonal direction is provided in a portion of the first terminal that contacts the elastic contact portion. .
According to this structure, the load concerning a 2nd terminal can be reduced.

In the connector device according to the aspect described above, the second terminal may include a movable piece on which the elastic contact portion is formed, and a fixed piece connected to the movable piece.
Further, the movable piece includes a substantially L-shaped portion, the fixed piece includes a substantially linear portion formed along the insertion direction, and the movable piece and the fixed piece as a whole are substantially U in side view. You may have a character-shaped part.

  In the connector device according to the above aspect, at least a portion of the first terminal that contacts the elastic contact portion may be exposed from the first housing.

  According to the present invention, in the connector device having a terminal pressing structure, the first terminal included in each of the first and second connectors included in the connector device is added to the second terminal at the time of contact with the elastic contact portion of the second terminal. It is possible to provide a connector device that can reduce the load and can prevent damage and deterioration of the second terminal due to insertion and removal of the first connector and the second connector.

It is a perspective view which shows the state before the fitting of a cable connector and a board | substrate connector. It is a top view which shows the state after the fitting of a cable connector and a board | substrate connector. It is a perspective view of a cable terminal. It is the elements on larger scale which looked at the cable housing from the bottom side. It is a cross-sectional perspective view of a board connector. It is the II sectional view taken on the line of FIG. 2, Comprising: The state after fitting of a cable connector and a board | substrate connector is shown. It is the II-II sectional view taken on the line of Drawing 2, and shows the state after fitting of a cable connector and a substrate connector. FIG. 3 is a view corresponding to a cross-sectional view taken along line II in FIG. 2 and shows a state before the cable connector and the board connector are completely fitted together. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG. 2 and shows a state before the cable connector and the board connector are completely fitted together.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. For the convenience of explanation, only preferred embodiments are shown, but of course not intended to limit the present invention.

  The connector device 1 of the present invention includes a set of a cable connector as a first connector that can be fitted to each other and a board connector as a second connector. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state before the cable connector 20 and the board connector 50 are fitted, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the state after the fitting. The cable connector 20 is used while being fixed to one end of the cable 11, while the board connector 50 is used while being fixed to the board 13. Each of the cable connector 20 and the board connector 50 has a symmetrical shape.

  The cable connector 20 mainly includes a cable housing 21 extending in the terminal arrangement direction (longitudinal direction) “γ”, and a plurality of identical connectors supported by the cable housing 21 and arranged along the terminal arrangement direction “γ”. A shaped cable terminal 40 is included. The “terminal arrangement direction” in this specification includes not only the case where the cable terminals 40 are arranged in a straight line but also the case where they are provided in a staggered manner, for example.

  The cable housing 21 is mainly provided on the main body portion 29 extending in the terminal arrangement direction “γ” and the front side of the main body portion 29, in other words, on the mating side in the mating direction “α” of the cable connector 20 and the board connector 50. The fitting projection 22 is formed. A plurality of cable terminals 40 are arranged on the fitting convex portion 22 in a substantially single row at a predetermined pitch along the terminal arrangement direction “γ”.

  The main body portion 29 is, for example, a substantially box-like body, and the fitting convex portion 22 has a vertical direction “β”, that is, a fitting direction “α” and a terminal arrangement direction “γ”, relative to the main body portion 29. It is formed as a plate-like body that is thin in the direction perpendicular to both and narrow in the terminal arrangement direction “γ”. The cable housing 21 as a whole has a substantially convex shape in a side view by the main body portion 29 and the fitting convex portion 22. A substantially semicircular protrusion 25 is provided on each of the left and right outer surfaces of the fitting protrusion 22 in the terminal arrangement direction “γ”. These protrusions 25 protrude upward.

  The fitting convex portion 22 is inserted into the insertion space 52 provided in the board housing 51 of the board connector 50 along the fitting direction (insertion direction) “α” when the cable connector 20 and the board connector 50 are fitted. Is done. As a result, a part of the cable terminal 40 is also inserted into the insertion space 52. The upper surface of the fitting convex portion 22 inserted into the insertion space 52 is formed in a comb shape by removing a part along the fitting direction “α” at the position where each cable terminal 40 is arranged. A part of the upper surface of the terminal 40 is exposed to the outside of the cable housing 21 from the gap 28 between the comb teeth. Through these exposed portions, each cable terminal 40 comes into contact with a terminal on the board connector 50 side.

  A plurality of terminal insertion openings 24 are provided on the rear side of the main body portion 29. The cable terminal 40 and a part of the cable 11 that is crimped to one end of the cable terminal 40 are inserted and installed in the cable housing 21 along the fitting direction “α” through the terminal insertion openings 24.

  3A and 3B are perspective views of the cable terminal 40. FIG. Each of the cable terminals 40 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape by punching and bending a single metal plate. On the rear side of the cable 40 in the fitting direction “α”, an opening 45 in which one end of the cable 11 is accommodated and installed is provided. By caulking the opening 45 in a state where one end of the cable 11 is accommodated, the cable 11 is fixed thereto.

  On the other hand, on the front side of the cable terminal 40 in the fitting direction “α”, an upper contact surface 47 and a bottom contact surface 46 that are separated from each other in the vertical direction “β” are formed. The cable terminal 40 can contact the board terminal 60 of the board connector 50 on each of the upper contact surface 47 and the bottom contact surface 46.

  The upper contact surface 47 of the cable terminal 40 is provided with a recess 41 into which a part of the board terminal 60 is fitted in order to ensure contact with the board terminal 60 of the board connector 50. In order to soften the contact with the substrate terminal 60, it is preferable to provide a taper 42 at the tip of the upper contact surface 47.

  A locking piece 43 is provided on the rear side of the bottom contact surface 46 of the cable terminal 40 in a state of protruding downward. The cable terminal 40 is locked to the cable housing 21 using the locking piece 43. On the further rear side of the locking piece 43, a recess 44 is provided. A lance 23 provided on the cable housing 21 can be hooked on the recess 44 in order to install the cable terminal 40 at a predetermined position inside the cable housing 21.

  FIG. 4 shows a partially enlarged perspective view of the cable housing 21 as viewed from the bottom side. The lance 23 is provided along the fitting direction “α” in a state where it is supported in a cantilever shape by the main body 29, and the tip of the lance 23 is fitted in the fitting direction “α” of the fitting convex portion 22. Located near the middle of When the cable terminal 40 is inserted into the cable housing 21 through the terminal insertion port 24, the lance 23 is fitted into the recess 44 (see FIG. 3) of the cable terminal 40 by its elastic action. As a result, the cable terminal 40 is positioned at a predetermined position of the cable housing 21. The bottom surface 23a of the lance 23 forms a flat surface corresponding to at least a part of the surface 56 (see FIG. 1) of the insertion space 52 of the board connector 50 into which the fitting convex portion 22 is inserted. Similarly, at least a part of the bottom surface 27 on the front side in the fitting direction “α” of the fitting convex part 22 is also at least a part of the insertion space 52 of the board connector 50 into which the fitting convex part 22 is inserted. A flat surface corresponding to (reference surface) 54 (see FIG. 1) is formed.

  FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional perspective view of the board connector 50. The cross-sectional position in this figure may be considered to correspond to the II line in FIG. The board connector 50 mainly includes a board housing 51 extending in the terminal arrangement direction “γ”, a plurality of board terminals 60 having the same shape supported by the board housing 51, and a board housing 51 in the terminal arrangement direction “γ”. Reinforcing metal fittings 12 respectively provided on the left and right outer surfaces are included. The substrate housing 51 is fixed to the substrate 13 (see FIG. 1) through the substrate terminal 60 and the reinforcing bracket 12.

  In order to arrange the board terminal 60 in the board housing 51, a plurality of terminal insertion openings 66 are provided on the rear side of the board housing 51. Each board terminal 60 is inserted and installed in the board housing 51 along the fitting direction “α” through each of the terminal insertion ports 66, and the insertion space 52 into which the fitting projection 22 of the cable connector 20 is inserted. 2, the cable terminals 20 are arranged in a line at a predetermined pitch along the terminal arrangement direction “γ” corresponding to each of the cable terminals 40 of the cable connector 20.

The board terminal 60 is formed in a plate shape by punching out one metal plate. In the board housing 51, the board surfaces of the metal plates face each other in the terminal arrangement direction “γ”. Arranged next to each other. Each substrate terminal 60 includes a support portion 61, an elastic arm portion 62 connected to the support portion 61, and a mounting portion 63.
The mounting portion 63 is a portion provided in the vicinity of the connecting portion between the support portion 61 and the elastic arm portion 62 and is used for soldering the substrate terminal 60 to the substrate. By soldering the mounting portion 63 to a predetermined portion of the substrate, the substrate terminal 60 can be fixed to the substrate and electrically connected to the predetermined portion of the substrate.
The support portion 61 is a portion used as a fixed piece, and includes a substantially linear portion formed along the fitting direction “α”. Like the mounting portion 63, the support portion 61 and the elastic arm portion 62 In the vicinity of the connecting portion, there is a locking projection 61 a that is locked to the substrate housing 51. The board terminal 60 is fixed to the board housing 51 by press-fitting the locking projection 61 a into the terminal insertion port 66 of the board housing 51.
The elastic arm portion 62 is a portion that is used as a movable piece and includes a substantially L-shaped portion that extends in a cantilever shape from the support portion 61, and the support portion 61 and the elastic arm portion 62 as a whole have a substantially U shape in a side view. It consists of a letter-shaped part. The inside of the substantially U-shape forms an insertion space 65 into which a predetermined portion of the cable terminal 40 of the cable connector 50, particularly the upper contact surface 47 and the bottom contact surface 46 thereof are inserted. The cable terminal 40 comes into contact with the board terminal 60 by being inserted into the insertion space 65. In order to ensure electrical contact with the cable terminal 40, an elastic contact portion 62 a is provided at the tip of the elastic arm portion 62. As the contact surface 62b of the elastic contact portion 62a with the cable terminal 40, a surface that forms the thickness of the metal plate, that is, a fracture surface is used. By making the contact surface a fracture surface, the strength can be ensured even when the substrate terminal 60 is small. At the time of contact with the cable terminal 40, the elastic contact portion 62 a is once lifted upward by the elastic action of the elastic arm portion 62 through contact with the cable terminal 40, for example, the taper 42 at the tip thereof, and then the upper contact of the cable terminal 40. It fits into the recess 41 provided on the surface 47. By fitting the elastic contact portion 62 a into the recess 41, the contact between the board terminal 60 and the cable terminal 40 can be stabilized. The insertion space 52 is provided with an escape space 57 for preventing contact in consideration of lifting of the elastic contact portion 62a.

  The insertion space 52 is provided with a flat reference surface (sliding contact surface) 54 defined by two directions of the fitting direction “α” and the terminal arrangement direction “γ”. When the fitting convex portion 22 is inserted into the insertion space 52, the bottom surface 27 (see FIG. 4) on the front side of the fitting convex portion 22 is in sliding contact with the reference surface 54 along the fitting direction “α”. , Finally put there. In order to guide the bottom surface 27 of the fitting convex portion 22, it is preferable to provide a taper 54 a on the front side of the reference surface 54. The reference surface 54 is positioned below in the vertical direction “β” in a state of being separated from the elastic contact portion 62a in the vertical direction “β”. Since both the reference surface 54 and the bottom surface 27 of the fitting convex portion 22 are formed as flat surfaces, the fitting convex portion 22 is finally brought into sliding contact with each other, and finally the reference surface. In the state of being placed on 54, it is held in the insertion space 52.

  Further, when the fitting convex portion 22 is inserted into the insertion space 52, the bottom surface 23a (see FIG. 4) of the lance 23 provided in the vicinity of the middle of the fitting convex portion 22 is brought into sliding contact with the insertion space 52. A flat surface 56 to be mounted is provided along the fitting direction “α”. In order to guide the bottom surface 23 a of the lance 23, it is preferable to provide a taper 56 a on the front side of the surface 56. Since both the bottom surfaces 23a of the surface 56 lances 23 are formed as flat surfaces, the lances 23 are brought into sliding contact with each other, and finally placed on the surface 56, It will be held in the insertion space 52. Incidentally, the reference surface 54 is positioned slightly higher in the vertical direction “β” than the surface 56 in correspondence with the step between the bottom surface 27 of the fitting convex portion 22 and the bottom surface 23 a of the lance 23.

  A substantially semicircular protrusion 55 is provided on the left and right inner surfaces of the insertion space 52 in the terminal arrangement direction “γ”, corresponding to the protrusion 25 of the fitting protrusion 22. These protrusions 55 protrude on the opposite side to the protrusion 25, in other words, on the opposite side to the side approaching the reference surface 54 in the vertical direction “β”.

  The function of the protrusions 25 and 55 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 are a cross-sectional view taken along line II and line II-II, respectively, of FIG. 2, and shows a state after the cable connector 20 and the board connector 50 are fitted, in other words, the board terminal 60. The state after the cable terminal 40 is inserted into the insertion space 65 is shown. On the other hand, FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrams corresponding to the cross-sectional view taken along the line II in FIG. 2 and corresponding to the cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II, respectively, but different from FIGS. The state before the cable connector 20 and the board connector 50 are completely fitted, more specifically, the fitting projection 22 of the cable housing 21 is inserted into the insertion space 52 of the board housing 51, and the cable terminal 40, particularly The taper 42 provided at the tip thereof shows a state immediately after contacting the elastic contact portion 62 a of the substrate terminal 60.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the taper 42 of the cable terminal 40 comes into contact with the elastic contact portion 62a of the board terminal 60, the cable terminal 40 moves to the reference plane 54 in the vertical direction “β” through the contact with the elastic contact portion 62a. It is pushed to the approaching side. Further, when the cable terminal 40 is pressed to the side approaching the reference surface 54 in the vertical direction “β” through the contact with the elastic contact portion 62a, as shown in FIG. Through the contact with the protruding portion 55 of the substrate housing 51, the cable housing 21, more specifically, the cable terminal 40 supported by the cable housing 21, also approaches the reference surface 54 in the vertical direction “β”. Pressed against. As described above, according to this configuration, the direction in which the cable terminal 40 is pressed through the contact with the elastic contact portion 62a and the cable housing 21, more specifically, the cable terminal 40 supported by the cable housing 21, are the protruding portion 25. Since the direction of pressing through the contact between the cable terminal 40 and the protrusion 55 is the same, the force applied to the board terminal 60 when the cable terminal 40 and the elastic contact part 62a are in contact with each other can be reduced. Damage and deterioration of the board terminal 60 due to insertion / extraction can be reduced.
In particular, in the present embodiment, the timing at which the cable terminal 40 contacts the elastic contact portion 62a and the timing at which the protruding portion 25 of the cable housing 21 abuts on the protruding portion 55 of the board housing 51 are substantially the same. The load applied to the substrate terminal 60 can be reduced more effectively. However, these timings do not necessarily have to be the same.

  When the cable connector 20 and the board connector 50 are fitted, as shown in FIG. 6, the cable terminal 40 is inserted into the insertion space 65 of the board terminal 60. As a result, the elastic contact portion 62a of the board terminal 60 It fits into the recess 41 of the upper contact surface 47 of the cable terminal 40 exposed from the housing 21. As a result, the board terminal 60 and the cable terminal 40 are more reliably connected. The concave portion 41 provided in the cable terminal 40 is provided at a portion where the elastic contact portion 62a comes into contact with the substrate terminal 60 because the concave portion 41 is provided in a state where the concave portion 41 is recessed toward the reference surface 54 in the vertical direction “β”. It also has a function to reduce the load on the machine. Further, since the recess 41 is provided not on the lower contact surface 46 of the cable terminal 40 but on the upper contact surface 47, the cable terminal 40 and the substrate terminal 60, more specifically, the lower contact surface 46 of the cable terminal 40. And the surface 61b of the support portion 61 of the board terminal 60 are not hindered. Therefore, even when the recess is provided, the cable terminal 40 is smoothly inserted into the insertion space 65 of the board terminal 60. When the cable connector 20 and the board connector 50 are fitted, the fitting state of the cable connector 20 and the board connector 50, that is, the connection state of the board terminal 60 and the cable terminal 40, as shown in FIG. Since the cable connector 20 and the board connector 50 are released from the fitted state, the projection 25 needs to get over the projection 55 by causing the projection 25 and the projection 55 to interfere with each other. There is. Thus, the protrusions 25 and 55 not only have a function of reducing a load applied to the board terminal 60 but also function as a lock mechanism.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various other modifications are possible.
For example, in the embodiment described above, the protruding portions 55 of the board housing 51 are arranged on the left and right inner surfaces in the terminal arrangement direction “γ” of the insertion space 52, in other words, in the direction along the terminal arrangement direction “γ”. However, these are arranged in the middle of the arrangement of the board terminals 60, in the middle in addition to the left and right inner surfaces, and only in the middle without being provided on the left and right inner surfaces. Also good.

  Further, the protruding portion 25 of the cable housing 21 is not always necessary, and the cable terminal 40 is pressed against the reference surface 54 through the contact between the cable housing 21 and the protruding portion 55 of the board housing 51 without providing the protruding portion. It's enough. Accordingly, it is sufficient that the cable housing 21 has a portion that abuts the protruding portion 55 of the substrate housing 51.

  Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, the reference surface 54 is provided on the substrate housing 51. However, the reference surface 54 is provided on the substrate terminal 60, more specifically, the flat surface 61b provided on the support portion 61 of the substrate terminal 60 (see FIG. 5), or by the flat surface 61b and the reference surface 54.

1 connector device 11 cable 13 substrate 20 cable connector (first connector)
21 Cable housing (first housing)
23 Lance 25 First contact portion 40 Cable terminal (first terminal)
41 Recess 50 Board connector (second connector)
51 Substrate housing (second housing)
52 Insertion space 54 Reference surface 55 Second contact portion 60 Board terminal (second terminal)
61b Plate surface 62 Elastic arm (movable piece)
62a Elastic contact portion 62b Plate surface 63 Fixed portion

Claims (13)

A first connector and a second connector;
The first connector has a first housing and a plurality of first terminals supported by the first housing;
The second connector has a second housing and a plurality of second terminals supported by the second housing;
The second terminal includes an elastic contact portion that comes into contact with the first terminal inserted into the insertion space of the second housing,
The insertion space has a reference surface spaced from the elastic contact portion in a direction orthogonal to both the insertion direction of the first terminal with respect to the insertion space and the terminal arrangement direction of the plurality of second terminals,
The elastic contact portion is configured to press the first terminal to a side approaching the reference surface in the orthogonal direction through contact with the first terminal;
The second housing has a second protrusion that protrudes toward the reference surface in the orthogonal direction, and at least the first terminal is in the orthogonal direction through contact with the elastic contact portion. A plurality of first terminals supported by the first housing through contact between the first housing inserted into the insertion space and the second projecting portion when pressed against the side approaching the surface; The connector device is configured to be pressed to a side approaching the reference plane in the orthogonal direction.   The first housing has a first protrusion that protrudes in a direction opposite to the side approaching the reference surface in the orthogonal direction, and abuts on the second protrusion at the first protrusion. Item 2. The connector device according to Item 1.   The connector device according to claim 2, wherein a timing at which the first terminal comes into contact with the elastic contact portion and a timing at which the first protrusion comes into contact with the second protrusion are substantially simultaneous.   The second projecting portion is disposed outside the second terminal array and / or in the middle of the second terminal array in a direction along the terminal array direction. The connector device according to 1.   5. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the reference surface is a sliding contact surface on which the first housing is slidably contacted when the first housing is inserted into the insertion space.   The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the reference surface is formed by the second housing and / or the second terminal.   The said elastic contact part is formed from the metal plate, The contact surface with said 1st terminal of the said elastic contact part is a surface which forms the plate | board thickness of the said metal plate. The connector device according to 1.   Each of the plurality of second terminals is formed of a metal plate, and at least in the elastic contact portion, the second terminals are arranged adjacent to each other with the plate surfaces of the metal plates facing each other. The connector device according to any one of claims 1 to 7.   The connector according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a recessed portion that is recessed toward the reference surface in the orthogonal direction is provided at a portion of the first terminal that contacts the elastic contact portion. apparatus.   The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the second terminal includes a movable piece on which the elastic contact portion is formed and a fixed piece connected to the movable piece.   The movable piece includes a substantially L-shaped portion, the fixed piece includes a substantially linear portion formed along the insertion direction, and the movable piece and the fixed piece as a whole are substantially U-shaped in a side view. The connector device according to claim 10, comprising:   The connector device according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the first terminal that comes into contact with the elastic contact portion is exposed from the first housing.   The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the first connector is a cable connector, and the second connector is a board connector.

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