JP6305133B2 - Connector assembly and connector - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure for combining two connectors.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, connectors for electrically connecting a plurality of cables to a circuit board and connectors for connecting a plurality of cables and a plurality of different cables have been used. In the following Patent Document 1, a connector for connecting a plurality of cables to a circuit board is disclosed. This document discloses a connector main body (hereinafter referred to as a first connector) that holds a cable and a connector receiving member (hereinafter referred to as a second connector) that is attached to a circuit board and receives the connector main body. The first connector is formed with a protrusion, and the second connector is formed with a hole (a connector connecting portion in the cited document 1). When the first connector fits into the second connector, the projection of the first connector engages with the hole of the second connector. As a result, the two connectors are fixed to each other.

JP 2013-229252 A

  When an operator inserts the first connector into the second connector or removes the first connector from the second connector, the portion where the protrusion is formed or the portion where the hole is formed is temporarily bent. The protrusion of the first connector can be engaged with the hole of the second connector, or the engagement can be canceled. If one of the portions where the protrusions are formed and the portions where the holes are formed is formed in a leaf spring shape, that portion is easily bent. However, if the length of the portion formed in the leaf spring shape is to be secured, the size of the connector increases. On the contrary, if the leaf spring portion is shortened, the portion becomes difficult to bend. Therefore, when the operator inserts the first connector into the second connector or removes the first connector from the second connector, a large force is required. Is needed.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a connector assembly and a connector that can reduce the size of the first connector and the second connector while suppressing an increase in force required when the first connector and the second connector are combined or separated.

  A connector assembly according to the present invention includes a first connector having a first housing in which an engaging portion is formed, and an engaged portion that engages with the engaging portion of the first housing. And a second connector having a second housing that fits together with the first housing. The first housing has a plate-like elastic part in a part thereof. The elastic portion extends in a first direction from a base portion connected to another portion of the first housing and bends with the base portion as a fulcrum in a second direction that is a thickness direction of the elastic portion. A first extending portion that can be removed. The elastic portion extends from the first extending portion in a third direction intersecting both the first direction and the second direction and is in a second direction with respect to the first extending portion. The second extending portion can be bent. The engaging portion of the first housing is formed in the second extending portion.

  According to this connector assembly, the elastic portion has two extending portions whose extending directions are different from each other, and the engaging portion is formed in the second extending portion. According to this structure, the length of the elastic portion can be secured and the displacement of the engaging portion can be increased without increasing the size of the first housing. As a result, it is possible to suppress an increase in the force required for combining and separating the first connector and the second connector.

  In an embodiment of the present invention, the first direction is a direction in which the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, and the elastic portions are positioned apart from each other in the third direction. A plurality of first extending portions, the second extending portion spans the two first extending portions, and a plurality of engaging portions arranged in the third direction are formed in the second extending portion. May be. According to this aspect, when the operator tries to separate the first connector from the second connector, the worker releases the engagement between the plurality of engaging portions and the engaged portion by bending the second extending portion. And the workability can be improved.

  In one form of this invention, the said 2nd extending | stretching part is located mutually apart in the said 3rd direction, and the said 2nd 1st extending | stretching part toward the center part of the said 2nd extending | stretching part in the said 3rd direction Each of the two elastic side portions can be bent in the second direction with respect to the first extending portion, and the engaging portion can be The second extending portion has a high-rigidity portion formed at a central portion of the second extending portion in the third direction and having higher rigidity than the two elastic side portions. Also good. According to this aspect, when the operator tries to separate the first connector from the second connector, the worker can cancel the engagement between the engaging portion and the engaged portion by pressing the high-rigidity portion. In addition, since the high-rigidity part has higher rigidity than the elastic side part, the force applied by the operator to the high-rigidity part is easily transmitted to the elastic side part, and the engagement part and the engaged part are engaged. Is easier to resolve.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the high-rigidity portion extends in the third direction, and when the first connector is viewed in the first direction, the end of the high-rigidity portion is the engagement portion. May overlap. According to this form, the force applied by the operator to the high-rigidity part is more easily transmitted to the elastic side part, and the engagement between the engaging part and the engaged part is further easily eliminated.

  In one form of the present invention, the first housing extends in the first direction to allow the first extending portion to bend and the second extending portion to be bent; A second slit extending in the third direction may be formed.

  In one form of this invention, the width | variety of the base of the said 2nd extending | stretching part is approached so that the width | variety of the base of the said 2nd extending | stretching part connected to the said 1st extending | stretching part may approach the width | variety of the base of the said 1st extending | stretching part. May have a size different from the width of the other portion of the second extending portion. According to this form, it becomes possible to bend the whole 1st extending | stretching part and the 2nd extending | stretching part equally.

  In one form of this invention, the width | variety of the base of the said 1st extending | stretching part is approached so that the width | variety of the base of the said 1st extending | stretching part may approach the width of the base of the said 2nd extending | stretching part connected to the said 1st extending | stretching part. May have a size different from the width of the other portion of the first extending portion. According to this form, it becomes possible to bend the whole 1st extending | stretching part and the 2nd extending | stretching part equally.

  The connector which concerns on this invention is formed in the engaging part currently formed in the said housing for engaging with the to-be-engaged part currently formed in the housing, another connector, and a part of said housing. And a plate-like elastic portion. The elastic part extends in a first direction from a base part connected to another part of the housing and bends with the base part as a fulcrum in a second direction which is a thickness direction of the elastic part. It has a first stretchable part. The elastic portion extends from the first extending portion in a third direction intersecting both the first direction and the second direction and is in a second direction with respect to the first extending portion. The second extending portion can be bent. The engaging portion of the housing is formed in the second extending portion.

  According to this connector, the elastic portion has two extending portions whose extending directions are different from each other, and the engaging portion is formed in the second extending portion. According to this structure, the length of the elastic portion can be secured and the displacement of the engaging portion can be increased without increasing the size of the housing. As a result, it is possible to suppress an increase in the force required when combining the connector of the present invention with another connector.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the connector assembly which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of a connector assembly. In this figure, the first connector and the second connector constituting the connector assembly are combined with each other. It is a perspective view which shows the state which isolate | separated two cable holding members with which a 1st connector is provided.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following description, a connector assembly for connecting a plurality of cables to a circuit board will be described. The connector assembly to which the present invention is applied is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to a connector assembly for connecting a plurality of cables and a plurality of other cables.

  FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a connector assembly 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the connector assembly 1, in which the first connector 10 and the second connector 50 constituting the connector assembly 1 are combined with each other. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where the two cable holding members 12A and 12B included in the first connector 10 are separated. In the following description, directions indicated by Z1 and Z2 in FIG. 1 are referred to as an upward direction and a downward direction, respectively. In addition, directions indicated by X1 and X2 in FIG. 1 are referred to as a right direction and a left direction, respectively, and directions indicated by Y1 and Y2 are respectively referred to as a forward direction and a rear direction. These directions are defined to represent the relative positional relationship of each member of the connector assembly 1, and do not define the direction in which the connector assembly 1 is used.

  As described above, the connector assembly 1 includes the first connector 10 and the second connector 50. As shown in FIG. 1, the first connector 10 holds ends of a plurality of cables 90 (in FIG. 1, only three cables 90 are shown for simplification of the drawing). In an example of the connector assembly 1, the second connector 50 is attached to a target of electrical connection of the cable 90. An example of a connection target of the cable 90 is a circuit board. In that case, the second connector 50 is disposed on a circuit board (not shown). The connection object of the cable 90 may be another cable. In this case, the second connector 50 is attached to the end of the cable.

  The second connector 50 has a second housing 51 that is molded of resin. An example of the second housing 51 has a box shape opened upward as shown in FIG. That is, the second housing 51 shown in FIG. 1 has a plurality of (four in the example of FIG. 1) wall portions 51a to 51d, which are open upward. The second housing 51 holds a plurality of terminals 52.

  An example of the terminal 52 is substantially L-shaped, and as shown in FIG. 1, a cable connection portion 52 a disposed inside the second housing 51 and extending upward, and a base portion (lower end) of the cable connection portion 52 a. And an attachment portion 52b which is connected and bent with respect to the cable connection portion 52a. The attaching portion 52b in the example described here is attached to the circuit board. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the plurality of terminals 52 are arranged in the left-right direction. Further, the plurality of terminals 52 have a plurality of (two in the example of FIG. 1) rows arranged at intervals in the front-rear direction. The shape and arrangement of the plurality of terminals 52 are not limited to this. For example, the second connector 50 may have only one row for the plurality of terminals 52.

  The first connector 10 has a first housing 11 molded of resin. The first housing 11 holds a plurality of terminals 14 (see FIG. 3). As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an example of the first housing 11 includes two cable holding members 12A and 12B that are arranged to face each other in the front-rear direction, and a holder 13A that holds the two cable holding members 12A and 12B. , 13B. The holders 13A and 13B are attached to and hold the right end portion and the left end portion of the two cable holding members 12A and 12B, respectively. In the example of the first housing 11, as shown in FIG. 3, a guide 12a extending in the vertical direction is formed at the ends of the two cable holding members 12A and 12B. On the other hand, the holders 13A and 13B are formed with receiving grooves 13a (see FIG. 1) extending in the vertical direction. The guide 12a is fitted in the receiving groove 13a. Thereby, the two cable holding members 12A and 12B are held by the holders 13A and 13B.

  The structure of the first housing 11 is not limited to the above. In one example, the first housing 11 may not have the two cable holding members 12A and 12B. That is, the first housing 11 may have only one cable holding member. In another example, the holders 13A and 13B may not be used to hold the two cable holding members 12A and 12B. That is, each of the two cable holding members 12A and 12B may be formed with a portion for holding them together. In yet another example, the first housing 11 may have more than two cable holding members.

  In an example of the first housing 11, as shown in FIG. 3, the two cable holding members 12A and 12B have a plurality of cable holding grooves 12b extending in the vertical direction on their facing sides. That is, the cable holding member 12A arranged on the front side has a plurality of cable holding grooves 12b on the rear side, and the cable holding member 12B arranged on the rear side has a plurality of cable holding grooves 12b on the front side. Have. The plurality of cable holding grooves 12b are arranged in the left-right direction. The ends of the plurality of cables 90 are held inside the cable holding groove 12b. Moreover, the terminal 14 holding the edge part (electric wire) of the cable 90 is arrange | positioned inside the cable holding groove 12b. An example of the terminal 14 includes a holding portion 14a that sandwiches an end portion of the cable 90 as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, each of the cable holding members 12A and 12B has a plurality of fitting grooves 12c extending to the lower ends of the cable holding members 12A and 12B in the lower part opposite to the cable holding grooves 12b. ing. The plurality of fitting grooves 12c are arranged in the left-right direction. In the connector assembly 1 of the example described here, the first connector 10 and the second connector 50 are combined with each other in the vertical direction. When the connectors 10 and 50 are combined with each other, the cable connecting portion 52a of the above-described terminal 52 of the second connector 50 is inserted into the fitting groove 12c. The contact 14b of the terminal 14 is disposed inside the fitting groove 12c, and the cable connection portion 52a of the terminal 52 contacts the contact 14b of the terminal 14. Thereby, the cable 90 and the terminal 52 of the second connector 50 are electrically connected.

  The structure in which the cable holding members 12A and 12B hold the cable 90 and the structure for bringing the terminal 14 into contact with the terminal 52 of the second connector 50 are not limited to those described above, and may be changed as appropriate. In one example, each of the cable holding members 12A and 12B is formed with a hole penetrating the cable holding member 12A and 12B in the vertical direction, and the cable 90 and a terminal provided at the end thereof are inserted from above the hole, The cable connection portion 52a of the second connector 50 may be inserted from the side.

  The first housing 11 has an elastic part 15. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, in one example of the first housing 11, the elastic portion 15 is formed on the cable holding member 12A. The elastic part 15 is plate-shaped and can be bent in the thickness direction. In the example described here, the elastic portion 15 can be bent in the front-rear direction. The elastic portion 15 constitutes the outer surface (more specifically, the front surface) of the cable holding member 12A. The elastic portion 15 is located on the side opposite to the plurality of cable holding grooves 12b.

  An engaging portion 16 is formed on the elastic portion 15. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an engaged portion 53 is formed in the second housing 51 of the second connector. In the example described here, the engaged portion 53 is formed on the wall portion 51 a of the second housing 51. When the first connector 10 and the second connector 50 are combined with each other, the engaging portion 16 engages with the engaged portion 53, whereby the first connector 10 and the second connector 50 are fixed to each other. In one example of the connector assembly 1, the engaging portion 16 is a protrusion as shown in FIG. 3, and the engaged portion 53 is a hole into which the protrusion is fitted as shown in FIG. In another example, the engaged portion 53 may be a concave portion into which the protrusion is fitted. In yet another example, the engaging portion 16 may be a hole or a recess, and the engaged portion 53 may be a protrusion that fits into the hole or the recess. In the work process of fitting the first connector 10 to the second connector 50, the engaging portion 16 is fitted to the engaged portion 53 as the elastic portion 15 is temporarily bent. In the operation process of removing the first connector 10 from the second connector 50, the engaging portion 16 is disengaged from the engaged portion 53 by the elastic portion 15 being temporarily bent.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the elastic portion 15 has a first extending portion 15A and a second extending portion 15B. As will be described later, the elastic portion 15 of the example described here has two first extending portions 15A, and the second extending portion 15B is stretched over the two first extending portions 15A.

  A base portion of the first extending portion 15A is connected to a portion surrounding the elastic portion 15 in the cable holding member 12A. In the example described here, the elastic portion 15 is located above the cable holding member 12A. As shown in FIG. 3, the base of the first extending portion 15A is connected to the lower portion of the cable holding member 12A, and the first extending portion 15A extends upward from the base. The upper end of the first extending portion 15A (the upper edge of the elastic portion 15) is a free end, and the first extending portion 15A can be elastically bent in the thickness direction of the elastic portion 15 with its base as a fulcrum. . Referring to FIG. 3, the first extending portion 15 </ b> A can be bent in the direction indicated by D <b> 1 with the base portion as a fulcrum.

  The second extending portion 15B extends from the first extending portion 15A in a direction that intersects both the extending direction of the first extending portion 15A and the thickness direction of the elastic portion 15 (the front-rear direction in the example described here). . The first extending portion 15A in the example described here extends upward as described above. The second extending portion 15B extends from the first extending portion 15A in the left-right direction. The second extending portion 15B can be elastically bent in the thickness direction of the elastic portion 15 with respect to the first extending portion 15A. Referring to FIG. 3, the second extending portion 15B can be bent in the direction indicated by D2 with respect to the first extending portion 15A. The engaging portion 16 described above is formed in the second extending portion 15B. An example of the engaging portion 16 is formed at the lower edge of the second extending portion 15B as shown in FIG. The upper end of the first extending portion 15A and the upper edge of the second extending portion 15B are linearly connected.

  Thus, the elastic part 15 has two extending parts 15A and 15B having different extending directions, and the engaging part 16 is formed in the second extending part 15B. According to this structure, without extending the size of the first housing 11 (that is, the size of the cable holding member 12A) in the fitting direction of the first connector 10 and the second connector 50, the entire extending portions 15A and 15B are made. The length can be secured and the displacement of the engaging portion 16 can be increased. As a result, the operation of fitting the first connector 10 to the second connector 50 and the operation of removing the first connector 10 from the second connector 50 can be performed smoothly. The upper edge of the elastic portion 15 (the upper end of the extending portion 15A and the upper edge of the extending portion 15B) does not exceed the upper surface 12k of the cable holding member 12A (the portion holding the cable 90) in the upward direction. In the example described here, the upper edge of the elastic portion 15 is positioned lower than the upper surface 12k of the cable holding member 12A.

  As described above, an example of the elastic portion 15 includes the two first extending portions 15A that are located apart in the left-right direction, as shown in FIG. The second extending portion 15B is stretched over the two first extending portions 15A. A plurality of engaging portions 16 arranged in the left-right direction are formed in the second extending portion 15B. The second housing 51 of the second connector 50 is formed with a plurality of engaged portions 53 with which the plurality of engaging portions 16 are respectively engaged. According to this structure, when the operator tries to separate the first connector 10 from the second connector 50, the operator can bend the second extending portion 15B to thereby form the plurality of engaging portions 16 and the plurality of engaged portions. The engagement with 53 can be released, and the workability can be improved. In the example described here, the second extending portion 15B is formed with two engaging portions 16 that are located apart in the left-right direction, and the second housing 51 is formed with two engaged portions 53. . The number of the engaging portions 16 and the engaged portions 53 is not limited to two. For example, the number thereof may be one or more than two.

  In an example of the first connector 10, the elastic portion 15 and the engaging portion 16 are formed only on one cable holding member 12A of the two cable holding members 12A and 12B. In another example, the elastic portion 15 and the engaging portion 16 may be formed on both of the two cable holding members 12A and 12B.

  In an example of the first connector 10, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the first housing 11 (more specifically, the cable holding member 12A) has the above-described bending of the first extending portion 15A and the second extending portion. Slits 12f and 12g for allowing the above-described bending of 15B are formed. The first slit 12f and the second slit 12g extend in directions orthogonal to each other. Specifically, the first slit 12f is formed in the right end portion and the left end portion of the elastic portion 15, and extends upward from the lower portion of the cable holding member 12A to the upper end of the cable holding member 12A. The upper end of the first slit 12f is open. The second slit 12g is formed between the bases of the two first extending portions 15A and extends in the left-right direction. The upper part of the second slit 12g is a second extending portion 15B. As described above, in the example of the first connector 10, the above-described bending of the first extending portion 15A can be realized by the first slit 12f, and the above-described bending of the second extending portion 15B can be realized by the second slit 12g.

  The structure for realizing the above-described bending of the extending portions 15A and 15B is not limited to the slits 12f and 12g, and may be appropriately changed. In one example, the entire elastic portion 15 may protrude forward with respect to other portions of the cable holding member 12A. In this case, even if these slits 12f and 12g are not formed, the above-described bending of the extending portions 15A and 15B can be realized.

  The base of the second extending portion 15B is connected to the first extending portion 15A. As shown in FIG. 3, the width W2 of the base of the second extending portion 15B is preferably second so that the width W2 of the base of the second extending portion 15B approaches the width W1 of the base of the first extending portion 15A. It has a size different from the width W3 of the other part of the extending part 15B. By doing so, the entire first extending portion 15A and second extending portion 15B can be bent uniformly. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the width W2 is smaller than the width W3 so that the width W2 of the base of the second extending portion 15B approaches the width W1 of the base of the first extending portion 15A. Here, the widths W2 and W3 are widths in a direction (vertical direction) orthogonal to the extending direction of the second extending portion 15B. The width W1 is a width in a direction (left-right direction) orthogonal to the extending direction of the first extending portion 15A.

  In an example of the first connector 10, as shown in FIG. 1, the width of the right end portion and the width of the left end portion of the second slit 12g is larger than the width of the portion between the right end portions. Thereby, the width W2 of the base of the second extending portion 15B is smaller than the width W3 of the other portion of the second extending portion 15B.

  The width W1 of the base of the first extending portion 15A is the width W4 of the other portion of the first extending portion 15A so that the width W1 of the base of the first extending portion 15A approaches the width W2 of the base of the second extending portion 15B. It may have a size different from that of FIG. Even in this case, the entire first extending portion 15A and the second extending portion 15B can be bent evenly. In this case, the width of the first slit 12f may be adjusted depending on the position of the first slit 12f so that the width W1 and the width W4 are different.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the example of the second extending portion 15 </ b> B includes two elastic side portions 15 c that are separated from each other in the left-right direction on the right side portion and the left side portion thereof. The two elastic side portions 15c extend from the two first extending portions 15A toward the center in the left-right direction, and can be bent with respect to the two first extending portions 15A. That is, the right elastic side portion 15c can bend with respect to the right first extending portion 15A, and the left elastic side portion 15c can be bent with respect to the left first extending portion 15A. The two engaging portions 16 described above are formed on the two elastic side portions 15c, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an example of the second extending portion 15B has an operation portion 15d at the center in the left-right direction. The operation portion 15d has higher rigidity than the elastic side portion 15c (the operation portion 15d corresponds to a “high rigidity portion” in the claims). In the example described here, the width of the operation portion 15d (the width in the thickness direction of the elastic portion 15) is larger than the width of the elastic side portion 15c (that is, the thickness of the elastic portion 15). Thereby, the operation part 15d has higher rigidity than the elastic side part 15c.

  The operation portion 15d is formed so as to be exposed from the connector assembly 1 in a state where the first connector 10 and the second connector 50 are combined with each other. When the operator attempts to separate the first connector 10 from the second connector 50, the operator can release the engagement between the engaging portion 16 and the engaged portion 53 by pushing the operation portion 15d backward. Further, since the operation portion 15d has higher rigidity than the elastic side portion 15c, the force applied to the operation portion 15d by the operator is easily transmitted to the elastic side portion 15c, and the engagement portion 16 is engaged. The engagement of the portion 53 is easily canceled.

  The engaging portion 16 is located at the end of the elastic side portion 15c on the operation portion 15d side. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation unit 15d in the example described here extends in the left-right direction. The engaging portion 16 is formed so as to overlap the end portion 15e of the operation portion 15d when the first connector 10 is viewed in the vertical direction. If it demonstrates with reference to FIG. 3, the straight line L1 of the up-down direction passing through the edge part 15e of the operation part 15d and the engaging part 16 cross | intersect. According to such a positional relationship between the engaging portion 16 and the operating portion 15d, the force applied to the operating portion 15d by the operator is more easily transmitted to the elastic side portion 15c, and the engaging portion 16 and the engaged portion 53 are thereby made. It is easy to cancel the engagement. The positional relationship between the engaging portion 16 and the operation portion 15d is not necessarily limited to this. For example, the end 15e of the operation portion 15d may be located closer to the center of the second extending portion 15B than the engaging portion 16.

  An example of the operation portion 15d protrudes from the second extending portion 15B in the thickness direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the operation portion 15 d is positioned beyond the second housing 51 of the second connector 50 toward the outside of the connector assembly 1 in a state where the two connectors 10 and 50 are combined. . Thereby, the worker can easily access the operation unit 15d. In the example described here, the operation portion 15 d protrudes beyond the upper edge of the second connector 50 to the front side of the connector assembly 1. Further, the operation portion 15d protrudes from the upper edge of the second extending portion 15B. The position and shape of the operation unit 15d are not limited to this. For example, the operation part 15d may protrude slightly upward from the upper edge of the second extending part 15B.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the cable holding member 12 </ b> A has a right portion 12 </ b> R located on the right side of the elastic portion 15 and a left portion 12 </ b> L located on the left side of the elastic portion 15. The right portion 12R and the left portion 12L have a protrusion 12h that protrudes toward the front of the elastic portion 15. The movable range of the elastic portion 15 is limited by the protrusion 12h, and the elastic portion 15 can be protected.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the right portion 12R and the left portion 12L have guides 12j extending in the vertical direction. On the other hand, a groove 51 e is formed in the second housing 51 of the second connector 50. The guide 12j and the groove 51e can suppress the displacement of the first connector 10 with respect to the second connector 50. This guide 12j is preferably formed only on the cable holding member 12A and not on the cable holding member 12B. By carrying out like this, it can suppress that the 1st connector 10 and the 2nd connector 50 pass through those directions, and mutually combine.

  The present invention is not limited to the connector assembly 1 described above, and various modifications may be made.

  For example, the two first extending portions 15A of the elastic portion 15 may extend from the right portion 12R and the left portion 12L of the cable holding member 12A, respectively. In this case, the second extending portion 15B may extend upward or downward from the end portions of the two first extending portions 15A. Even in this case, the entire length of the extending portions 15A and 15B can be secured, and the displacement of the engaging portion 16 can be increased. As a result, the operation of fitting the first connector 10 to the second connector 50 and the operation of removing the first connector 10 from the second connector 50 can be performed smoothly.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Connector assembly, 10 1st connector, 12A, 12B Cable holding member, 13A, 13B Holder, 14 Terminal, 15 Elastic part, 15A 1st extending part, 15B 2nd extending part, 15c Elastic side part, 15d Operation part, 16 Engagement part, 52 terminal, 53 engaged part.

Claims (8)

A first connector having a first housing in which an engagement portion is formed;
A second connector having a second housing formed with an engaged portion that engages with an engaging portion of the first housing, and the second housing mating with each other in the first direction ; With
The first housing has a plate-like elastic part in a part thereof,
The elastic portion, as a fulcrum the first of the base in a second direction and extends from the base which is connected to other parts of the housing in the first direction is the thickness direction of the elastic portion A first extending portion capable of bending, and extending from the first extending portion in a third direction intersecting both the first direction and the second direction, and with respect to the first extending portion A second extending portion capable of bending in the second direction,
Said engaging portion of said first housing is formed in the second extending portion,
The first housing includes a first slit formed between the other portion of the first housing and the first extending portion and extending in the first direction, and the first extending portion. A second slit located in the third direction with respect to the base, formed between the other portion of the first housing and the second extending portion, and extending in the third direction; connector assembly, characterized in that it has. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
Before SL elastic portion has a third first extension of the two which are located apart from each other in the direction of,
The second extending portion is stretched over the two first extending portions,
Wherein the second extending portion connector assembly, wherein the <br/> that are arranged a plurality of engaging portions are in the form in the third direction. The connector assembly according to claim 2, wherein
The second extending portions are located apart from each other in the third direction, and extend from the two first extending portions toward the center of the second extending portion in the third direction, respectively. With elastic sides,
Each of the two elastic side portions can be bent in the second direction with respect to the first extension portion, and has the engagement portion,
The second extending portion has a high-rigidity portion that is formed at a central portion of the second extending portion in the third direction and has higher rigidity than the two elastic side portions.
A connector assembly characterized by that. The connector assembly according to claim 3, wherein
The high-rigidity portion extends in the third direction;
When the first connector is viewed in the first direction, the end of the high-rigidity portion overlaps the engagement portion.
A connector assembly characterized by that. The connector assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The other part of the first housing includes an edge of the first slit located on the opposite side of the first extending part across the first slit, and the second extending part across the second slit. And an edge of the second slit which is a portion located on the opposite side of
A connector assembly , wherein a distance from an edge of the second slit to the engaging portion is smaller than a distance from an edge of the first slit to the engaging portion . A first connector having a first housing in which an engagement portion is formed;
An engaged portion that engages with an engaging portion of the first housing is formed, and the first housing
And a second connector having a second housing that fits together,
The first housing has a plate-like elastic part in a part thereof,
The elastic part is in a first direction from a base part connected to the other part of the first housing.
And flexing with the base as a fulcrum in a second direction which is the thickness direction of the elastic portion.
A first extending portion that can be and a third direction that intersects both the first direction and the second direction
Extending from the first stretched portion and can bend in the second direction with respect to the first stretched portion.
A second extending portion that can be
The engaging portion of the first housing is formed in the second extending portion,
The width of the base of the second extending portion is that of the second extending portion so that the width of the base of the second extending portion connected to the first extending portion approaches the width of the base of the first extending portion. that it has a size different from the width of other portions
Connector assembly, wherein a call. A first connector having a first housing in which an engagement portion is formed;
An engaged portion that engages with an engaging portion of the first housing is formed, and the first housing
And a second connector having a second housing that fits together,
The first housing has a plate-like elastic part in a part thereof,
The elastic part is in a first direction from a base part connected to the other part of the first housing.
And flexing with the base as a fulcrum in a second direction which is the thickness direction of the elastic portion.
A first extending portion that can be and a third direction that intersects both the first direction and the second direction
Extending from the first stretched portion and can bend in the second direction with respect to the first stretched portion.
A second extending portion that can be
The engaging portion of the first housing is formed in the second extending portion,
The width of the base portion of the first extension portion is that of the first extension portion so that the width of the base portion of the first extension portion approaches the width of the base portion of the second extension portion connected to the first extension portion. Has a size different from the width of other parts,
A connector assembly characterized by that. A housing that mates with a mating connector in a first direction ;
An engaging portion formed on the housing for engaging an engaged portion formed on the mating connector;
A plate-like elastic portion formed in a part of the housing,
The elastic part extends in a first direction from a base part connected to another part of the housing and bends with the base part as a fulcrum in a second direction which is a thickness direction of the elastic part. A first extending portion that extends from the first extending portion in a third direction that intersects both the first direction and the second direction, and a second direction relative to the first extending portion. A second extending portion that can be bent to
The engaging portion of the housing is formed in the second extending portion ,
The housing has a first slit formed between the other portion of the first housing and the first extending portion and extending in the first direction, and the base of the first extending portion. A second slit located in the third direction and formed between the other portion of the first housing and the second extending portion, and extending in the third direction. connector, characterized in that there.

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