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EP0459680A2
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Board-to-board electric connector having male and female terminals at reduced pitch
Assignee: Molex LLC
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Filing: 1991-05-21
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-05-21
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a board-to-board electric connector (2) using terminals (3,4) whose width is same in size as the thickness of metal sheet from which terminals are stamped out, thereby permitting reduction of terminal pitch to possible minimum simply by selecting the metal sheet.
Inventors
- 👤 Masahiro Enomoto
- 👤 Shinichi Aihara
- 👤 Minoru Fukushima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 12:07
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/50; H01R12/51; H01R12/52; H01R12/70; H01R12/71; H01R12/712; H01R12/716
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A board-to-board electric connector (2) comprising a female socket (2a) having a plurality of female terminals (3) arranged at narrow regular pitch in a housing (4) and a male plug 2b having a plurality of male terminals (5) arranged at narrow regular pitch in its housing (6), characterized in that: said female and male terminals have contact surfaces (7a and 7b respectively) to come to contact with each other when said female socket and male plug are coupled, the contact surfaces (7a and 7b) of said male and female terminals being the same width as the thickness of the metal sheet from which said female and male terminals are stamped.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
The board-to-board electric connector (2) according to claim 1 wherein said female terminals (3) are inserted in slots (8a) which are made in the housing (4) of said female socket (2a), allowing the opposite side walls (11 and 12) of each slot to prevent the female terminal from moving laterally, whereas said male terminals (5) are inserted in slots (8b) which are made in the housing (6) of said male socket (2b) allowing the opposite side walls (11 and 12) of each slot to prevent the male terminal from moving laterally.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
132 words
The board-to-board electric connector (2) according to claim 2 wherein each of said male terminal slots (8b) is designed so as to allow the male terminals (5) to project one half of the width of the male terminal (5) or more beyond the side walls of each slot in the male terminal, whereas each of said slots (8a) are designed so as to have a depth to allow the female terminal (3) to fit and remain flush with said slot top edge when said female socket and male plug are not coupled and where the projecting portion of said male terminal beyond said slot sidewalls are allowed to enter the corresponding female terminal slot by causing the female terminal therein to yieldingly withdraw when said female socket and male plug are coupled.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The board-to-board electric connector (2) according to claim 2 wherein each of said female terminals (3) are insert-molded into the housing of said female socket whereas each of said male terminals (5) is insert-molded into the housing of said male plug.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The board-to-board electric connector according to claim 4 wherein said female terminal has a cantilevered portion with a free end of said cantilevered portion extending in a direction so that the free end will contact the mating male terminal first.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
The board-to-board electric connector according to claim 5 wherein said female terminal has an enlarged portion on its contact surface extending toward the contact surface of the male terminal, where said enlarged portion is located near the free end of said female terminal whereby said enlarged portion will be the only portion of said female contact surface which will contact said male terminal.
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