| US 7,347,725 B2 | ||
| Metal fixing member for fixing a connector to a wiring board | ||
| Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Makinohara (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 22, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/313,692. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P2004-377016 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0141859 A1, Jun. 29, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 13/73 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—566 | 12 Claims |
| 1. A fixing configuration, comprising:
a connector which has a terminal receiving portion for receiving a terminal; and
a metal fixing member for fixing the connector to a wiring board, comprising:
a board fixing portion that is adapted to be secured to the wiring board;
a housing mounting portion that is disposed in upstanding relation to the board fixing portion, and is adapted to be mounted
on the connector; and
an interconnecting portion that is bended and that interconnects the board fixing portion and the housing mounting portion,
wherein the housing mounting portion has a retaining portion for retaining a housing of the connector,
wherein the board fixing portion includes a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion that are arranged in symmetrical
relation with respect to the interconnecting portion;
wherein the first fixing portion extends in a first direction along a thickness direction of the housing mounting portion;
wherein the second fixing portion extends from the first fixing portion in a second direction opposed to the first direction,
wherein the metal fixing member is formed entirely of a single metal sheet,
wherein the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are arranged in a same plane,
wherein the housing mounting portion is extended from the board fixing portion through the interconnecting portion substantially
perpendicular to the same plane,
wherein a pair of slits extending in the first direction are formed in the board fixing portion so as to separate the interconnecting
portion from the first and second fixing portion; and
wherein a terminal receiving direction of the terminal receiving portion of the connector is perpendicular to the first direction.
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