| US 7,520,769 B2 | ||
| Connector | ||
| Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Makinohara (Japan); Keiko Ishida, Makinohara (Japan); and Kazuki Zaitsu, Makinohara (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 13, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/119,682. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-130119 (JP), filed on May 16, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0286997 A1, Nov. 20, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 13/15 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—260 [439/822] | 11 Claims |
| 1. A connector, comprising:
a housing;
a first and a second terminal portion disposed in the housing each having:
a substrate pressing portion;
a spacer pressing portion; and
a fulcrum portion arranged between the substrate pressing portion and the spacer pressing portion;
a first and second wire respectively coupled to the first and second terminal portions;
a spacer arranged between the spacer pressing portions of the first and the second terminal portions; and
a clipping section defined by the substrate pressing portions of the first and the second terminal portions, the clipping
section opening and closing while operating the fulcrum portions as a fulcrum for clipping a substrate in the clipping section,
and
wherein insertion of the substrate into the clipping section of the substrate pressing portion generates substantially equal
and opposite respective forces on the spacer pressing portions of the first and the second terminal portions.
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