| US 7,540,770 B2 | ||
| Electrical connector | ||
| Shinya Ishizuka, Tokyo (Japan); Kazuyuki Ozai, Tokyo (Japan); Hirokazu Takahashi, Tokyo (Japan); and Akio Yamada, Noda (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to DDK Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 11, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/637,463. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-375566 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0155227 A1, Jul. 05, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 13/60 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—570 [439/353] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A first electrical connector adapted to be detachably connected to a mating electrical connector and to a substrate, where
said first and mating electrical connectors have facing surfaces which are movable toward each other along a first axial directional
between said facing surfaces when said electrical connectors are connected, said first electrical connector comprising:
a. a longitudinal housing which has opposite ends and a plurality of electrical contacts mounted to said housing between said
ends thereof, and has at each end a holding portion for guiding and securing said mating electrical connector to said first
connector and for fixing said first electrical connector to a substrate,
each of said holding portions comprising a pair of spaced-apart flanges (i) extending from said housing in said first axial
direction, (ii) being elastically deflectable in a direction transverse of said first axial direction, and (iii) having facing
spaced-apart holding surfaces respectively, and
b. a fixture securable to each of said ends of said housing, each of said fixtures having a guide portion of generally U-shape
cross-section comprising a central wall and a pair of opposite side walls having facing inner surfaces and oppositely facing
outer surfaces, said guide portion of each of said fixtures attachable to one of said holding portions of said housing with
said outer surfaces of said side walls of said guide part adjacent and engaging said holding surfaces of said flanges which
are thereby elastically deflected, said fixture further comprising a substrate-engaging portion extending transversely of
said axial direction.
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