Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intermediate electrical connector, electrical connector assembly, and electrical connector assembly equipped with a circuit board
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Application No.: US17178106Application Date: 2021-02-17
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Publication No.: US11888248B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Xingyu Cheng
- Applicant: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Priority: JP 20025415 2020.02.18
- Main IPC: H01R12/70
- IPC: H01R12/70 ; H01R31/06 ; H01R13/627 ; H01R13/508 ; H01R12/71 ; H01R12/73 ; H01R12/57 ; H01R13/6586 ; H01R13/11 ; H01R13/639 ; H01R13/502

Abstract:
An intermediate electrical connector 1 which, upon connection of a first counterpart connect body 2 and a second counterpart connect body each from different sides in a manner permitting plugging and unplugging, mediates between the two counterpart connect bodies, the intermediate electrical connector 1 comprising terminals that are enabled to contact, respectively, the first counterpart connect body 2 and the second counterpart connect body, and a housing that directly or indirectly secures the terminals in place, wherein the connector has locking fittings 100 supported by the housing of the intermediate electrical connector 1, and the locking fittings 100 have locking portions 104A enabled to engage lockable portions 151 provided in the first counterpart connect body 2 in the direction of disengagement when the intermediate electrical connector 1 and said first counterpart connect body 2 are connected.
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