1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to a board-to-board connector.
2. Description of Related Art
There are many types of board-to-board connectors to electrically connect two circuit boards together. One type of board-to-board connector is called a pin header connector. This type of board-to-board connector includes a plurality of pin headers. In use, the heights of the pin headers may be different according to different circuit boards. When the heights of the pin headers are too high, the pin headers can be deformed in processing of being plugged into or disassembled from two circuit boards, which is undesirable.
Many aspects of the present embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, all the views are schematic, and like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
The present disclosure, including the accompanying drawings, is illustrated by way of examples and not by way of limitation. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
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The supporting plate 5 is substantially rectangular, and defines a plurality of through holes, arranged in a row from top to bottom. In one embodiment, the through holes includes a first through hole 10, a second through hole 12, and a third through hole 15. A first elastic piece 20, a second elastic piece 22, and a third elastic piece 24 respectively extend from sidewalls bounding the first through hole 10, the second through holes 12, and the third through hole 15, all are cantilevered. The first elastic piece 20, the second elastic piece 22, and the third elastic piece 24 are substantially V-shaped. Center portions of the first elastic piece 20 and the third elastic piece 25 extend out of a first side surface of the supporting plate 5. A center portion of the second elastic piece 22 extends out of a second side surface of the supporting plate 5, opposite to the first side surface.
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The first elastic piece 20, the second elastic piece 22, and the third elastic piece 24 are deformed to withdraw in the first through hole 10, the second through hole 12, and the third through hole 15 by pressure of the corresponding pin headers 70, when the first to third elastic pieces 20, 22, and 24 move to the corresponding pin headers 70. After the first to third elastic pieces 20, 22, and 24 move between the two adjacent pin headers 70 of each row, the first elastic piece 20, the second elastic piece 22, and the third elastic piece 24 are restored to elastically resist against the corresponding pin headers 70, to position the supporting plate 5. The opposite ends of the supporting plate 5 resisting against the positioning plates 60 can prevent the pin headers 70 from being deformed.
In other embodiments, the supporting plate 5 may be T-shaped or H-shaped.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the embodiments, the present disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the embodiments to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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99146259 | Dec 2010 | TW | national |