Information
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Patent Grant
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6464521
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Patent Number
6,464,521
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Date Filed
Wednesday, November 1, 200023 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, October 15, 200221 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A connector device is provided, which device includes a housing including first and second sides opposing each other, first terminal members attached to the first side of the housing, and second terminal members attached to the second side of the housing. Each of the first terminal members and each of the second terminal members are alternately arranged side by side, and the first and second terminal members have respective contact portions for external connection, the contact portions being arranged side by side.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to connector devices, and more particularly to a card edge connector device into which a card edge having a plurality of terminals arranged in a row thereon is inserted to be connected thereto.
A common card edge connector device includes a housing formed of a synthetic resin and a plurality of terminal members fixedly inserted side by side in a row into the housing, and is provided to, for example, the input section of an information device. As an amount of information processed by an information device increases, there is a greater need for the card edge connector device to include an increased number of the terminal members without changing its outer dimensions, that is, to narrow a pitch between each two adjacent terminal members. Needless to say, the terminal members are required to be fixed with sufficient strength.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1
shows a conventional card edge connector device
10
. The card edge connector device
10
includes a housing
20
and a plurality of terminal members
30
fixedly inserted side by side in a row into the housing
20
. X
1
-X
2
represents the longitudinal dimension, Y
1
-Y
2
represents the rear-and-front dimension and Z
1
-Z
2
represents the vertical dimension, respectively, of the card edge connector device
10
.
As shown in
FIGS. 2 through 4
, the housing
20
, which is formed of an electrically insulating synthetic resin, is shaped like a rectangular solid. On the front (Y
2
) side, the housing
20
includes a card edge insertion slot
21
into which an edge
41
of a card
40
is inserted, and on the rear (Y
1
) side, a plurality of slits
22
arranged side by side in a row along the longitudinal (X
1
-X
2
) length of the housing
20
. Each two adjacent slits
22
have a pitch P
1
therebetween. Each of the slits
22
has a shape corresponding to that of each of the terminal members
30
, and includes a hole-like slit portion
22
a
as shown in
FIGS. 2 and 4
.
Each of the terminal members
30
includes a connection terminal portion
31
of a fork-like shape for receiving a card edge, a mounting terminal portion
32
and an arm portion
33
.
As indicated by an arrow A in
FIG. 2
, the terminal members
30
are incorporated into the housing
20
with the connection terminal portions
31
being inserted into the slits
22
from the rear side of the housing
20
so that the arm portions
33
are fixedly pressed into the hole-like slit portions
22
a
. According to this structure, each two adjacent terminal members
30
have the pitch P
1
therebetween as shown in FIG.
4
.
The card edge connector device
10
having the above-described structure is mounted on a circuit board
50
with the mounting terminal portions
32
soldered thereto. The card
40
includes the edge
41
on which terminals
42
are arranged in a row. The edge
41
of the card
40
is inserted into the card edge insertion slot
21
to be connected to the card edge connector device
10
.
According to the above-described card edge connector device
10
, all of the terminal members
30
are incorporated into the housing
20
from the same side, that is, from its rear side. Therefore, all of the hole-like slit portions
22
a
are formed on the rear side of the housing
20
. As a result, positions
60
at which the arm portions
33
are fixed are arranged side by side in a row in the housing
20
along the X
1
-X
2
direction.
In order that the arm portions
33
can be fixedly pressed into the hole-like slit portions
22
a
, it is necessary to prevent a wall portion
23
formed between each two adjacent hole-like slit portions
22
a
from being broken when the arm portions
33
are pressed into the hole-like slit portions
22
a
. This is because breakages of the wall portions
23
weaken the forces of the hole-like slit portions
22
a
to lock the arm portions
33
. For the convenience of graphical representation, the thickness of the wall portion
23
is shown considerably thicker in
FIG. 4
than it really is.
According to the above-described conventional card edge connector device
10
, each of the wall portions
23
is formed to have a thickness t
1
so as not to be broken when the arm portions
33
are pressed into the hole-like slit portions
22
a
, and the pitch P
1
between each two adjacent terminal members
30
is determined by the thickness t
1
of each of the wall portions
23
. Therefore, it is difficult to further narrow the pitch P
1
between each two adjacent terminal members
30
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a general object of the present invention to provide a connector device in which the above disadvantages are eliminated.
A more specific object of the present invention is to provide a connector device including a narrowed pitch between each two adjacent terminal members.
The above objects of the present invention are achieved by a connector device including a housing including first and second sides opposing each other, first terminal members attached to the first side of the housing, and second terminal members attached to the second side of the housing, wherein each of the first terminal members and each of the second terminal members are alternately arranged side by side, and the first and second terminal members have respective contact portions for external connection, the contact portions being arranged side by side.
According to the above-described structure, the connector apparatus is allowed to include a narrower pitch between each two adjacent terminal members. Therefore, the connector apparatus can hold an increased number of the terminal members without changing its outer dimensions.
The above objects of the present invention are also achieved by a connector device including a housing including first and second sides opposing each other, first terminal members attached to the first side of the housing, and second terminal members attached to the second side of the housing, wherein each of the first terminal members and each of the second terminal members are alternately arranged side by side, and each of the first and second terminal members has first and second contact portions for external connection, the first contact portions of said first and second terminal members being alternately arranged side by side.
The above objects of the present invention are further achieved by a connector device including: a housing including first and second sides opposing each other; first slits which include respective first slit portions and are formed in the housing from the first side thereof; second slits which include respective second slit portions and are formed in the housing from the second side thereof; first terminal members which include respective first connection terminal portions, first mounting terminal portions and first arm portions and are inserted into the respective first slits with the respective first arm portions being fixedly pressed into the respective first slit portions; and second terminal members which include respective second connection terminal portions, second mounting terminal portions and second arm portions and are inserted into the respective second slits with the respective second arm portions being fixedly pressed into the respective second slit portions, wherein each of the first slits and each of the second slits are alternately arranged side by side so that each of the first slit portions and each of the second slit portions are alternately arranged in a staggered fashion, and each of the first terminal members and each of the second terminal members are alternately arranged side by side in a row in said housing so that each of positions a t which said respective first arm portions are fixed and each of positions at which said respective second arm portions are fixed are arranged in the staggered fashion.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of a conventional card edge connector device;
FIG. 2
shows a terminal member and a housing of the conventional card edge connector device of
FIG. 1
, the housing being cut off by a Y-Z plane II;
FIG. 3
is a perspective view of the housing of the conventional card edge connector device of
FIG. 1
taken from its rear side;
FIG. 4
is a horizontal sectional view of the housing of the conventional card edge connector device of
FIG. 1
taken along an X-Y plane IV;
FIG. 5
is a perspective view of a card edge connector device according to an embodiment of the present invention:
FIGS. 6A and 6B
are a perspective cross-sectional view and a sectional side elevation view, respectively, of the card edge connector device of
FIG. 5
taken along a Y-Z plane VI;
FIGS. 7A and 7B
are a perspective cross-sectional view and a sectional side elevation view, respectively, of the card edge connector device of
FIG. 5
taken along a Y-Z plane VII;
FIG. 8
is a diagram showing a rear terminal member and a housing of the card edge connector device shown in
FIGS. 6A and 6B
;
FIG. 9
is a diagram showing a front terminal member and the housing of the card edge connector device shown in
FIGS. 7A and 7B
;
FIGS. 10A and 10B
are perspective views of the housing of the card edge connector device of
FIG. 5
taken from its front and rear sides, respectively;
FIG. 11
shows rear and front slits of the housing of the card edge connector device of FIG.
5
and rear and front terminal members corresponding to the rear and front slits, respectively;
FIG. 12
is a horizontal sectional view of the card edge connector device shown in
FIGS. 10A and 10B
taken along an X-Y plane XII; and
FIGS. 13A through 13C
are diagrams for illustrating a production process of the rear and front terminal members.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
A description will now be given, with reference to the accompanying drawings, of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5
shows a card edge connector device
100
according to the embodiment of the present invention. As also shown in
FIGS. 6A through 7B
, the card edge connector device
100
includes a housing
110
and a plurality of terminal members
120
inserted from a rear (Y
1
) side
110
b
of the housing
110
(hereinafter, rear terminal members) and terminal members
130
inserted from a front (Y
2
) side
110
a
of the housing
110
(hereinafter, front terminal members) fixedly inserted into the housing
110
. The rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
are alternately arranged side by side in a row so that one of the rear terminal members
120
and one of the front terminal members
130
, which are adjacent to each other, have a pitch P
2
therebetween. X
1
-X
2
represents the longitudinal dimension, Y
1
-Y
2
represents the rear-and-front dimension and Z
1
-Z
2
represents the vertical dimension, respectively, of the card edge connector device
100
.
As shown in
FIGS. 6A through 12
, the housing
110
formed of an electrically-insulating synthetic resin is shaped like a rectangular solid. On the front side
110
a
, the housing
110
includes a card edge insertion slot
111
extending along its longitudinal (X
1
-X
2
) length. The edge
41
of the card
40
is inserted into the card edge insertion slot
111
. On the rear side
110
b
, the housing
110
includes a plurality of rear-side slits
112
arranged side by side in a row along the longitudinal length of the housing
110
. The rear terminal members
120
are inserted into the rear-side slits
112
. Further, on the front side
110
a
, the housing
110
includes a plurality of front-side slits
113
arranged side by side in a row along the longitudinal length of the housing
110
. The front terminal members
130
are inserted into the front-side slits
113
.
As shown in
FIG. 12
, the rear-side and front-side slits
112
and
113
are alternately arranged so that each two adjacent rear-side slits
112
are equally arranged with a pitch P
3
therebetween, and each two adjacent front-side slits
113
are also arranged with the pitch P
3
therebetween. In other words, one of the rear-side slits
112
and one of the front-side slits
113
, which are adjacent to each other in a staggered fashion, are arranged with a pitch P
2
which is half of the above-described pitch P
3
.
As shown in
FIGS. 8
,
9
and
11
, each of the rear-side slits
112
has a shape corresponding to that of each of the rear terminal members
120
, and includes a first rear holding portion
112
a
, a second rear holding portion
112
b
and a rear hole-like slit portion
112
c
. Each of the front-side slits
113
has a shape corresponding to that of each of the front terminal members
130
, and includes a first front holding portion
113
a
, a second front holding portion
113
b
and a front hole-like slit portion
113
c
. Each of the first rear and front holding portions
112
a
and
113
a
has an opening in the card edge insertion slot
111
so that the card edge insertion slot
111
has an opening on the front side
110
a
of the housing
110
. Each of the second rear holding portions
112
b
has openings on the rear side
110
b
and on a bottom side
110
c
, respectively, of the housing
110
. The second front holding portions
113
b
each have openings on the front side
110
a
and on the bottom side
110
c
, respectively, of the housing
110
.
As shown in
FIGS. 8 and 11
, each of the rear terminal members
120
has a rear connection terminal portion
121
of a fork-like shape for receiving a card edge, a rear mounting terminal portion
122
, a rear post portion
123
formed between the rear connection terminal portion
121
and the rear mounting terminal portion
122
, and a rear arm portion
124
protruding in the Y
2
direction from the rear post portion
123
.
As shown in
FIGS. 9 and 11
, each of the front terminal members
130
has a front connection terminal portion
131
of a fork-like shape for receiving a card edge, a front mounting terminal portion
132
, a front post portion
133
formed between the front connection terminal portion
131
and the front mounting terminal portion
132
, and a front arm portion
134
protruding in the Y
1
direction from the front post portion
133
.
As indicated by an arrow A in
FIG. 8
, the rear terminal members
120
are fixed in the housing
110
with the rear connection terminal portions
121
being inserted into the rear-side slits
112
from the rear side
110
b
of the housing
110
so that the rear arm portions
124
are pressed into the rear hole-like slit portions
112
c
as shown in
FIGS. 6A and 6B
. The rear connection terminal portions
121
are held in the first rear holding portions
112
a
so as to be exposed to the card edge insertion slot
111
. The rear post portions
123
are held in the second rear holding portions
112
b
, and the rear mounting terminal portions
122
protrude in the Y
1
direction from the bottom side
110
c
of the housing
110
.
As indicated by an arrow B in
FIG. 9
, the front terminal members
130
are fixed in the housing
110
with the front connection terminal portions
131
being inserted into the front-side slits
113
from the front side
110
a
of the housing
110
so that the front arm portions
134
are pressed into the front hole-like slit portions
113
c
as shown in
FIGS. 7A and 7B
. The front connection terminal portions
131
are held in the first front holding portions
113
a
so as to be exposed to the card edge insertion slot
111
. The front post portions
133
are held in the second front holding portions
113
b
, and the front mounting terminal portions
132
protrude in the Y
2
direction from the bottom side
110
c
of the housing
110
.
According to the card edge connector device
100
, the rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
are alternately arranged side by side in a row with the pitch P
2
between each two adjacent rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
. Positions
140
at which the rear arm portions
124
are fixed and positions
150
at which the front arm portions
134
are fixed are alternately arranged in a staggered fashion along the longitudinal length of the housing
110
.
According to this embodiment, the positions
140
and
150
are alternately arranged in a horizontally staggered fashion because a first distance from the bottom side
110
c
to each of the rear hole-like slit portions
112
a
is equal to a second distance from the bottom side
110
c
to each of the front hole-like slit portions
113
a
. However, the first distance does not have to be equal to the second distance. In such a case, the positions
140
and
150
are alternately arranged in a vertically staggered fashion.
As shown in
FIGS. 5
,
6
B and
7
B, the card edge connector device
100
having the above-described structure is mounted on the circuit board
50
with the rear and front mounting terminals
122
and
132
being soldered thereto. As the rear and front mounting terminals
122
and
132
are arranged in different rows so as to have wider pitches between each two adjacent rear mounting terminals
122
and between each two adjacent front mounting terminals
32
, respectively, the rear and front mounting terminals can be soldered easily to the circuit board
50
. The card
40
includes the edge
41
on which the terminals
42
are arranged in a row. The edge
41
of the card
40
is inserted into the card edge insertion slot
111
so as to be connected to the card edge connector device
100
.
Now, a description will again be given of the characteristics of the above-described card edge connector device
100
.
1. Narrower Pitches:
As shown in
FIG. 12
, in the housing
110
, the rear and front hole-like slit portions
112
c
and
113
c
are alternately arranged in the staggered fashion along the longitudinal (X
1
-X
2
) length of the card edge connector device
100
. Therefore, a rear wall portion
114
formed between each two adjacent rear hole-like slit portions
112
c
on the rear side
110
b
of the housing
110
has a sufficient thickness t
10
. Likewise, a front wall portion
115
formed between each two adjacent front hole-like slit portions
113
c
on the front side
110
a
of the housing
110
also has the sufficient thickness t
10
. The thickness t
10
of each of the rear and front wall portions
114
and
115
is thicker than the thickness t
1
of each of the wall portions
23
of FIG.
4
.
The rear and front hole-like slit portions
112
c
and
113
c
are alternately arranged in the staggered fashion along the longitudinal (X
1
-X
2
) length of the card edge connector device
100
so as to have a distance g in the rear-and-front (Y
1
-Y
2
) dimension of the card edge connector device
100
between the bottom portions of each of the rear hole-like slit portions
112
c
and each of the front hole-like slit portions
113
c
when viewing the Y-Z plane. In other words, the rear and front hole-like slit portions
112
c
and
113
c
do not overlap each other when viewing the Y-Z plane. Therefore, expansive deformations of the rear hole-like slit portions
112
c
caused by pressing the rear arm portions
124
thereinto do not easily affect the respective front hole-like slit portions
113
c
adjacent to the respective rear hole-like slit portions
112
c
in the staggered fashion. Likewise, the expansive deformations of the front hole-like slit portions
113
c
caused by pressing the front arm portions
134
thereinto do not easily affect the respective rear hole-like slit portions
112
c
adjacent to the respective front hole-like slit portions
113
c
in the staggered fashion. Thus, the thickness of a wall portion
116
formed between each of the rear hole-like slit portions
112
c
and each of the front hole-like slit portions
113
c
has a thickness t
11
which is thinner than the thickness t
1
of each of the wall portions
23
in
FIG. 4
when viewing the X-Z plane.
When the rear arm portions
124
are pressed into the rear hole-like slit portions
112
c
, the wall portions
116
as well as the wall portions
114
are prevented from being broken. Similarly, when the front arm portions
134
are pressed into the front hole-like slit portions
113
c
, the wall portions
116
as well as the wall portions
115
are prevented from being broken. Therefore, the rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
are firmly fixed.
According to the card edge connector device
100
, as the wall portions
116
each have the thickness t
11
which is thinner than the thickness t
1
of each of the wall portions
23
of
FIG. 4
, the rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
are alternately arranged so that each adjacent two thereof have therebetween the pitch P
2
which is narrower than the pitch P
1
with which each two adjacent terminal members
30
of the card edge connector
10
are arranged.
In
FIG. 12
, for the convenience of graphical representation, the thickness t
10
of each of the wall portions
114
and
115
, the thickness t
11
of each of the wall portions
116
and so on are shown enlarged compared with the real dimensions thereof. Further, the rear and front hole-like slit portions
112
c
and
113
c
can be alternately arranged in the staggered fashion along the longitudinal (X
1
-X
2
) length of the card edge connector device
100
so as to have no distance in the rear-and-front (Y
1
-Y
2
) dimension of the card edge connector device
100
between the bottom portions of each of the rear hole-like slit portions
112
c
and each of the front hole-like slit portions
113
c
when viewing the Y-Z plane.
2. Reduction of the Production Cost of the Rear and Front Terminal Members
120
and
130
:
The rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
shown in
FIGS. 8 and 9
, respectively, are produced in a production process illustrated by
FIGS. 13A through 13C
.
First, a primary workpiece
300
shown in
FIG. 13A
is stamped out of a metal strip by means of a first press die
201
. The primary workpiece
300
includes a bridge
301
, a plurality of first patterns
302
and a plurality of connection arm portions
303
connecting the bridge
301
and the first patterns
302
. Each of the first patterns
302
includes a frame portion
304
of a rectangular shape, a mounting terminal portion
305
, a post portion
306
connecting the frame portion
304
and the mounting terminal portion
305
, and an arm portion
307
protruding from the post portion
306
. In
FIG. 13A
, the frame portion
304
includes upper and lower longitudinal portions
304
a
and
304
b
and first and second side portions
304
c
and
304
d.
Next, the primary workpiece
300
is set in a second press die
202
as shown in
FIG. 13B
to have the center portions of the first side portions
304
c
cut off, so that a plurality of first secondary workpieces
400
each having the frame portion
304
formed into a fork-like shape are obtained. A numeral
401
indicates one of the cut-off portions. Finally, each of the first secondary workpieces
400
is cut off at the arm portion
303
along a line
402
. Thus, each of the rear terminal members
120
shown in
FIG. 8
is produced.
Further, the primary workpiece
300
is set in a third press die
203
as shown in
FIG. 13C
to have the center portions of the second side portions
304
d
cut off, so that a plurality of second secondary workpieces
500
each having the frame portion
304
formed into a fork-like shape are obtained. A numeral
501
indicates one of the cut-off portions. Finally, each of the second secondary workpieces
500
is cut off at the arm portion
303
along a line
502
. Thus, each of the front terminal members
130
shown in
FIG. 9
is produced.
As described above, the primary workpiece
300
is common to both of the rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
. The rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
are formed by cutting off the center portions of the first and second side portions
304
c
and
304
d
, respectively. In other words, the rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
are allowed to share the primary workpiece
300
by forming each of the first patterns
302
of the primary workpiece
300
to have a shape shown in FIG.
13
A.
Therefore, the differently-shaped rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
are produced by employing the first, second and third press dies
201
,
202
and
203
.
If the rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
are independently formed without employing the above-described primary workpiece
300
, separate press dies are required to directly stamp out the rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
. Both of the press dies for directly stamping out the rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
have complicated shapes and structures, thus turning out to be expensive.
On the other hand, the above-described first press die
201
also has a complicated shape and structure and, therefore, is expensive. However, the second and third press dies
202
and
203
each have a simple shape and structure and, therefore, are inexpensive. Therefore, the costs of preparation for the first, second and third press dies
201
,
202
and
203
are lower than those of preparation for the press dies for directly stamping out the rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
, thus reducing the production cost of the rear and front terminal members
120
and
130
.
The present invention is not limited to the specifically disclosed embodiment, and variations and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the present invention is also applicable to a connector device other than a card edge connector device. Such a connector device includes, instead of a card edge insertion slot as described above, a connection slot into which the connector of a device to be connected is inserted so that the device is connected to the connector device.
The present application is based on Japanese priority application No. 2000-016093 filed on Jan. 25, 2000, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
Claims
- 1. A connector device, comprising:a housing including first and second sides opposing each other; a plurality of first slits with a first fixing slit formed on the first side; a plurality of second slits with a second fixing slit formed on the second side; first terminal members, inserted in one of the plurality of first slits, with a first protruding portion inserted in the first fixing slit on the first side of the housing; and second terminal members, inserted in one of the plurality of second slits, with a second protruding portion inserted in the second fixing slit on the second side of the housing, wherein each of the first terminal members and each of the second terminal members are alternately arranged side by side and the first and second terminal members have an upper contact portion and an under contact portion for external connection, said contact portions being alternately arranged on the first side then on the second side on a level with one another and the first and second terminal members are fixed in the first and second slits respectively by the first and second protruding portions being inserted in the first and second fixing slits.
- 2. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a sum of a distance from the first side of the housing to each of bottom portions of the first fixing slits and a distance from the second side to each of bottom portions of the second fixing slits is shorter than a distance between the first and second sides.
- 3. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a sum of a distance from the first side of the housing to each of bottom portions of the first fixing slits and a distance from the second side to each of bottom portions of the second fixing slits is equal to a distance between the first and second sides.
- 4. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a slot which the first and second terminal members are arranged around.
- 5. The connector device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the slot is a card edge insertion slot into which a card edge is inserted for connection.
- 6. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the first protruding portions and each of the second protruding portions are arranged so that the first and second protruding portions are not on a same horizontal line.
- 7. The connector apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein each of the first protruding portions and each of the second protruding portions are arranged so that the first and second protruding portions are not on a same vertical line.
- 8. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the first fixing slits and each of the second fixing slits are arranged so that the first and second protruding portions are not on a same horizontal line.
- 9. The connector device as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of the first slits and each of the second slits are arranged so that the first and second protruding portions are not on a same vertical line.
- 10. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second terminal members are stamped out from a metal plate.
- 11. The connector device as claimed in claim 10, wherein each of the first and second terminal members are formed by cutting off a selected one of two shorter sides of a rectangular frame portion, the shorter sides opposing each other.
- 12. The connector device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the rectangular frame portion further includes a mounting terminal portion, a post portion, and a protruding portion protruding from the post portion, the post portion connecting the rectangular frame portion and the mounting terminal portion.
- 13. A connector device comprising:a housing including first and second sides opposing each other; a plurality of first slits with a first fixing slit formed on the first side; a plurality of second slits with a second fixing slit formed on the second side; first terminal members, inserted in one of the plurality of first slits, with a first protruding portion inserted in the first fixing slit on the first side of the housing; and second terminal members, inserted in one of the plurality of second slits, with a second protruding portion inserted in the second fixing slit on the second side of the housing, wherein each of the first terminal members and each of the second terminal members are alternately arranged on the first side then on the second side and each of the first and second terminal members has a first upper contact portion for external connection and a second under contact portion for mounting, the first contact portions of said first and second terminal members being alternately arranged side by side on a level with one another and the first and second terminal members are fixed in the first and second slits respectively by the first and second protruding portions being inserted in the first and second fixing slits.
- 14. A connector device, comprising:a housing including a first side and a second side, the second side opposing the first side; a plurality of first slits with a first fixing slit formed on the first side; a plurality of second slits with a second fixing slit formed on the second side; a plurality of first terminal members, with each having an upper contact portion and an under contact portion, inserted in one of the plurality of first slits, with a first protruding portion inserted in the first fixing slit on the first side of the housing; and a plurality of second terminal members, with each having an upper contact portion and an under contact portion, inserted in one of the plurality of second slits, with a second protruding portion inserted in the second fixing slit on the second side of the housing, wherein each of the first terminal members and each of the second terminal members are alternately arranged side by side, the first and second terminal members are formed from a same pattern and the first and second terminal members are fixed in the first and second slits respectively by the first and second protruding portions being inserted in the first and second fixing slits.
- 15. A connector device comprising:a housing including a first side and a second side, the second side opposing the first side; a plurality of first slits with a first fixing slit formed on the first side; a plurality of second slits with a second fixing slit formed on the second side; a plurality of first terminal members, with each having an upper contact portion and an under contact portion, inserted in one of the plurality of first slits, with a first protruding portion inserted in the first fixing slit on the first side of the housing; and a plurality of second terminal members, with each having an upper contact portion and an under contact portion, inserted in one of the plurality of second slits, with a second protruding portion inserted in the second fixing slit on the second side of the housing, wherein each of the first terminal members and each of the second terminal members are alternately arranged side by side, each of the first and second terminal members are formed from a same pattern and the first and second terminal members are fixed in the first and second slits respectively by the first and second protruding portions being inserted in the first and second fixing slits.
Priority Claims (1)
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2000-16093 |
Jan 2000 |
JP |
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