Connector mateable with a mating connector including a mating shell and having a mated-state maintaining structure

摘要

A connector is mateable with a mating connector including a mating shell. The connector includes a maintaining member. The maintaining member has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a first arm and a first maintaining portion supported by the first arm. The second portion has a second arm and a second maintaining portion supported by the second arm. When the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other, a side portion of the mating shell is inserted between a front end of the first portion and a front end of the second portion. When the connector is in a mated state where the connector is mated with the mating connector, the maintaining member holds the side portion of the mating shell by the first maintaining portion and the second maintaining portion to maintain the mated state.

主权项

1. A connector mateable with a mating connector including a mating shell, wherein:
the connector has a mating end which is to be mated with the mating connector; the mating end is located at a front end of the connector in a front-rear direction; the connector comprises two or more contacts, a holding member, a shell and a maintaining member; the holding member arranges the contacts in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction to hold the contacts; the shell has an upper surface and a lower surface in an upper-lower direction perpendicular to both the front-rear direction and the pitch direction; one of the upper surface and the lower surface is a plane that has no part projecting outward in the upper-lower direction and has no part projectable outward in the upper-lower direction; the maintaining member has a first portion and a second portion; the first portion has a first arm and a first maintaining portion which is supported by the first arm; the second portion has a second arm and a second maintaining portion which is supported by the second arm; a front end of the first portion and a front end of the second portion are located apart from each other in the pitch direction; when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other, a side portion of the mating shell is inserted between the front end of the first portion and the front end of the second portion, wherein the side portion of the mating shell intersects with the pitch direction; when the connector is in a mated state where the connector is mated with the mating connector, the maintaining member holds the side portion of the mating shell by the first maintaining portion and the second maintaining portion to maintain the mated state; the holding member has a plate-like portion which extends along the front-rear direction and the pitch direction; the plate-like portion is formed with a recess which is recessed inward in the pitch direction; one of the first portion and the second portion is an inner portion; a part of the inner portion is located at a position same as that of the recess in the upper-lower direction and located outward of the recess in the pitch direction; and under the mated state, the part of the inner portion is moved to inside of the recess.