US-12620747-B2 - Connector, connector module, and electronic apparatus

US12620747B2US 12620747 B2US12620747 B2US 12620747B2US-12620747-B2

Abstract

A connector ( 10 ) according to the present disclosure includes a first contact ( 30 a ), a second contact ( 30 b ), and an insulator ( 20 ). The insulator ( 20 ) includes a first attachment portion ( 21 ) to which the first contact ( 30 a ) is attached and a second attachment portion ( 22 ) that is formed continuously with the first attachment portion ( 21 ) and to which the second contact ( 30 b ) is attached. The first attachment portion ( 21 ) includes a first wall portion ( 213 ) to which the first contact ( 30 a ) is attached. The second attachment portion ( 22 ) includes a second wall portion ( 222 b ) that is separated from the first wall portion ( 213 ) and to which the second contact ( 30 b ) is attached.

Inventors

Shintaro Horino
Masayoshi KAKINO

Assignees

KYOCERA CORPORATION

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20210122
Priority Date: 20200129

Claims (17)

1 . A connector comprising: an insulator including a first attachment portion to which a first contact is attached and a second attachment portion that is formed continuously with the first attachment portion and to which a second contact is attached, each of the first contact and the second contact comprising a conductive material, wherein the first attachment portion includes a first wall portion to which the first contact is attached, wherein the second attachment portion includes a second wall portion that is separated from the first wall portion and to which the second contact is attached, and wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion are parallel to one another and connected to each other by a side wall portion that runs perpendicular to the first and second wall portions, wherein the first wall portion extends from the side wall portion in a first direction and the second wall portion extends from the side wall portion in a second direction, and wherein the first direction is opposite the second direction.
2 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first attachment portion is formed continuously with the second attachment portion along a first direction of the connector to be positioned at an outer end in the first direction, and wherein the first wall portion is formed linearly from one end part of the first attachment portion on the second attachment portion side to the other end part on an opposite side in the first direction.
3 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the second contact differs from the first contact.
4 . The connector according to claim 1 , comprising: a shield member that is attached to the insulator, wherein the shield member includes a first shield portion that is disposed at an end part of the second attachment portion on the first attachment portion side and that extends in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction of the connector to overlap the first contact.
5 . The connector according to claim 4 , wherein the shield member is disposed on a side opposite to the first shield portion with respect to the first contact, and extends in the second direction to overlap the first contact.
6 . The connector according to claim 4 , wherein the shield member includes a third shield portion that is disposed on each of two sides in the second direction with respect to the first contact to overlap the first contact.
7 . The connector according to claim 6 , wherein the shield member includes an outer-peripheral-side shield portion that is coupled to the third shield portion and that is disposed outside of the insulator along the first direction to overlap the second contact.
8 . The connector according to claim 4 , wherein the first direction is a longitudinal direction of the connector, wherein the second direction is a transversal direction of the connector, and wherein a position of the first wall portion in the transversal direction is the same as a position of a central part of the second attachment portion in the transversal direction.
9 . A connector module comprising: a first connector including: a first contact comprising a conductive material, a second contact comprising a conductive material, and a first insulator including a first attachment portion to which the first contact is attached and a second attachment portion that is formed continuously with the first attachment portion and to which the second contact is attached; and a second connector that is connectable to the first connector, the second connector including a third contact that is in contact with the first contact in a connected state in which the first connector and the second connector are connected to each other, a fourth contact that is in contact with the second contact in the connected state, and a second insulator including a third attachment portion that is fitted to the first insulator in the connected state and to which the third contact is attached and a fourth attachment portion that is formed continuously with the third attachment portion and to which the fourth contact is attached, wherein the first attachment portion includes a first wall portion to which the first contact is attached, wherein the second attachment portion includes a second wall portion that is separated from the first wall portion and to which the second contact is attached, wherein the third attachment portion includes a third wall portion to which the third contact is attached, and wherein the fourth attachment portion includes a fourth wall portion that is separated from the third wall portion and to which the fourth contact is attached, wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion are parallel to one another and connected to each other by a first side wall portion that runs perpendicular to the first and second wall portions, wherein the first wall portion extends from the first side wall portion in a first direction and the second wall portion extends from the first side wall portion in a second direction, and wherein the first direction is opposite the second direction, and wherein the third wall portion and the fourth wall portion are parallel to one another and connected to each other by a second side wall portion that runs perpendicular to the third and fourth wall portions.
10 . The connector module according to claim 9 , wherein the first connector includes a first shield member that is attached to the first insulator, wherein the second connector includes a second shield member that is attached to the second insulator, wherein the first shield member includes a first shield portion that is disposed at an end part of the second attachment portion on the first attachment portion side and that extends in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction of the connector module to overlap the first contact, wherein the second shield member includes a fourth shield portion that is disposed at an end part of the fourth attachment portion on the third attachment portion side and that extends in the second direction to overlap the third contact, and wherein the first shield portion and the fourth shield portion are in contact with each other in the connected state.
11 . An electronic apparatus comprising the connector according to claim 1 .
12 . An electronic apparatus comprising the connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact includes a contact that is used to transmit an RF signal, and wherein the second contact includes a contact that is used to transmit another signal other than an RF signal.
13 . A connector comprising: an insulator including: a first attachment portion comprising: a first wall portion elongated in a first direction, and comprising a first end and a second end; a first side portion elongated in a second direction different from the first direction, and being in contact with the first end; a second side portion elongated in the second direction, and being in contact with the second end; and a first contact comprising a conductive material and attached to the first wall portion, and separated from the first wall portion; and a second attachment portion adjacent to the first attachment portion, and comprising: a second wall portion separated from the first wall portion; and a second contact comprising a conductive material and attached to the second wall portion, and wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion are parallel to one another and connected to each other by a side wall portion that runs perpendicular to the first and second wall portions, wherein the first wall portion extends from the side wall portion in a first direction and the second wall portion extends from the side wall portion in a second direction, and wherein the first direction is opposite the second direction.
14 . The connector according to claim 1 comprising a bottom plate portion that extends outward from an end of the second wall portion, and an outer peripheral wall that extends from a surface of the bottom plate portion.
15 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the second attachment portion includes a pair of second wall portions, wherein the first wall portion and the pair of second wall portions are parallel to one another and connected to each other by a pair of side wall portions that run perpendicular to the first and pair of second wall portions, wherein the pair of side wall portions extend in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, wherein the insulator includes an outer peripheral wall including the pair of second wall portions and the pair of side wall portions, and wherein the first wall portion extends linearly in the first direction from only a part of the side wall portion, between the pair of second wall portions in the third direction.
16 . The connector module according to claim 9 , wherein the second attachment portion includes a pair of second wall portions, wherein the first wall portion and the pair of second wall portions are parallel to one another and connected to each other by a pair of side wall portions that run perpendicular to the first and pair of second wall portions, wherein the pair of side wall portions extend in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, wherein the insulator includes an outer peripheral wall including the pair of second wall portions and the pair of side wall portions, and wherein the first wall portion extends linearly in the first direction from only a part of the side wall portion, between the pair of second wall portions in the third direction.
17 . The connector according to claim 13 , wherein the second attachment portion includes a pair of second wall portions, wherein the first wall portion and the pair of second wall portions are parallel to one another and connected to each other by a pair of side wall portions that run perpendicular to the first and pair of second wall portions, wherein the pair of side wall portions extend in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, wherein the insulator includes an outer peripheral wall including the pair of second wall portions and the pair of side wall portions, and wherein the first wall portion extends linearly in the first direction from only a part of the side wall portion, between the pair of second wall portions in the third direction.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application claims priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2020-012331, filed in Japan Patent Office on Jan. 29, 2020, the entire contents of the disclosure of which are incorporated herein for reference. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to a connector, a connector module, and an electronic apparatus. BACKGROUND ART To date, a technology related to a connector module that includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector that are mounted on different circuit boards to electrically connect these circuit boards is widely known. For example, PTL 1 discloses a shielded electrical connector that can prevent occurrence of troubles due to noise leakage, such as disturbance to data exchange in electronic apparatuses and communication failure, and that can achieve reduction in size. In recent years, reduction in weight and size and increase in multifunctionality are required for electronic apparatuses, and, likewise, reduction in weight and size and increase in multifunctionality are required also for components inside of electronic apparatuses. In view of increase in multifunctionality, for example, a connector incorporated in electronic apparatuses may be connected to a combination of a signal circuit and a large-electric-current circuit or to a combination of a signal circuit and a high-frequency circuit. CITATION LIST Patent Literature PTL 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2006-059589 SUMMARY OF INVENTION A connector according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an insulator including a first attachment portion to which a first contact is attached and a second attachment portion that is formed continuously with the first attachment portion and to which a second contact is attached. The first attachment portion includes a first wall portion to which the first contact is attached. The second attachment portion includes a second wall portion that is separated from the first wall portion and to which the second contact is attached. A connector module according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first connector includinga first contact,a second contact, anda first insulator including a first attachment portion to which the first contact is attached and a second attachment portion that is formed continuously with the first attachment portion and to which the second contact is attached; anda second connector that is connectable to the first connector, the second connector includinga third contact that is in contact with the first contact in a connected state in which the first connector and the second connector are connected to each other,a fourth contact that is in contact with the second contact in the connected state, anda second insulator including a third attachment portion that is fitted to the first insulator in the connected state and to which the third contact is attached and a fourth attachment portion that is formed continuously with the third attachment portion and to which the fourth contact is attached. The first attachment portion includes a first wall portion to which the first contact is attached. The second attachment portion includes a second wall portion that is separated from the first wall portion and to which the second contact is attached. The third attachment portion includes a third wall portion to which the third contact is attached. The fourth attachment portion includes a fourth wall portion that is separated from the third wall portion and to which the fourth contact is attached. An electronic apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes the connector or the connector module. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an external top perspective view illustrating a connector according to one embodiment in a state in which a first connector and a second connector are connected to each other. FIG. 2 is an external top perspective view illustrating the connector according to one embodiment in a state in which the first connector and the second connector are separated from each other. FIG. 3 is an external top perspective view illustrating only the first connector of FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is an external bottom perspective view illustrating only the first connector of FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is an external top perspective view illustrating only a first insulator of the first connector of FIG. 3. FIG. 6 is a top perspective view illustrating the first connector of FIG. 3 in a state in which only the first insulator is not illustrated. FIG. 7 is a top perspective view illustrating only a first shield member of FIG. 6. FIG. 8 is an external top perspective view illustrating only the second connector of FIG. 1. FIG. 9 is an external bottom perspective view illustrating only the second connector of FIG. 1. FIG. 10 is an exploded top perspective view illustrating the second connector of FIG. 8. FIG. 11 is an external top perspective view illustrating only a s