Abstract: A first connector and a second connector of this connector assembly can mutually connect along the vertical direction. The first connector comprises a first housing provided with a sliding surface, a locking surface, and a receiving surface. The locking surface intersects, at an angle of 90° or less, with a line segment extending straight upward from the locking surface. The second connector comprises a second housing provided with a spring section and a locked section. The locked section can move forward and backward as the spring section elastically deforms. The locked section has a locked surface. When the second connector is in a separated state of being separated from the first connector, the locked surface intersects, at an angle of 90° or less, with a line segment extending straight upward from the locked surface. In a fitting step, the locked section moves downward while being pressed against the sliding surface.

Abstract: A crimping die including a first die piece having a recess portion and a second die piece having a protrusion portion is provided. An inner wall surface of the recess portion has a bottom wall surface and recess-side lateral end surfaces. An outer surface of the protrusion portion has a top end surface and protrusion-side lateral end surfaces. The bottom wall surface has a recess-side projection portion, a recess-side concave portion, and a recess-side curvature changing portion. The top end surface has a protrusion-side projection portion, a protrusion-side concave portion, and a protrusion-side curvature changing portion. A sign of curvature of the bottom wall surface changes at a boundary portion in the recess-side curvature changing portion with respect to the recess-side concave portion. A sign of curvature of the top end surface changes at a boundary portion in the protrusion-side curvature changing portion with respect to the protrusion-side concave portion.

Abstract: A housing of a connector has end faces at both ends thereof in a pitch direction. The end faces correspond to protruding blocks of a mating connector 50, respectively. Two guide members are distinct and separated from each other. Each of the guide members has a side portion and two supporting portions. The guide members correspond to the end faces, respectively. Accordingly, the side portion and the supporting portions correspond to one of the end faces. The side portion is located apart from the end face corresponding thereto in the pitch direction. The side portion, the supporting portions and the end face corresponding to the side portion form a receiving portion. The receiving portion guides and receives the protruding block corresponding to the end face forming the receiving portion when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other.

Abstract: A connector has terminals and a housing. The terminals are arranged in a pitch direction. The terminal has first and second mount portions, first and second contact portions and a supporting portion. The supporting portion extends from the first contact portion to support the second contact portion. The second contact portion faces the first contact portion in a width direction and is movable due to resilient deformation of the supporting portion. The second mount portion is formed on the supporting portion and apart from the first mount portion in the width direction. The first and the second mount portions protrude downward from a bottom surface of the housing. In a plane perpendicular to the pitch direction, the first and the mount portions and the first and the second contact portions of each of the terminals are identical with those of any other of the terminals, respectively.

Abstract: A charging connector comprises a lock lever having a latch, a cooperation portion, a switch mechanism and a temporary maintenance mechanism. The latch is movable between an engageable position and a released potion via a predetermined position. The switch mechanism is located at an initial position when the latch is located at the engageable position. The switch mechanism includes a pressed portion. The temporary maintenance mechanism temporarily maintains the switch mechanism at the initial position when the latch is located between the engageable position and the predetermined position. When the latch is located between the predetermined position and the released position, the cooperation portion presses the pressed portion of the switch mechanism to move the switch mechanism from the initial position against the temporary maintenance mechanism and thereby changes a state of the switch body from the initial state to a released state.

Abstract: A connector comprises a plurality of terminals and a housing. The housing has an interposing portion extends in an up-down direction. The interposing portion has a first side portion and a second side portion in a width direction perpendicular to the up-down direction. Each of the terminals has an insertion end portion and a second extending portion. The second side portion has an allowance portion and a restriction portion. The allowance portion is nearer to the insertion end portion than the restriction portion in the up-down direction. The connector has a gap between the allowance portion and the second extending portion in the width direction. The allowance portion allows partial movement of the second extending portion into the gap. The restriction portion is in contact with the second extending portion in the width direction without any gap and thereby restricts movement of the second extending portion in the width direction.

Abstract: First terminals and second terminals are alternately arranged in the pitch direction. The first terminal has a first mount portion, and the second terminal has a second mount portion. Each of the supporting portions is resiliently deformable at least in part and extends from the first contact portion to support the second contact portion. The second contact portion of each of the first terminals and the second terminals faces the first contact portion in a width direction and is movable in the width direction due to resilient deformation of the supporting portion. In the second terminal, the extension portion extends from the second contact portion, and the second mount portion is formed in a part of the extension portion. The second mount portion is located apart from the first mount portion in the width direction.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic component having a housing with terminals insert-molded thereon. Each of the terminals includes a tapered portion having a tapered width and an extension extending from the tapered portion. A mold defining a cavity includes an upper die and sliding dies. After positioning the extension in one of grooves formed in one surface of each of the sliding dies, sliding the sliding dies relative to the extension to make tip edges of opposite side surfaces of the groove facing the cavity abut against opposite side surfaces of the tapered portion; and performing molding while keeping the upper die in close contact with the one surface, and keeping part of the tapered portion and the extension ying in the groove held between a bottom surface of the groove and the upper die with a remaining portion of the tapered portion lying in the cavity.

Abstract: A connection body comprises a body having upper and lower surfaces, a first path and a second path. The first path has a first wired portion configured to be connected to a first core wire of a cable structure and a first terminal portion coupled to the first wired portion by a first coupling portion. The first wired portion, the first terminal portion and the first coupling portion are formed on the upper surface of the body. The second path has a second wired portion configured to be connected to a second core wire of the cable structure and a second terminal portion coupled to the second wired portion by a second coupling portion. The second wired portion is formed on the upper surface of the body. The second terminal portion is formed on the lower surface of the body.

Abstract: An assembly comprises a circuit board structure and a plurality of connection portions. The circuit board structure has a main circuit board and a supplemental circuit board. The main circuit board is formed with an accommodating portion. The accommodating portion is recessed downward in an up-down direction from an upper surface of the main circuit board. The main circuit board has a plurality of upper main conductive portions which are formed on the upper surface of the main circuit board. The supplemental circuit board has a plurality of upper supplemental conductive portions which are formed on an upper surface of the supplemental circuit board. The supplemental circuit board is, at least in part, accommodated in the accommodating portion. Each of ones of the connection portions connects a respective one of the upper main conductive portions and a respective one of the upper supplemental conductive portions with each other.

Abstract: Provided is a connector capable of allowing a counter connector to be properly fitted with the connector. The connector of the invention includes a frame provided with an opening and is capable of allowing a counter connector to be fitted in an inside of the frame through the opening, and the frame includes a lateral wall that extends in a fitting direction and that surrounds the counter connector being fitted with the connector, and a guide portion that is provided at an end portion of the lateral wall on an opening side where the opening is situated in the fitting direction and that guides the counter connector to an inside of the frame. The lateral wall is continuous over an entire circumference of the frame, and the guide portion is provided at the end portion of the lateral wall on the opening side over the entire circumference of the frame.

Abstract: An antenna device comprises a plurality of antennas. The antennas include first antennas which form a first array and second antennas which form a second array. The first antennas include two first predetermined antennas arranged along a first line. A longitudinal direction of one of the first predetermined antennas and another longitudinal direction of a remaining one of the first predetermined antennas intersect with each other and define a horizontal plane. Each first antenna mainly radiates a horizontally polarized wave which is in parallel to the horizontal plane. Each second antenna mainly radiates a vertically polarized wave which is perpendicular to the horizontal plane. The second antennas include two second predetermined antennas arranged along a second line. When the first and second lines are projected onto the horizontal plane along a direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane, the first and second lines intersect with each other.

Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a first connector and a second connector. The first connector comprises a first housing provided with a stopper. The second connector comprises a second housing, a mating detecting member and a shift mechanism. The second housing is mateable with the first housing along a front-rear direction. The mating detecting member has an abutment portion. The abutment portion is movable in a direction intersecting with the front-rear direction by an operation of the shift mechanism. When the second housing is mated with the first housing under a state where the mating detecting member is positioned at a regulating position, the abutment portion abuts against the stopper, and the mating detecting member is moved from the regulating position toward an allowable position. The mating detecting member is positioned at the allowable position when a mating of the second housing with the first housing is completed.