Abstract: A connector includes a base member having a first surface facing a rear surface of a flexible substrate and a projection projecting from the first surface, and a contact which has a second surface facing a flexible conductor exposed on a front surface of the flexible substrate and a projection accommodating portion disposed in the second surface, the first surface of the base member coming into contact with the rear surface of the flexible substrate and the second surface of the contact coming into contact with the front surface of the flexible substrate, the projection being inserted into the projection accommodating portion with the flexible substrate being sandwiched therebetween, and an inner peripheral surface of the projection accommodating portion coming into contact with the flexible conductor in a direction parallel to the second surface to electrically connect the contact to the flexible conductor.

Abstract: A slide connector includes a garment-side connector portion and a module-side connector portion, the garment-side connector portion includes a garment-side connector body, first contacts having contact surfaces parallel to a fitting plane, and a locking portion having a locking surface, the module-side connector portion includes a module-side connector body, spring type second contacts having contact portions displaceable in a direction orthogonal to the fitting plane, and a portion to be locked, one of the garment-side connector portion and the module-side connector portion having an elastically deformable waterproof member that is located in the fitting plane and has a closed shape surrounding the contact surfaces of the first contacts or the second contacts.

Abstract: A connector includes a base member having a first surface facing a rear surface of a flexible substrate and a projection projecting from the first surface, and a contact which has a second surface facing a flexible conductor exposed on a front surface of the flexible substrate and a projection accommodating portion disposed in the second surface, the first surface of the base member coming into contact with the rear surface of the flexible substrate and the second surface of the contact coming into contact with the front surface of the flexible substrate, the projection being inserted into the projection accommodating portion with the flexible substrate being sandwiched therebetween, and an inner peripheral surface of the projection accommodating portion coming into contact with the flexible conductor in a direction parallel to the second surface to electrically connect the contact to the flexible conductor.

Abstract: A slide connector includes a garment-side connector portion and a module-side connector portion, the garment-side connector portion includes a garment-side connector body, first contacts having contact surfaces parallel to a fitting plane, and a locking portion having a locking surface, the module-side connector portion includes a module-side connector body, spring type second contacts having contact portions displaceable in a direction orthogonal to the fitting plane, and a portion to be locked, one of the garment-side connector portion and the module-side connector portion having an elastically deformable waterproof member that is located in the fitting plane and has a closed shape surrounding the contact surfaces of the first contacts or the second contacts.

Abstract: A slide connector has a garment-side connector portion and a module-side connector portion to be fitted with the garment-side connector portion in a fitting plane. The garment-side connector portion includes first contact portions each having a contact surface parallel to the fitting plane and at least one locking portion having a locking surface parallel to the fitting plane. The module-side connector portion includes second contact portions each elastically movable and at least one portion to be locked extending in parallel to the fitting plane. As the module-side connector portion is superimposed on the garment-side connector portion and slid along the fitting plane, each second contact portion comes into contact with the contact surface of a corresponding first contact portion to establish electrical connection, and the at least one portion to be locked comes into contact with the locking surface of the at least one locking portion.

Abstract: A snap button connector has a male connector portion and a female connector portion, the male connector portion including a male connector body with a convex portion, a plurality of first electrodes and one or more positioning keys, the female connector portion including a female connector body with a concave portion, a plurality of second electrodes, and one or more keys to be positioned, and when the male connector portion is fitted with the female connector portion, the convex portion and the positioning keys are fitted with the concave portion and the keys to be positioned, respectively, whereby the plurality of first electrodes are aligned with and electrically connected to the plurality of second electrodes.

Abstract: A snap button connector has a male connector portion and a female connector portion, the male connector portion including a male connector body with a convex portion, a plurality of first electrodes and one or more positioning keys, the female connector portion including a female connector body with a concave portion, a plurality of second electrodes, and one or more keys to be positioned, and when the male connector portion is fitted with the female connector portion, the convex portion and the positioning keys are fitted with the concave portion and the keys to be positioned, respectively, whereby the plurality of first electrodes are aligned with and electrically connected to the plurality of second electrodes.

Abstract: A slide connector has a garment-side connector portion and a module-side connector portion to be fitted with the garment-side connector portion in a fitting plane, the garment-side connector portion including first contact portions each having a contact surface parallel to the fitting plane and at least one locking portion having a locking surface parallel to the fitting plane, the module-side connector portion including second contact portions each elastically movable and at least one portion to be locked extending in parallel to the fitting plane, as the module-side connector portion is superimposed on the garment-side connector portion and slid along the fitting plane, each second contact portion comes into contact with the contact surface of a corresponding first contact portion to establish electrical connection, and the at least one portion to be locked domes into contact with the locking surface of the at least one locking portion.

Abstract: A connector is mountable on a circuit board and connectable with a mating connector. The connector comprises a housing and a plurality of contacts which are held by the housing. The contacts form two or more contact rows. The contacts of each of the contact rows are arranged in a pitch direction. Each of the contacts has a fixed portion which is fixed to the circuit board when the connector is mounted on the circuit board. The housing has one or more openings each of which is positioned between neighboring two of the contact rows in a predetermined direction perpendicular to the pitch direction. Two or more of the fixed portions extend into one of the openings.

Abstract: A connector has contacts and a housing having holding grooves which accommodate the contacts. Each of the holding grooves has an inner wall extending in a first direction. Each of the contacts has a fixed portion, a contact arm portion and a support arm portion. The fixed portion is fixed to a corresponding one of the holding grooves. The contact arm portion and the support arm portion extend from the fixed portion in the first direction and are disposed apart from each other in a second direction. The contact arm portion has a contact point and is resiliently deformable to move the contact point in the second direction. The support arm portion comes into contact with the inner wall of the corresponding one of the holding grooves at least when the contact arm portion is resiliently deformed so that the contact point comes close to the support arm portion.

Abstract: A thin connector includes a first connector and a second connector both having a flat plate shape, the first connector includes first conductive layers disposed on a first insulating layer and superimposed on one another via an intermediate insulating layer, each first conductive layer has a spring contact array, among the first conductive layers, a first conductive layer closer to the first insulating layer has the spring contact array disposed more frontward in the fitting direction while a first conductive layer farther from the insulating layer has the spring contact array disposed more rearward in the fitting direction, the second connector includes a single second conductive layer disposed on a second insulating layer, the second conductive layer has projection arrays, among the projection arrays, a projection array disposed more frontward in the fitting direction are lower while a projection array disposed more rearward in the fitting direction are higher.

Abstract: A connector is mountable on a circuit board and connectable with a mating connector. The connector comprises a housing and a plurality of contacts which are held by the housing. The contacts form two or more contact rows. The contacts of each of the contact rows are arranged in a pitch direction. Each of the contacts has a fixed portion which is fixed to the circuit board when the connector is mounted on the circuit board. The housing has one or more openings each of which is positioned between neighboring two of the contact rows in a predetermined direction perpendicular to the pitch direction. Two or more of the fixed portions extend into one of the openings.

Abstract: A connector includes a first connector having first female contacts, first male contacts and a first insulation portion disposed between each first female contact and an adjacent first male contact, and a second connector having second female contacts, second male contacts and a second insulation portion disposed between each second female contact and an adjacent second male contact, provided that a width of each first female contact and second female contact on fitting is denoted by W1, a width of the first insulation portion and the second insulation potion by W2, and a width of each first male contact and second male contact by W3, a distance between centers of one first female contact and an adjacent first male contact and a distance between centers of one second female contact and an adjacent second male contact are each smaller than a sum of W1/2, W2 and W3/2.

Abstract: A connector includes a first connector having first female contacts, first male contacts and a first insulation portion disposed between each first female contact and an adjacent first male contact, and a second connector having second female contacts, second male contacts and a second insulation portion disposed between each second female contact and an adjacent second male contact, provided that a width of each first female contact and second female contact on fitting is denoted by W1, a width of the first insulation portion and the second insulation potion by W2, and a width of each first male contact and second male contact by W3, a distance between centers of one first female contact and an adjacent first male contact and a distance between centers of one second female contact and an adjacent second male contact are each smaller than a sum of W1/2, W2 and W3/2.

Abstract: A thin connector includes a first connector and a second connector both having a flat plate shape, the first connector includes first conductive layers disposed on a first insulating layer and superimposed on one another via an intermediate insulating layer, each first conductive layer has a spring contact array, among the first conductive layers, a first conductive layer closer to the first insulating layer has the spring contact array disposed more frontward in the fitting direction while a first conductive layer farther from the insulating layer has the spring contact array disposed more rearward in the fitting direction, the second connector includes a single second conductive layer disposed on a second insulating layer, the second conductive layer has projection arrays, among the projection arrays, a projection array disposed more frontward in the fitting direction are lower while a projection array disposed more rearward in the fitting direction are higher.

Abstract: A connector has contacts and a housing having holding grooves which accommodate the contacts. Each of the holding grooves has an inner wall extending in a first direction. Each of the contacts has a fixed portion, a contact arm portion and a support arm portion. The fixed portion is fixed to a corresponding one of the holding grooves. The contact arm portion and the support arm portion extend from the fixed portion in the first direction and are disposed apart from each other in a second direction. The contact arm portion has a contact point and is resiliently deformable to move the contact point in the second direction. The support arm portion comes into contact with the inner wall of the corresponding one of the holding grooves at least when the contact arm portion is resiliently deformed so that the contact point comes close to the support arm portion.

Abstract: A receptacle used to be mounted on a receptacle-side substrate includes: a frame body; a plurality of cantilevers formed to extend from the frame body and including a substrate separating portion extending in a direction away from the receptacle-side substrate; a contact cover disposed on an opposite side of the receptacle-side substrate with the substrate separating portion of the plurality of cantilevers interposed therebetween, and covering the substrate separating portion of the plurality of cantilevers; and a plurality of conductive patterns formed above the plurality of cantilevers with an insulating layer interposed therebetween. The frame body forms a plug accommodating space for accommodating a plug. The plug accommodating space is formed so as to surround the substrate separating portion of the plurality of cantilevers.

Abstract: A connector which dispenses with an actuator and lowers profile while prevent damage to conducive path portions. A metal plate of the connector includes a first supporting portion mounted on a printed wiring board, and a second supporting portion connected to the first supporting portion via a linking portion in a manner movable in an FPC sandwiching direction. The second supporting portion includes a spring portion for urging a movable portion against FPC, a pair of locking pieces for increasing distance between contact point portions of the supporting portions by moving the movable portion away from the first supporting portion using an FPC inserting force, and suppressing removal of completely inserted FPC. Connection portions of conductive path portions are arranged on first and second protuberance portions at opposite ends of the first supporting portion in a connector left-right direction, along the connector front-back direction.

Abstract: A thin connector comprises a first connector having a flat plate shape and a second connector having a flat plate shape superimposed on and fitted with each other, the first connector including first contacts arrayed in a direction, each first contact being provided with a first contact portion, the second connector including second contacts arrayed in a same direction as the direction in which the first contacts are arrayed, each second contact being provided with a second contact portion, each first contact having a spring portion which extends in a direction obliquely crossing the direction in which the first contacts are arrayed and on which the first contact portion is formed.

Abstract: A thin connector comprises a first connector having a flat plate shape and a second connector having a flat plate shape superimposed on and fitted with each other, the first connector including first contacts arrayed in a direction, each first contact having a spring portion composed of a first metal member in a flat plate shape, a projection portion formed on the spring portion so as to protrude in a perpendicular direction to the plane of the first metal member, and a first contact portion formed on a side surface of the projection portion, the second connector including second contacts arrayed in a same direction as the direction in which the first contacts are arrayed, each second contact being composed of a second metal member in a flat plate shape and having a second contact portion formed on a side surface of the second metal member.