Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.

A connector which allows replacement with respect to a connection substrate is provided. A connector includes: a contact assembly including a first contact group and a second contact group capable of being connected to a connection substrate in a state in which they sandwich the connection substrate, and an insulating member configured to hold the first contact group and the second contact group; and a guide member configured to guide the contact assembly toward a side of an insertion direction of the connection connector into the connector. The contact assembly is guided by the guide member and moves in a state in which a relative positional relation between the guide member and the connection substrate is maintained, thereby enabling the first contact group and the second contact group to be connected to the connection substrate.

A socket connector includes a socket housing in which an island part and a peripheral wall surrounding the island part project upward from a bottom plate, a plurality of socket contacts arranged in the socket housing, and two protective metal fittings. In a cutting step, a half-dome part of the two protective metal fittings is formed by cutting a metal plate in such a way that a dome part in a symmetrical shape formed by drawing in the metal plate is split into two halves along a line of symmetry. In a press-fitting step, two press-fitting parts of each socket hold-down are press-fit into two long walls, respectively.

A relay connector apparatus includes a housing, a printed circuit board disposed inside the housing, and a spring component for shell connection disposed inside the housing. A connector having a conductive shell is fitted to one side of the housing and a connector having a conductive shell is fitted to another side of the housing, at least an end part of the printed circuit board on the one side includes a contact point to be inserted into the connector, the spring component for shell connection includes a spring contact point that is pushed by the connector and moves in a direction toward the printed circuit board during a fitting operation of the connector.

A substrate having flexibility is provided. A substrate according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate part in which a reinforcing member is disposed between folded parts of a folded flexible substrate, the flexible substrate including a first part having a cutout and a second part extending from the first part, a distal end part of the second part being disposed inside the cutout of the first part; a second substrate part in which a part of the flexible substrate on a side of the cutout of the first part and the distal end part of the second part the flexible substrate overlap a rigid substrate; and a flexible part disposed between the first substrate part and the second substrate part in the flexible substrate.

A connector that contributes to improving signal transmission characteristics is provided. A connector according to the present disclosure includes a contact assembly including an insulating member that holds a first contact group and a second contact group. The insulating member includes a main body holding the first contact group and the second contact group, protruding parts protruded from the main body, engaged parts with which engaging parts of the connection substrate are engaged, and contacting parts that are in contact with side surfaces of the connection substrate. The engaged parts sandwich side parts of the connection substrate. End parts of each of the first contact group and the second contact group connected to the connection substrate are disposed between the protruding parts in a state in which the end parts are protruded from the insulating member.

A technique for enabling a connector to be easily attached to and detached from a substrate is provided. A connector according to the present disclosure can be attached to and detached from a substrate including a plurality of pads, and can mate with an opponent connector. The connector includes a plurality of contacts, a shell that holds the plurality of contacts, and a coupling part that removably connects the shell to the substrate. The shell includes a shell body, and a claw protruded from the shell body. The claw includes a claw body, and a protrusion protruded from the claw body. The claw catches the substrate and the coupling part couples the shell to the substrate, whereby the connector is attached to the substrate and is mounted on a mounting surface of the substrate.

A technique for easily attaching/detaching a connector to/from a substrate is provided. A connector assembly according to the present disclosure includes: a frame that can be disposed in a substrate including a plurality of pads; and a connector that is detachably connected to the frame. The connector includes a shell that holds a plurality of contacts, and a connector contacting part. The frame includes a frame contacting part. When the frame is disposed in the substrate and the connector is attached to the frame, the plurality of contacts are pushed against the plurality of respective pads, elastically deformed, and electrically connected to the plurality of respective pads, and the connector contacting part receives a reaction force from the plurality of contacts and contacts the frame contacting part.

A differential transmission board set includes a mounting board on which a compression connector is mounted and a contact board configured to come into contact with the compression connector. In the contact board, a second conductor layer is a ground layer and has a penetrating hole. The penetrating hole is formed in such a way that a first signal pad and a second signal pad are both located inside an inner edge of the penetrating hole. In the contact board, the penetrating hole is formed to overlap an outer region of the first ground pad and an outer region of the second ground pad. In the mounting board, the penetrating hole is formed to be away from the first ground pad and the second ground pad when viewed along the vertical direction.

An accommodating step accommodates a plug contact assembly into an injection mold in such a way that the plug contact assembly is supported at both ends in the injection mold by using two supporting parts. An insert molding step molds a plug housing integrally with the plug contact assembly by insert molding in such a way that a coupling beam of the plug contact assembly is between two width side surfaces and separated from the two width side surfaces in the width direction. A separation step removes at least part of the plug contact assembly to as to disjoin the plurality of plug contacts.

A differential transmission board set includes a mounting board on which a compression connector is mounted and a contact board configured to come into contact with the compression connector. In the contact board, a second conductor layer is a ground layer and has a penetrating hole. The penetrating hole is formed in such a way that a first signal pad and a second signal pad are both located inside an inner edge of the penetrating hole. In the contact board, the penetrating hole is formed to overlap an outer region of the first ground pad and an outer region of the second ground pad.