US 12,170,417 B2
Connector capable of ensuring connection reliability with a circuit board
Kenji Makino, Mie (JP); Yasunori Asano, Mie (JP); and Yutaka Kobayashi, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/615,209
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed May 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/020879
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/255650, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-111752 (JP), filed on Jun. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0231441 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 12/88 (2011.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/88 (2013.01) [H01R 43/16 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a housing; and
a terminal fitting to be rotatably disposed in the housing,
wherein:
the terminal fitting includes
a terminal connecting portion to be connected to a mating terminal fitting,
a board connecting portion to be connected to a circuit board and
a shaft portion located between the terminal connecting portion and the board connecting portion,
the housing includes a supporting portion configured to engage with the shaft portion,
the terminal fitting is configured to rotate about the supporting portion when the supporting portion is engaged with the shaft portion, and
the terminal fitting has a center of gravity located behind the shaft portion and toward the board connecting portion such that the terminal fitting is biased against the circuit board according to a rotation direction of the terminal fitting with respect to the housing.