Patent ID: 9318821
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H01L,H01R,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A multipolar connector, comprising: a plurality of pin-shaped terminals extending in a first direction perpendicular to a second direction, and being arranged in the second direction in a single line; a hold member extending in the second direction configured to hold the plurality of pin-shaped terminals at a predefined pitch; and a first protection section and a second protection section integrally formed with the hold member configured to protect first and second protected pin-shaped terminals of the plurality of pin-shaped terminals at parts of the hold member, respectively, from stress caused by bending loads during a multipolar connector insertion event, wherein each of the first and second protected pin-shaped terminals includes a held section and a through hole connection section configured to receive a through hole of a circuit board, and the first protection section and the second protection section extend from the hold member to protrude in the first direction and cover around at least portions of the through hole connection section and the held section of the first and second protected pin-shaped terminals, wherein the first protection section is provided to protect the first protected pin terminal located at one outer end of the plurality of pin-shaped terminals arranged in the second direction in the single line, wherein the second protection section is provided to protect the second protected pin-shaped terminal separated from the first protected pin-shaped terminal at an inner side from an opposite outer end of the plurality of pin-shaped terminals arranged in the second direction in the single line, and wherein the first protection section and the second protection section each includes an inclined face formed at an end away from the hold member in the first direction and a tip of the inclined face is arranged to cover around at least a portion of the through hole connection section.