Patent ID: 9601884
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector comprising: a first connector; and a second connector fitted with the first connector along a fitting direction, wherein the first connector includes: a plurality of first female contacts arranged in an arrangement direction crossing the fitting direction and extending in the fitting direction; and a plurality of first male contacts arranged in the arrangement direction and extending along the fitting direction farther than the plurality of first female contacts, wherein the plurality of first female contacts and the plurality of first male contacts are arranged alternately in the arrangement direction, wherein a first insulation portion is disposed between each of the first female contacts and an adjacent first male contact, wherein the second connector includes: a plurality of second female contacts arranged in the arrangement direction, extending in the fitting direction and coming into contact with corresponding first male contacts of the first connector when the first connector and the second connector are fitted with each other; and a plurality of second male contacts arranged in the arrangement direction, extending along the fitting direction farther than the plurality of second female contacts and coming into contact with corresponding first female contacts of the first connector when the first connector and the second connector are fitted with each other, wherein the plurality of second female contacts and the plurality of second male contacts are arranged alternately in the arrangement direction, wherein a second insulation portion is disposed between each of the second female contacts and an adjacent second male contact, wherein one of the first connector and the second connector is provided with a pair of aligning recesses respectively at opposite ends thereof in the arrangement direction, the aligning recesses opening frontward in the fitting direction, wherein another of the first connector and the second connector is provided with a pair of aligning protrusions respectively at opposite ends thereof in the arrangement direction, the aligning protrusions protruding frontward in the fitting direction, wherein, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted with each other, the pair of aligning protrusions are caught in the pair of aligning recesses, and the plurality of first female contacts are apart in the fitting direction from the plurality of second female contacts, and wherein, provided that, in the arrangement direction, a width of each of the first female contacts and the second female contacts when the first connector and the second connector are fitted with each other is denoted by W