Patent ID: 7172428
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a first electrical connector including a first housing having a coupling end portion, and a first conductive terminal unit mounted in said first housing, said coupling end portion of said first housing being formed with an opening unit; a second electrical connector including a second housing having a coupling end portion, and a second conductive terminal unit mounted in said second housing, said coupling end portion of said second housing being formed with an opening unit; a hollow first pivot member having a pivot end connected pivotably to said coupling end portion of said first housing of said first electrical connector such that said first pivot member is rotatable relative to said first housing of said first electrical connector about a first axis, and an open coupling end opposite to said pivot end of said first pivot member along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, said pivot end of said first pivot member being formed with an opening unit; a hollow second pivot member having a pivot end connected pivotably to said coupling end portion of said second housing of said second electrical connector such that said second pivot member is rotatable relative to said second housing of said second electrical connector about a third axis that is perpendicular to the second axis, and an open coupling end opposite to said pivot end of said second pivot member along the second axis and connected pivotally to said coupling end of said first pivot member such that said second pivot member is rotatable relative to said first pivot member about the second axis, said pivot end of said second pivot member being formed with an opening unit; a wire unit for interconnecting electrically said first conductive terminal unit of said first electrical connector and said second conductive terminal unit of said second electrical connector, said wire unit extending through said opening unit in said first housing of said first electrical connector and into an assembly of said first and second pivot members via said opening unit in said pivot end of said first pivot member, said wire unit further extending from the assembly of said first and second pivot members via said opening unit in said pivot end of said second pivot member into said second housing of said second electrical connector via said opening unit in said second housing of said second electrical connector; a first positioning unit disposed between said coupling end portion of said first housing of said first electrical connector and said pivot end of said first pivot member for positioning said first pivot member relative to said first housing of said first electrical connector so as to prevent relative rotation between said first electrical connector and said first pivot member about the first axis; a second positioning unit disposed between said coupling end portion of said second housing of said second electrical connector and said pivot end of said second pivot member for positioning said second pivot member relative to said second housing of said second electrical connector so as to prevent relative rotation between said second electrical connector and said second pivot member about the third axis; and a third positioning unit disposed between said coupling ends of said first and second pivot members for positioning said second pivot member relative to said first pivot member so as to prevent relative rotation between said first and second pivot members about the second axis.