Patent ID: 6322372
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector unit comprising a primary connector which has a plurality of primary contact leads extended in a predetermined direction and a secondary connector having a plurality of secondary contact leads extended in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction,said primary contact leads and said secondary contact leads being respectively arranged in at least two corresponding adjacent rows,said primary contact leads having a plurality of primary contact ends, respectively, and the secondary contact leads having a plurality of secondary contact ends brought into contact with the corresponding primary contact ends,wherein the primary contact ends of each row have different lengths and are displaced stepwise in the predetermined direction while the secondary contact ends of each row have different lengths and are displaced stepwise to compensate for the displacement of the primary contact ends and to thereby shorten a variation of sums of the primary and the secondary contact leads,wherein said connector unit is used for electrical and removable connection between primary and secondary electric devices having primary and secondary main surfaces, respectively,said primary and said secondary connectors being mounted on said primary and said secondary main surfaces, respectively,said primary contact leads being extended parallel to said primary main surface,said secondary contact leads being extended in perpendicular to said secondary main surface,said primary and said secondary main surfaces of said primary and said secondary electrical devices being arranged perpendicular to each other when said primary and said secondary connectors are connected to each other,wherein said primary electric device has a plate-shape provided with first and second primary main surfaces parallel to each other with a space left therebetween;said primary connector serving as a first primary connector, said primary contact leads serving as first primary contact leads;said connector unit further comprising a second primary connector different from said first primary connector, and first and said second primary connectors being mounted on said first and said second primary main surfaces, respectively;said first primary connector further comprising a plurality of second primary contact leads extending in the predetermined direction, said second primary contact leads extending parallel to said second primary main surface;said secondary contact leads serving as first secondary contact leads;said secondary connector further comprising a plurality of second secondary contact leads extending in the predetermined direction, said second secondary contact leads extending perpendicular to said secondary main surface;said second primary contact leads and said second secondary contact leads being respectively arranged in at least two corresponding adjacent rows;said first and said second primary main surfaces of said primary electrical device and said secondary main surface of said secondary electrical device being arranged perpendicular to each other when said first and said second primary connectors and said secondary connector are connected to each other.