Patent ID: 7828585
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A connector including a receptacle connector and a plug connector, wherein said receptacle connector comprises: a receptacle insulator in which an accommodation recess is formed; and a plurality of receptacle contacts mounted on a circuit board, supported by said receptacle insulator, and aligned in a single direction, wherein said plug connector comprises: a plug insulator which has dimensions that allow said plug insulator to be completely accommodated in said accommodation recess; a plurality of plug contacts which are supported by said plug insulator and aligned in said single direction, said plug contacts being identical in number to that of said receptacle contacts; and a plurality of cables, one ends of which are connected to said plug contacts, respectively, wherein each of said receptacle contacts includes a bifurcated connecting portion; wherein each of said plug contacts includes a contacting portion which is held between an associated said bifurcated connecting portion, wherein a plurality of engaging/holding grooves, in which said cables and said plug contacts are engaged and held so that said cables and said plug contacts lie in a common plane, are formed on a portion of said plug insulator which faces a bottom surface of said accommodation recess of said receptacle insulator, wherein each of said contacting portions is shaped into a flat plate which projects in an opposite direction to that of the other ends of said cables and extends in a direction orthogonal to said common plane, and wherein said receptacle contacts are orientated in a common direction.