Patent ID: 8961215
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembled component, comprising: a plug connector to be mounted on a first circuit board; and a receptacle connector to be mounted on a second circuit board for connecting to the plug connector, wherein said receptacle connector includes a plurality of mating terminals having receptacle contact portions and a receptacle housing that holds the mating terminals along a side direction, said receptacle housing includes a pair of side walls extending in the side direction, a pair of edge walls extending in an edge direction perpendicular to the side direction for connecting the side walls, and a receptacle space surrounded with the side walls and the edge walls for receiving the plug connector, said plug connector includes a plurality of terminals having plug contact portions that contact with the receptacle contact portions and a plug housing that holds the terminals along the side direction, said plug housing includes a fitting portion that is fitted into the receptacle space, said terminals include an edge terminal disposed on one end portion of the fitting portion in the side direction, said edge terminal includes a plug side plate portion extending in the side direction, a plug edge plate portion extending in the edge direction, and a locking portion formed on the plug edge plate portion, said mating terminals include an edge mating terminal disposed on one end portion of the receptacle housing in the side direction, and said edge mating terminal includes a receptacle side plate portion extending in the side direction, a receptacle edge plate portion extending in the edge direction, and a locked portion formed on the receptacle edge plate portion for engaging with the locking portion.