Patent ID: 6474996
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connection structure, comprising:a first panel structure having a first window; a plurality of first circuit members disposed in the first panel structure, the first circuit members having first connection portions exposed at the first window of the first panel structure; a second panel structure having a second window; a plurality of second circuit members disposed in the second panel structure, the second circuit members having second connection portions exposed at the second window of the second panel structure, wherein an arrangement of the first connection portions is different from an arrangement of the second connection portions; and a connector including a plurality of terminals that electrically connect the first connection portions with the second connection portions, respectively, and have first contact portions and second contact portions, the connector further including: a housing body having first and second side walls opposed to each other, the first side wall having first terminal holes formed therein, and the second side wall having second terminal holes formed therein, and a plurality of terminal receiving chambers into which the terminals are respectively inserted, formed in the housing body, the terminal receiving chambers communicating with the first terminal holes and the second terminal holes, respectively, wherein the first contact portions of the terminals are respectively received in the first terminal holes, and the second contact portions of the terminals are respectively received in the second terminal holes, wherein the first contact portions disposed substantially at first ends of the terminals are arranged correspondingly to the arrangement of the first connection portions, and electrically connected to the first connection portions, respectively, and the second contact portions disposed substantially at second ends of the terminals are arranged correspondingly to the arrangement of the second connection portions, and electrically connected to the second connection portions, respectively.