(19)
(11) EP 1 001 491 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/37

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/20

(21) Application number: 99122320.7

(22) Date of filing: 09.11.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 12/20, H01R 13/703, H01R 31/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 10.11.1998 JP 31912298

(71) Applicants:
  • Yutaka Electric Mfg. Co. Ltd
    Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa, 211-0022 (JP)
  • Kyocera Elco Corporation
    Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Tanaka, Nobuyoshi, c/o Yutaka Electric Mfg.Co.Ltd.
    Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa, 211-0022 (JP)
  • Yamashita, Satoshi c/o Yutaka Electric Mfg.Co.Ltd.
    Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa, 211-0022 (JP)
  • Mori, Teruyuki, c/o Kyocera Elco Corporation
    Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa (JP)
  • Tateda, Takayuki, c/o Kyocera Elco Corporation
    Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa (JP)

(74) Representative: Schaumburg, Thoenes & Thurn 
Postfach 86 07 48
81634 München
81634 München (DE)

   


(54) A connector


(57) A connector includes a plug having a first plurality of terminals; a receptacle having a corresponding second plurality of terminals which are connected with the first plurality of terminals, respectively, when the plug is connected with the receptacle; each of the second plurality of terminals, which is connected with a corresponding one of the first plurality of terminals when the plug is connected with the receptacle, includes a plurality of sub-terminals formed independent of one another so that the plurality of sub-terminals are electrically connected with one another via the corresponding one of the first plurality of terminals when the plug is connected with the receptacle.






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