Connection connector, connection connector-provided flat cable, and rotary connector device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10351083-B2
Application number	US-201716076476-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2017
Priority date	Feb 17, 2016
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

A connection connector, which is arranged at an end section of an FFC including strip-shaped conductors, includes a busbar including a connection pin section to be connected to another terminal, and a resin holder configured to hold the busbar. The busbar includes a conductor connection section to be electrically connected to a strip-shaped conductor, and a longitudinal coupling section coupling the connection pin section with the conductor connection section. The longitudinal coupling section includes a resistance element arrangement space in which a resistance element can be arranged, and a selective detachment section configured to be selectively detached depending on an arrangement of the resistance element in the resistance element arrangement space and electrically separate the connection pin section and the conductor connection section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connection connector, comprising:
a busbar including a connection terminal section configured to be connected to another terminal; and
a holder configured to hold the busbar,
wherein the busbar includes a conductor connection section to be electrically connected to one of a plurality of conductors in a flat cable and a coupling section coupling the connection terminal section with the conductor connection section, and the coupling section includes an electronic component arrangement section in which an electronic component is able to be arranged and a selective detachment section configured to be selectively detached depending on an arrangement of the electronic component in the electronic component arrangement section and electrically separate the connection terminal section and the conductor connection section.

2. The connection connector according to claim 1 , wherein an inspection connection section, to which conductivity inspection equipment is connected, is provided on a side closer to the conductor connection section than the selective detachment section in the coupling section.

3. The connection connector according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a case body configured to house the holder is provided,
wherein the inspection connection section is arranged inside the case body in a state in which the holder is housed in the case body.

4. The connection connector according to claim 1 , wherein lead arrangement sections, to which a lead section of the electronic component arranged in the electronic component arrangement section is electrically connected, are provided on both sides of the electronic component arrangement section in the coupling section.

5. The connection connector according to claim 4 , wherein the selective detachment section couples the lead arrangement sections and is arranged on a side away from the holder of the lead arrangement sections, and the electronic component arrangement section is formed on a side closer to the holder of the lead arrangement sections.

6. The connection connector according to claim 5 , wherein an inspection connection section, to which conductivity inspection equipment is connected, is provided on a side closer to the conductor connection section than the selective detachment section in the coupling section.

7. The connection connector according to claim 4 , wherein an inspection connection section, to which conductivity inspection equipment is connected, is provided on a side closer to the conductor connection section than the selective detachment section in the coupling section.

8. The connection connector according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a case body configured to house the holder is provided,
wherein the inspection connection section is arranged inside the case body in a state in which the holder is housed in the case body.

9. The connection connector according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic component arrangement section and the selective detachment section are arranged sideward from the holder.

10. The connection connector according to claim 9 , wherein lead arrangement sections, to which a lead section of the electronic component arranged in the electronic component arrangement section is electrically connected, are provided on both sides of the electronic component arrangement section in the coupling section.

11. The connection connector according to claim 10 , wherein the selective detachment section couples the lead arrangement sections and is arranged on a side away from the holder of the lead arrangement sections, and the electronic component arrangement section is formed on a side closer to the holder of the lead arrangement sections.

12. The connection connector according to claim 9 , wherein an inspection connection section, to which conductivity inspection equipment is connected, is provided on a side closer to the conductor connection section than the selective detachment section in the coupling section.

13. The connection connector according to claim 12 , further comprising:
a case body configured to house the holder is provided,
wherein the inspection connection section is arranged inside the case body in a state in which the holder is housed in the case body.

14. The connection connector according to claim 9 , wherein the holder includes an extended section extending toward a side where the electronic component arrangement section and the selective detachment section are arranged.

15. The connection connector according to claim 14 , wherein lead arrangement sections, to which a lead section of the electronic component arranged in the electronic component arrangement section is electrically connected, are provided on both sides of the electronic component arrangement section in the coupling section.

16. The connection connector according to claim 15 , wherein the selective detachment section couples the lead arrangement sections and is arranged on a side away from the holder of the lead arrangement sections, and the electronic component arrangement section is formed on a side closer to the holder of the lead arrangement sections.

17. The connection connector according to claim 14 , wherein an inspection connection section, to which conductivity inspection equipment is connected, is provided on a side closer to the conductor connection section than the selective detachment section in the coupling section.

18. The connection connector according to claim 17 , further comprising:
a case body configured to house the holder is provided,
wherein the inspection connection section is arranged inside the case body in a state in which the holder is housed in the case body.

19. A rotary connector device, comprising:
a rotator including a rotating-side ring plate having an annular shape and an inner-circumferential cylindrical section having a cylindrical shape and formed on an inner-circumferential edge of the rotating-side ring plate;
a stator including a stationary-side ring plate having an annular shape and an outer-circumferential cylindrical section having a cylindrical shape and formed on an outer-circumferential edge of the stationary-side ring plate; and
a flat cable housed in a housing space defined by the rotating-side ring plate and the inner-circumferential cylindrical section of the rotator, and the stationary-side ring plate and the outer-circumferential cylindrical section of the stator,
wherein the rotator and the stator are fitted with each other rotatably relative to each other in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction, the flat cable comprises a connection connector comprising a busbar including a connection terminal section configured to be connected to another terminal and a holder configured to hold the busbar, the busbar includes a conductor connection section to be electrically connected to one of a plurality of conductors in the flat cable and a coupling section coupling the connection terminal section with the conductor connection section, and the coupling section includes an electronic component arrangement section in which an electronic component is able to be arranged and a selective detachment section configured to be selectively detached depending on an arrangement of the electronic component in the electronic component arrangement section and electrically separate the connection terminal section and the conductor connection section, and the rotary connector device is electrically connected to an external conductor via the connection connector of the rotator and the connection connecto

Assignees

• Furukawa Electric Co Ltd
• Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc

Inventors

• Kanazawa Masashi

Classifications

• H01R9/03

  Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable {, e.g. tapping connections} · CPC title

• G01R31/69

  of terminals at the end of a cable or a wire harness; of plugs; of sockets, e.g. wall sockets or power sockets in appliances · CPC title

• H01R13/66 Primary

  Structural association with built-in electrical component (coupling devices having concentrically or coaxially-arranged contacts H01R24/38) · CPC title

• H01R12/00

  Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures (printed connections to, or between, printed circuits H05K1/11) · CPC title

• H01R12/592

  connections to contact elements · CPC title