Ground terminal and wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10483665-B2
Application number	US-201615371763-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2016
Priority date	Dec 9, 2015
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

A ground terminal and a wire harness include a conductor connecting portion to which a linear conductor is connected, a plurality of fastening portions each of which is connected to the conductor connecting portion, is formed into a planar shape, and is capable of being fastened to a grounding surface through a fastening member in a state of facing the grounding surface, and a deformation portion that connects the fastening portions and is deformed more easily than the fastening portions. As a result, the ground terminal and the wire harness provide an effect of being properly fastened to the grounding surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A ground terminal comprising:
a conductor connecting portion to which a linear conductor is connected;
a plurality of fastening portions each of which is connected to the conductor connecting portion, is formed into a planar shape, and is configured to be individually fastened to a grounding surface through a respective fastening member of a plurality of fastening members in a state of facing the grounding surface; and
a deformation portion that is located between the fastening portions, connects the fastening portions and is deformed more easily than the fastening portions,
wherein the plurality of fastening portions each have a fastening hole,
wherein the deformation portion includes a thin portion that is formed to be thinner than the fastening portions,
wherein the thin portion has a recess at a lower side surface side facing the grounding surface, and a planar upper side surface, opposite the lower side surface and facing away from the grounding surface,
wherein the planar upper side surface and the plurality of fastening portions are in a same plane, and
wherein end portions of the thin portion in a direction orthogonal to both an extension direction and a fastening direction, have a curved shale, the extension direction being a direction along which the plurality of fastening portions are arranged and the fastening direction being a direction in which the plurality of fastening members fasten the plurality of fastening portions to the grounding surface.

2. The ground terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:
projecting portions that are formed so as to project from the fastening portions, abut against the grounding surface, and form foreign matter avoiding space portions capable of accommodating objects on the grounding surface between the fastening portions and the grounding surface, in a state where the fastening portions face the grounding surface.

3. The ground terminal according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the recess facing the grounding surface is a planar surface that is parallel to the planar upper side surface.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ishihara Yoshiyuki
• Goto Hiroki
• Nomoto Takashi
• Shiohama Takahiro
• Ueno Shuji
• Matsuda Hiroyuki

Classifications

• H01R11/12

  End pieces terminating in an eye, hook, or fork · CPC title

• H01R11/32 Primary

  End pieces with two or more terminations · CPC title

• B60R16/0215

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H01R4/185

  combined with a U-shaped insulation-receiving portion · CPC title

• H01R4/26

  Connections in which at least one of the connecting parts has projections which bite into or engage the other connecting part in order to improve the contact ({H01R4/188, H01R4/203, H01R4/5075 take precedence}; using shape memory materials H01R4/01) · CPC title