Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10819059-B2
Application number	US-201916684542-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2019
Priority date	Nov 20, 2018
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

A connector including a female connector and a male connector is provided. The female connector has a female terminal, a female terminal accommodation portion, and a female-side finger-touch prevention portion. The female-side finger-touch prevention portion is arranged in an entrance of the female terminal accommodation portion, and is configured to generate a force for biasing toward a center of the opening in a state where the opening is enlarged in diameter with insertion of the male terminal. The male connector has a male terminal including a recess in an intermediate portion of an electrical contact portion. The recess of the male terminal is formed in a portion where the opening of the female-side finger-touch prevention portion can be fitted into the recess at a position before the male terminal contacts the female terminal and where the opening can be remove from the recess at a position after the male terminal contacts the female terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector comprising:
a finger-touch prevention portion that is provided in an entrance portion of a female terminal accommodation portion, has an opening, and prevents a finger of an operator from touching a female terminal; and
a male terminal that has a recess into which the opening is fitted at a position before the male terminal contacts the female terminal and from which the opening is removed at a position after the male terminal contacts the female terminal,
wherein the finger-touch prevention portion is configured to generate a force for biasing toward a center of the opening in a state where the opening is enlarged in diameter with insertion of the male terminal.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the finger-touch prevention portion includes a plurality of members that are displaced toward the center of the opening.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the finger-touch prevention portion includes an elastic member in which the opening is formed.

4. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the recess is formed over an entire circumference around a terminal axis and has a substantially V-shape as viewed in cross section.

5. A connector comprising:
a female-side finger-touch prevention portion that is provided in an entrance portion of a female terminal accommodation portion, has an opening, and prevents a finger of an operator from touching a female terminal; and
a male-side finger-touch prevention portion that is provided as a part of a male terminal, and has a recess into which the opening is fitted at a position before the male terminal contacts the female terminal and from which the opening is removed at a position after the male terminal contacts the female terminal.

6. A connector comprising:
a female connector; and
a male connector,
wherein the female connector includes a female-side finger-touch prevention portion in an entrance portion of a female terminal accommodation portion,
the male connector includes a male-side finger-touch prevention portion as a part of a male terminal, and
the female-side finger-touch prevention portion and the male-side finger-touch prevention portion respectively have structures in which the female connector and the male connector are at a pre-lock position when the female-side finger-touch prevention portion and the male-side finger-touch prevention portion are fitted.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Aoki Eiji

Classifications

• H01R13/11

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• H01R24/38

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• H01R13/53

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• H01R13/04

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• H01R13/4534 Primary

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