Connector having terminals with bent portions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11081817-B2
Application number	US-202016787109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2020
Priority date	Feb 11, 2019
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A connector (1) includes a housing (2) and first and second terminals (31, 32). One end of each terminal (31, 32) is inserted into the housing (2) and the other end thereof projects from the housing (2). Each terminal (31, 32) includes a base (33) projecting from the housing (2) and a connecting portion (34) that is wider than the base (33) toward both sides in a (Y) direction. The connecting portion (34) of the first terminal (31) projects farther from the housing (2) than the connecting portion (34) of the second terminal (32) in an (X) direction. The base (33) includes a flat plate (330) having a thickness in a (Z) direction. A side part of the base (33) of the first terminal (31) adjacent to the connecting portion (34) of the second terminal 32 in the (Y) direction is bent with respect to the flat plate (330).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector, comprising:
a housing; and
a first terminal and a second terminal extending in a terminal forming direction and being disposed side by side in an arrangement direction that is transverse to the terminal forming direction to be parallel to each other, one end of each of the first and second terminals being inserted into the housing, the other end thereof projecting from the housing,
wherein:
each of the first and second terminals includes a base projecting from the housing and a connecting portion formed to be wider toward both sides in the arrangement direction of the first terminal and the second terminal than the base and including a bolt inserting portion,
the connecting portion of the first terminal projects farther from the housing than the connecting portion of the second terminal in the terminal forming direction along the first terminal and the second terminal,
the base includes a flat plate having a thickness in a direction orthogonal to both the arrangement direction of the first terminal and the second terminal and the terminal forming direction along the first terminal and the second terminal, and
a side part of the base of the first terminal adjacent to the connecting portion of the second terminal in the arrangement direction is bent with respect to the flat plate to define a bent portion extending from the flat plate in a direction parallel to the thickness direction.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein a part of the base of the first terminal adjacent to the connecting portion of the second terminal in the arrangement direction has an L-shaped cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the terminal forming direction.

3. The connector of claim 2 , wherein a side part of the base of the second terminal adjacent to the first terminal in the arrangement direction is bent with respect to the flat plate.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Fujisaki Ryuichi

Classifications

• H01R13/02 Primary

  Contact members · CPC title

• H01R2103/00

  Two poles · CPC title

• H01R13/4223

  comprising integral flexible contact retaining fingers · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• H01R25/006

  the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle · CPC title