Power supply circuit breaker device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11329428-B2
Application number	US-202117167100-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2021
Priority date	Feb 5, 2020
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

A service plug includes first and second main terminals, first and second signal terminals, a lock part that locks a lever to a second connector housing to regulate rotation of the lever in a state in which the lever is positioned at a half-engaged position between a completely engaged position and a non-engaged position, and a lock releasing part that releases a lock state. A configuration is made such that, as the lever is rotated from the completely engaged position to the half-engaged position, part of a plurality of contact pieces of the second main terminal that is brought into elastic contact with the first main terminal at a position displaced in an approaching direction, and the other part of the contact pieces maintains elastic contact at a position that is not displaced in the approaching direction and a separating direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply circuit breaker device comprising:
a pair of first terminals configured to switch between an energizable state and a breaking state of a power supply circuit by being connected with and released from each other, respectively;
a pair of second terminals configured to switch between an energized state and a non-energized state of the power supply circuit by being connected with and released from each other, respectively;
a first connector housing including one of the pair of first terminals and one of the pair of second terminals;
a second connector housing that includes the other one of the pair of first terminals, and is disposed to be able to be engaged with the first connector housing;
a lever that is disposed on the second connector housing in a rotatable manner, includes an operation part at a rotation end part, and is configured to rotate relative to each of the first connector housing and the second connector housing between a completely engaged position at which the operation part side becomes the closest to the first connector housing side and a non-engaged position at which the operation part side becomes the most distant from the first connector housing;
a lock part configured to lock the lever to the first connector housing or the second connector housing to regulate rotation of the lever in a state in which the lever is positioned at a predetermined middle position between the completely engaged position and the non-engaged position; and
a lock releasing part configured to release a lock state of the lock part, wherein
the other one of the pair of second terminals is disposed on the lever or the second connector housing,
the pair of first terminals are in a connected state with each other and the pair of second terminals are in a connected state with each other when the power supply circuit breaker device is in a completely engaged state in which the second connector housing is engaged with the first connector housing and the lever is positioned at the completely engaged position,
the pair of first terminals is in the connected state with each other and the pair of second terminals is in an unconnected state with each other when the power supply circuit breaker device is in a half-engaged state in which the lever is positioned at the middle position and rotation of the lever is regulated by the lock part,
the other one of the pair of first terminals includes a plurality of contact pieces that are able to be elastically displaced in a direction in which elastic force acts on one of the pair of first terminals,
in the completely engaged state, the contact pieces are at a position at which the contact pieces are brought into elastic contact with one of the pair of first terminals in a direction in which the elastic force acts, and
in the half-engaged state, a part of the contact pieces are brought into elastic contact with one of the pair of first terminals in a direction in which the elastic force acts as in the completely engaged state, and the other part of the contact pieces is brought into elastic contact with one of the pair of first terminals at a position that is further displaced in a direction in which the elastic force acts as compared with a position in the completely engaged state.

2. The power supply circuit breaker device according to claim 1 , wherein
a contact pressure applied to a contact between the pair of first terminals connected to each other is larger than a contact pressure applied to a contact between the pair of second terminals connected to each other.

3. The power supply circuit breaker device according to claim 1 , wherein
one of the pair of first terminals includes a flat plate part that is formed in a plane shape along an inserting and extracting direction of the second connector housing with respect to the first connector housing,
a plurality of projecting parts that are able to be brought into contact with the respective contact pieces are formed on a surface of the flat plate part,
the projecting parts have a length along the inserting and extracting direction so that
the projecting parts are respectively brought into contact with the contact pieces in the completely engaged state, and
the part of the contact pieces is separated from a part of the projecting parts and brought into elastic contact with the flat plate part, and the other part of the contact pieces is brought into elastic contact with the other part of the projecting parts in the half-engaged state.

4. The power supply circuit breaker device according to claim 2 , wherein
one of the pair of first terminals includes a flat plate part that is formed in a plane shape along an inserting and extracting direction of the second connector housing with respect to the first connector housing,
a plurality of projecting parts that are able to be brought into contact with the respective contact pieces are formed on a surface of the flat plate part,
the projecting parts have a length along the inserting and extracting direction so that
the projecting parts are respectively brought into contact with the contact pieces in the completely engaged state, and
the part of the contact pieces is separated from a part of the projecting parts and brought into elastic contact with the flat plate part, and the other part of the contact pieces is brought into elastic contact with the other part of the projecting parts in the half-engaged state.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Sato Takahiko

Classifications

• H01R31/08

  Short-circuiting members for bridging contacts in a counterpart · CPC title

• H01R13/62955 Primary

  Pivoting lever comprising supplementary/additional locking means · CPC title

• H01R13/112

  forked sockets having two legs · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• H01R13/635

  by mechanical pressure, e.g. spring force · CPC title