Joint connector and method for identifying bus bar pattern in joint connector

US9214775B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9214775-B2
Application numberUS-201213601054-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 31, 2012
Priority dateMar 25, 2010
Publication dateDec 15, 2015
Grant dateDec 15, 2015

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A joint connector includes a bus bar and a housing. The bus bar juxtaposes plural tab pieces to be connected to mating terminals. The housing has a bus bar accommodating part accommodating the bus bar, and includes plural terminal receiving chambers for receiving the mating terminals. The housing is formed with plural continuity check holes at a back end of the housing so as to expose a back end of the bus bar. In a case where the plural bus bars are accommodated in the bus bar receiving parts, at least one of the continuity check holes is positioned between the adjacent bus bars, and the at least one of the continuity check holes is formed in a resin-sealed part filled with an insulating resin material.

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What is claimed is: 1. A joint connector, comprising: a bus bar for juxtaposing plural tab pieces to be connected to mating terminals, and a housing, having a bus bar accommodating part accommodating the bus bar, including plural terminal receiving chambers for receiving the mating terminals, and formed with plural continuity check holes at a back end of the housing so as to expose a back end of the bus bar, wherein, in a case where the plural bus bars are accommodated in the…

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What does patent US9214775B2 cover?
A joint connector includes a bus bar and a housing. The bus bar juxtaposes plural tab pieces to be connected to mating terminals. The housing has a bus bar accommodating part accommodating the bus bar, and includes plural terminal receiving chambers for receiving the mating terminals. The housing is formed with plural continuity check holes at a back end of the housing so as to expose a back en…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Watanabe Tetsuya, Ishikawa Jun, Yazaki Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01R31/08. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 15 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).