Connector with electronic component and holder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9225124-B2
Application number	US-201414172148-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2014
Priority date	Feb 5, 2013
Publication date	Dec 29, 2015
Grant date	Dec 29, 2015

Abstract

A connector includes an electronic component ( 60 ), a holder ( 20 ) for holding the electronic component ( 60 ), a housing ( 10 ) including an insertion opening ( 11 ), into which the holder ( 20 ) is insertable and which is open only in one direction, and configured to accommodate the holder ( 20 ) holding the electronic component ( 60 ), and conductive members ( 40 ) for conductively connecting the electronic component ( 60 ) and mating terminal fittings. The conductive members ( 40 ) include holder press-fit portions ( 51, 53 ) to be press-fitted into the holder ( 20 ) and housing press-fit portions ( 55 ) to be press-fitted into the housing ( 10 ) and the holder ( 20 ) is held in the housing ( 10 ) by the conductive members ( 40 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector, comprising:
at least one electronic component;
a holder for holding the electronic component;
a housing including only one insertion opening, the insertion opening being configured to permit insertion of the holder and the electronic component held in the holder through the insertion opening and into the housing; and
at least one conductive member for conductively connecting the electronic component and a mating terminal fitting of a mating connector, the conductive member including at least one holder press-fit portion to be press-fit into the holder and at least one housing press-fit portion to be press-fit into the housing so that the holder is held in the housing by the conductive member.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the at least one housing press-fit portion is one of two housing press-fit portions provided on the conductive member and projecting laterally from outer surfaces of the holder.

3. The connector of claim 2 , wherein the housing includes a thick portion into which the housing press-fit portion is press-fit.

4. The connector of claim 2 , wherein the holder press-fit portion is a projection projecting substantially from a center of the conductive member.

5. The connector of claim 2 , wherein the at least one conductive member is one of two conductive members that includes a first conductive member and a second conductive member that are insertable substantially in parallel into the holder in first and second rows;
each of the first and second conductive members includes terminals to be connected to the mating terminal fittings, a coupling that couples the terminals and an electronic component connecting portion to be connected to the electronic component;
the electronic component connecting portion of the first conductive member includes a bent portion and a first connection portion projecting from the holder and connected to the electronic component;
the electronic component connecting portion of the second conductive member includes a second connection portion located on a common plane as the coupling, projecting from the holder and connected to the electronic component; and
heights of the first and second connection portions being substantially aligned.

6. The connector of claim 5 , wherein:
the holder includes at least one insertion portion into which the first and second conductive members are inserted; and
the holder press-fit portion of the first conductive member projects from a center of the coupling and substantially parallel to the electronic component connecting portion at a side opposite to the terminals and press-fit into a holder press-fit hole formed in a back end portion of the insertion portion.

7. The connector of claim 6 , wherein:
the holder includes an insertion portion into which the first and second conductive members are inserted and a through hole into which the bent portion and the first connection portion are insertable and an insertion hole into which the electronic component connecting portion of the second conductive member is insertable, the through hole and the insertion hole being adjacent to each other in a width direction in the holder;
a part between the through hole and the insertion hole being thin; and
the electronic component connecting portion of the second conductive member includes the holder press-fit portion press-fit into the insertion hole.

8. A holder, comprising:
a first conductive member;
a second conductive member substantially parallel to the first conductive member; and
a conductive member holding portion for holding the first and second conductive members,
wherein:
the first conductive member includes a first connecting portion including a bent portion and a first projecting portion projecting from the conductive member holding portion;
the second conductive member includes a second connecting portion including a substantially flat second projecting portion held in the conductive member holding portion while projecting therefrom;
heights of the first and second projecting portions being substantially aligned;
a through hole in the conductive member holding portion, and the bent portion and the first projecting portion being inserted in the through hole;
an insertion hole in the conductive member holding portion adjacent the through hole and having the second connecting portion inserted in the insertion hole;
a part between the through hole and the insertion hole is thin; and
the second connecting portion includes a holder press-fit portion press-fit into the insertion hole.

9. The holder of claim 8 , wherein the holder press-fit portion is provided on each of substantially opposite sides of the second connecting portion.

10. The holder of claim 8 , wherein:
each of the first and second conductive members includes a plurality of terminals to be connected to mating terminal fittings and a coupling that couples the terminals, and each of the first and second connecting portions is formed on the coupling at a side substantially opposite to the terminals and connected to an electronic component;
the conductive member holding portion includes an insertion portion into which the couplings are insertable substantially in parallel in upper and lower rows;
the insertion hole into which the second connecting portion is insertable is formed in a back end portion of a second insertion hole into which the coupling of the second conductive member is insertable;
the through hole extends from a first insertion hole, into which the coupling portion of the first conductive member is insertable, to the second insertion hole; and
the electronic component is held.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Ando Motohiro
• Kondo Tomoyuki

Classifications

• H01R13/6625 Primary

  with capacitive component · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• H01R13/405

  Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting · CPC title

• H01R13/66

  Structural association with built-in electrical component (coupling devices having concentrically or coaxially-arranged contacts H01R24/38) · CPC title