Connector and connector bar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9281635-B2
Application number	US-201214236941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2012
Priority date	Aug 11, 2011
Publication date	Mar 8, 2016
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016

Abstract

A connector includes a connecting terminal, a fixed contact, a movable plate, a movable contact provided at an end of the movable plate, a card that includes an insulator and contacts the movable plate, a button that contacts the card, an opening spring connected to the button, and a sliding operation part that controls a contact between the fixed contact and the movable contact. When the sliding operation part is moved in a first direction, the movable contact is brought into contact with the fixed contact and the connector is turned on. When the sliding operation part is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the movable contact is caused to move away from the fixed contact and the connector is turned off. The sliding operation part is provided on a surface that is different from a surface on which the connecting terminal is provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connector, comprising:
a connecting terminal to be connected with another connector;
a fixed contact;
a movable plate;
a movable contact provided at an end of the movable plate;
a sliding operation part that is slidable in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, for controlling a contact between the fixed contact and the movable contact;
a button that is pressed and moves from an off position in a third direction when the sliding operation part is moved in the first direction;
a card that contacts with the button and moves the movable plate when the button is pressed; and
a spring connected to the button;
wherein the connector is configured such that
when the sliding operation part is moved in the first direction, the button is pressed, the card is moved by the button, the movable plate is moved via the card to bring the movable contact into contact with the fixed contact, and the connector is turned on, and
when the sliding operation part is moved in the second direction, the movable contact is caused to move away from the fixed contact as the button is moved to the off position by a restoring force of the spring, and the connector is turned off.

2. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the fixed contact comprises a plurality of fixed contacts and the movable contact comprises a plurality of movable contacts; and
when the button is pressed, the movable contacts are brought into contact with the corresponding fixed contacts at a same time.

3. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the card is configured to rotate around a rotational shaft when the button is pressed.

4. A connector bar, comprising:
a plurality of connectors each of which includes
a connecting terminal to be connected with another connector,
a fixed contact,
a movable plate,
a movable contact provided at an end of the movable plate,
a card that contacts the movable plate,
a button that contacts the card,
a spring connected to the button, and
a sliding operation part for controlling a contact between the fixed contact and the movable contact; and

a switch operation part that causes the sliding operation part of each of the connectors to slide,
wherein each connector of the connectors is configured such that
when the sliding operation part is moved in a first direction, the button is pressed, the movable plate is moved via the card to bring the movable contact into contact with the fixed contact, and the connector is turned on, and
when the sliding operation art is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the movable contact is caused to move away from the fixed contact by a restoring force of the spring, and the connector is turned off.

5. The connector bar as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the sliding operation parts of the connectors are provided on a same surface of the connector bar.

6. The connector bar as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
the switch operation part includes an operation part and a bar connected to the operation part; and
the switch operation part is configured such that the sliding operation parts are caused to slide at a same time by the bar when the operation part is operated.

7. A connector to be connected with another connector, the connector comprising:
a fixed contact;
a movable plate;
a movable contact that is provided on the movable plate and movable to contact the fixed contact;
a sliding part that is slidable in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction;
a button that is movable in a pressed direction and an opposite direction opposite to the pressed direction according to movement of the sliding part;
a spring that biases the button in the opposite direction; and
a card that moves according to movement of the button and causes the movable plate to move in a direction to bring the movable contact into contact with the fixed contact and in a direction to move the movable contact away from the fixed contact,
wherein when the sliding part slides in the first direction, the button is caused by the sliding part to move in the pressed direction, and the card moves according to the movement of the button and causes the movable plate to move in the direction to bring the movable contact into contact with the fixed contact; and
wherein when the sliding part slides in the second direction, the button is caused by the bias of the spring to move in the opposite direction, and the card moves according to the movement of the button and causes the movable plate to move in the direction to move the movable contact away from the fixed contact.

8. The connector as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the card is configured to rotate around a rotational shaft when the button is pressed.

Assignees

• Beak Seungseok
• Kiryu Koichi
• Yuba Takashi
• Iwamoto Daiei
• Nakamura Akio
• Noritake Masatoshi
• Hirose Keiichi
• Fujitsu Component Ltd
• Ntt Facilities Inc

Inventors

• Beak Seungseok
• Kiryu Koichi
• Yuba Takashi
• Iwamoto Daiei
• Nakamura Akio
• Noritake Masatoshi
• Hirose Keiichi

Classifications

• H01R13/7132 Primary

  having ejecting mechanisms · CPC title

• H01H13/52

  the contact returning to its original state immediately upon removal of operating force, e.g. bell-push switch · CPC title

• H01H1/26

  with spring blade support · CPC title

• H01R25/003

  the coupling part being secured only to wires or cables · CPC title

• H01H15/24

  having a single operating part only protruding from one side of the switch casing for alternate pushing and pulling · CPC title