Connector unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9337582-B2
Application number	US-201414339546-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2014
Priority date	Jan 25, 2012
Publication date	May 10, 2016
Grant date	May 10, 2016

Abstract

A connector unit has a male connector that includes a cylindrical proximal portion in which a female terminal is accommodated, and a female connector that includes a tubular proximal portion in which a male terminal is held. The cylindrical proximal portion has a cylinder side marking portion including a flat surface formed on a part of an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a cylinder side rotation restricting portion including a groove portion or a projecting portion formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof. The tubular proximal portion has a tube side marking portion including a flat surface formed on an inner surface circumferential surface of the tubular proximal portion, and a tube side rotation restricting portion including a projecting portion projected from the inner circumferential surface or a groove portion formed in the inner circumferential surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector unit comprising:
a male connector that includes a hood portion and a cylindrical proximal portion in which a female terminal is accommodated; and
a female connector that includes a tubular proximal portion in which a male terminal is held,
wherein the female terminal and the male terminal are connected together and the hood portion of the male connector surrounds an outer circumferential surface of the tubular proximal portion of the female connector when the cylindrical proximal portion is fitted in the tubular proximal portion, and the hood portion surrounds an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical proximal portion when the female terminal and the male terminal are not connected together;
wherein the cylindrical proximal portion has:
a cylinder side marking portion including a flat surface which is formed on a part of an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical proximal portion, the flat surface is perpendicular to a radial direction of the cylindrical proximal portion; and
a cylinder side rotation restricting portion including a groove portion or a projecting portion formed on the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical proximal portion; and

wherein the tubular proximal portion has:
a tube side marking portion including a flat surface which is formed on an inner surface circumferential surface of the tubular proximal portion so as to corresponds to the flat surface of the cylinder side marking portion;
a tube side rotation restricting portion including a projecting portion which is projected from the inner circumferential surface so as to fit in the groove portion of the cylinder side rotation restricting portion or a groove portion which is formed in the inner circumferential surface so that the projecting portion of the cylinder side rotation restricting portion is fitted therein;
the groove portion of the tube side rotation restricting portion is formed in the flat surface of the tube side marking portion;
wherein the projecting portion of the cylinder side rotation restricting portion is formed on the flat surface of the cylinder side marking portion; and
wherein the projecting portion of the cylinder side rotation restricting portion is arranged in a gap between the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical proximal portion and the hood portion.

2. The connector unit according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical proximal portion has more than one cylinder side rotation restricting portion, and the more than one cylinder side rotation restricting are provided individually in a plurality of locations on the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical proximal portion;
wherein the tubular proximal portion has more than one tube side rotation restricting portion, and the more than one tube side rotation restricting portion are provided individually in a plurality of locations on the inner circumferential surface of the tubular proximal portion so as to fit in the more than one cylinder side rotation restricting portion respectively;
wherein each cylinder side rotation restricting portion includes a groove portion or a projecting portion formed on the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical proximal portion; and
wherein each tube side rotation restricting portion includes a projecting portion which is projected from the inner circumferential surface so as to fit in the groove portion of cylinder side rotation restricting portion or a groove portion which is formed in the inner circumferential surface so that the projecting portion of cylinder side rotation restricting portion is fitted therein.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Sato Akira
• Takahashi Kazuhide
• OKAMOTO Tomonari
• Nimura Kazuhisa

Classifications

• H01R13/629

  Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure {electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances (separate tools or apparatus H01R43/26)} · CPC title

• H01R13/6456 Primary

  comprising keying elements at different positions along the periphery of the connector · CPC title

• H01R13/641 Primary

  by indicating incorrect coupling; by indicating correct or full engagement · CPC title

• H01R13/6453 Primary

  comprising pin-shaped elements, capable of being orientated in different angular positions around their own longitudinal axes, e.g. pins with hexagonal base · CPC title