Connector having a recessed concave section in a surface between a pair or partition walls between adjacent terminals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9419379-B2
Application number	US-201514689289-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2015
Priority date	Apr 18, 2014
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

A connector includes a plurality of terminals, a connector housing, a pair of partition walls and a concave section. The connector housing includes a base section on which the terminals are erected. The partition walls are erected on a bottom surface of the base section so as to intersect with a straight line connecting base end sections of a pair of the terminals adjacent to each other. The concave section is recessed into the bottom surface of the base section so as to intersect with a straight line connecting base end sections of the partition walls at adjacent side end edges of the partition walls.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector comprising:
a plurality of terminals;
a connector housing which includes a base section having a surface on which the terminals are erected;
a pair of partition walls which are erected on the surface of the base section between a pair of the terminals adjacent to each other; and
a concave section which is recessed into the surface of the base section between the pair of partition walls and that extends beyond side end edges of the partition walls.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a connecting wall which connects the pair of partition walls and is erected on the surface of the base section.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the concave section is recessed between one pair of two pairs of the adjacent side end edges, and
a creepage distance between the pair of the terminals through the one pair of the adjacent side end edges is shorter than a creepage distance between the pair of the terminals through the other pair of adjacent side end edges.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Takeshita Ryosuke
• Okamoto Kenichi
• Takahashi Toshiharu

Classifications

• H01R13/631 Primary

  for engagement only · CPC title

• H01R13/44

  Means for preventing access to live contacts {(making use of a switch actuated by engagement of counterpart H01R13/7036)} · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• H01R13/53

  Bases or cases for heavy duty; Bases or cases {for high voltage} with means for preventing corona or arcing · CPC title