Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9531100-B2
Application number	US-201514698256-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2015
Priority date	Nov 13, 2012
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

A connector includes: a terminal to be connected to a mating terminal by a relative movement between the terminal and the mating terminal; a connector housing supporting the terminal; and a terminal displacement portion displaceably supporting the terminal in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the relative movement between the terminal and the mating terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector comprising:
a terminal to be connected to a mating terminal by a relative movement between the terminal and the mating terminal;
a connector housing supporting the terminal; and
a terminal displacement portion displaceably supporting the terminal in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the relative movement between the terminal and the mating terminal,
wherein the terminal comprises:
a mating terminal contact portion for contacting the mating terminal: and a terminal holding portion having an insulating rib projecting radially outwardly therefrom;
wherein the terminal displacement portion comprises: an elastic support member supporting the terminal against the connector housing; and
a leaf spring contact portion provided at an opposite side of the mating terminal contact portion on the terminal; and
wherein the leaf spring contact portion is configured to contact an electric pull-out terminal of the connector housing as a result of the terminal being connected to the mating terminal.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal holding portion is located in between the mating terminal contact portion and the leaf spring contact portion.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the rib is configured to contact an inner surface of the connector housing as a result of the terminal being connected to the mating terminal.

4. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the terminal displacement portion is configured to support the terminal in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the relative movement between the terminal and the mating terminal,
the terminal comprises a thick terminal and a thin terminal,
the leaf spring contact portion comprises a high current leaf spring provided to the thick terminal and a low current leaf spring provided to the thin terminal,
the high current leaf spring comprises a plate-like plate body portion and a plate cut-and-raised portion which is cut and raised from the plate body portion.

5. The connector according to claim 1 , further comprising: an electric wire pull-out terminal,
wherein an end of the electric wire pull-out terminal is sandwiched by the plate body portion and the plate cut-and-raised portion.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Fukushima Hirotaka
• Sugiyama Daisuke
• Sawada Tsutomu

Classifications

• H01R13/6315

  allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection (for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/506

  assembled by snap action of the parts · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• H01R13/08 Primary

  Resiliently-mounted rigid pins or blades · CPC title

• Y02T90/14

  Plug-in electric vehicles · CPC title