Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9698552-B2
Application number	US-201414909781-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2014
Priority date	Aug 9, 2013
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

A plurality of connector ( 40 ) is configured to be maintained in a state of being aligned in an aligned direction. The connectors ( 40 ) each include a housing ( 41 ) that may be angularly displaced about an axis parallel to a fitting direction with a counterpart housing ( 71 ). A plurality of the housings ( 41 ) are aligned in a direction intersecting the fitting direction and an angular displacement direction, and each has a through portion ( 52 ) through which electrical wires ( 100 ) for aligning the housings ( 41 ) in the aligned direction penetrates. A relieving portion ( 90 ) having a shape retracting in a direction for avoiding interference with the electrical wires ( 100 ) when the housings ( 41 ) are angularly displaced is provided on an inner face of each through portion ( 52 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connector comprising:
a plurality of housings which is angularly displaceable about an axis parallel to a fitting direction with a counterpart housing
the housings being aligned in a direction intersecting the fitting direction and an angular displacement direction,
each of the housings includes a through portion through which an aligning member penetrates for aligning the housings in their aligning direction, the aligning member comprises electrical wires, at least one of the electrical wires extending out from each of the housings, and
a relieving portion provided on an inner face of each through portion, the relieving portion having a shape so as to retract in a direction along which an interference with the aligning member is avoided when the housing is angularly displaced.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the housings has a housing portion and a cover, the housing portion being formed with an operating opening for passing the electrical wires in the through portion, and
the operating opening is closed by the cover after the electrical wires are passed in the through portion.

3. A connector, comprising:
a plurality of housings which is angularly displaceable about an axis parallel to a fitting direction with a counterpart housing
the housings being aligned in a direction intersecting the fitting direction and an angular displacement direction,
each of the housings includes a through portion through which an aligning member penetrates for aligning the housings in their aligning direction, and
a relieving portion provided on an inner face of each through portion, the relieving portion having a shape so as to retract in a direction along which an interference with the aligning member is avoided when the housing is angularly displaced, wherein
the angular displacement direction of each of the housings includes a first periaxial direction about the axis and a second periaxial direction about the axis, the second periaxial direction being opposite to the first periaxial direction, and
each of the relieving portions includes a first inclination face that is inclined along a length direction of the aligning member when the angular displacement in the first periaxial direction occurs, and a second inclination face that is inclined along the length direction of the aligning member when the angular displacement in the second periaxial direction occurs intersecting the inclination direction of the first inclination face.

4. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein the aligning member comprises electrical wires, at least one of the electrical wires extending out from each of the housings.

5. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein
each of the housings includes first and second outer faces that form an outer face that is inclined along an attached object upon fitting with the counterpart housing, and
the first and second inclination faces form shapes so as to be inclined in inclination directions of the first and second outer faces at positions opposite to the first and second outer faces.

6. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein the first inclination face and the second inclination face are inclined on both sides across a center in the width direction of the through portion in enlarging directions increasing an internal volume of the through portion from the center toward both ends in the width direction.

Assignees

• Autonetworks Technologies Ltd
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Kitamura Keishi
• Mizutani Yoshihiro
• Takeda Yasuto
• Hirai Hiroki
• Tanaka Tetsuji
• Maesoba Hiroyoshi
• Sone Kosuke
• Kato Teruo
• Nimura Kazuhisa

Classifications

• H01R13/506 Primary

  assembled by snap action of the parts · CPC title

• H01R35/04 Primary

  Turnable line connectors with limited rotation angle {with frictional contact members} · CPC title

• H01R13/582

  the cable being clamped between assembled parts of the housing · CPC title

• H01R13/567

  Traverse cable outlet or wire connection · CPC title