High-voltage male connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9787020-B2
Application number	US-201415125080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2014
Priority date	Mar 14, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is a high-voltage male connector including: a male terminal formed of a metal material and having a plate shape; an insulating cap provided on a front end of the male terminal; an inner housing into which the male terminal is inserted and mounted such that the front end of the male terminal faces the outside; a partition unit integrally formed with an inner side of the inner housing and having a tetragonal pipe shape covering the male terminal; and an outer housing which is formed of a metal material and into which the inner housing is inserted and mounted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high-voltage male connector comprising:
a male terminal formed of a metal material and having a plate shape;
an insulating cap provided on a front end of the male terminal;
an inner housing into which the male terminal is inserted and mounted such that the front end of the male terminal faces the outside;
a partition unit integrally formed with an inner side of the inner housing and having a tetragonal pipe shape covering the male terminal; and
an outer housing which is formed of a metal material and into which the inner housing is inserted and mounted,
wherein a shortest distance between a top or bottom surface of the male terminal and an inner top or bottom surface of the partition unit is defined as an insertion height, a shortest distance between a left or right side surface of the male terminal and an inner side surface of the partition unit is defined as an insertion width, and a shortest distance between a front end of the partition unit and a conductive portion of the male terminal is defined as a conductive portion depth, the insertion height is greater than or equal to the insertion width and is in a range of 2.5 mm to 12.0 mm.

2. The high-voltage male connector of claim 1 , wherein, when the insertion height is in a range of 2.5 mm to 3.1 mm, the conductive portion depth is 0.3 times or more than the insertion height.

3. The high-voltage male connector of claim 1 , wherein, when the insertion height is in a range of 3.1 mm to 4.0 mm, the conductive portion depth is 0.63 times or more than the insertion height.

4. The high-voltage male connector of claim 1 , wherein, when the insertion height is in a range of 4.0 mm to 12.0 mm, the conductive portion depth is 1.1 times or more than the insertion height.

5. The high-voltage male connector of claim 1 , wherein a width or thickness of a front end portion of the insulating cap is less than that of the male terminal.

6. The high-voltage male connector of claim 5 , wherein the insulating cap comprises an inclined portion such that a width or thickness of the front end portion thereof is less than that of the male terminal.

7. The high-voltage male connector of claim 1 , wherein the insulating cap is insert-injection molded.

8. The high-voltage male connector of claim 7 , further comprising at least one protruding portion integrally formed with the front end of the male terminal and inserted into the insulating cap.

9. The high-voltage male connector of claim 8 , wherein the at least one protruding portion has a plate shape which is thinner than the male terminal.

10. The high-voltage male connector of claim 9 , wherein the at least one protruding portion comprises a width reduction portion having a width less than a maximum width thereof.

11. The high-voltage male connector of claim 10 , wherein the width reduction portion is located between a portion of the at least one protruding portion having the maximum width and a front cross-section of the male terminal.

12. The high-voltage male connector of claim 8 , wherein the at least one protruding portion comprises at least one through-hole which passes through the at least one protruding portion in a lengthwise direction thereof.

13. The high-voltage male connector of claim 8 , wherein the at least one protruding portion comprises at least one separation-preventing bump protruding from a surface thereof.

Assignees

• Ls Cable & System Ltd
• Ls Cable & System Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Jeong-Hyeok
• Jang Moon-Kyu
• Lee Heung-Kyu

Classifications

• H01R24/76

  with sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. to a wall · CPC title

• H01R13/62

  Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement · CPC title

• H01R2201/20

  for testing or measuring purposes · 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

• H01R13/53 Primary

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