Connector and manufacturing method of connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9865970-B2
Application number	US-201615173026-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2016
Priority date	Jun 12, 2015
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

A connector includes a housing unit which accommodates terminals which are crimped onto respective ends of a plurality of electric wires. The housing unit includes housings of a number corresponding to a number of the terminals, each of the housings configured to accommodate each of the terminals. At least one of the housings is formed by a material which has a dielectric constant at which impedance between each of the terminals is a desired impedance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector comprising
a housing unit which accommodates a plurality of terminals which are crimped onto respective ends of a plurality of electric wires, wherein
the housing unit comprises a plurality of housings of a number corresponding to a number of the terminals, each of the housings configured to accommodate a respective one of the terminals,
at least one of the housings is formed by a material that is different from a material from which another one of the housings is formed, the material of the at least one housing has a dielectric constant at which impedance between each of the terminals is a desired impedance,
each of the housings includes an upper wall, a bottom wall, a right side wall and a terminal insertion opening, the right side wall extends from the upper wall to the bottom wall, the terminal insertion opening extends in an axial direction of the housings from the upper wall to the bottom wall and opposed to the right side wall, and
each of the housings are connected to a respective different one of the housings such that the bottom wall of each of the housings extends across and covers the terminal insertion opening of the respective different one of the housings.

2. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein an abutting section which abuts with a terminal of the terminals when the housings are fitted with each other is provided in each of the housings.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the housings further includes:
a front wall at a first end of the housing that is connected to each of the upper wall, the bottom wall, and the right side wall,
a terminal insertion hole extending through the front wall, and
an electric wire outlet formed at a second end of the housing that is opposite to the first end, the electric wire outlet bounded by an end of each of the upper wall, the bottom wall and the right side wall, and
wherein the terminal insertion opening extends from the front wall to the electric wire outlet.

4. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein a terminal accommodating section with a concave shape along the axial direction of each of the housings is provided in each of the housings.

5. The connector according to claim 4 ,
wherein a terminal holding section which holds a terminal of the terminals to be embraced is formed in the terminal accommodating section.

6. A manufacturing method of a connector comprising a housing unit which accommodates a plurality of terminals which are crimped onto respective ends of a plurality of electric wires, the housing unit comprising a plurality of housings of a number corresponding to a number of the terminals, the method comprising:
forming each of the housings with an upper wall, a bottom wall, a right side wall and a terminal insertion opening, the right side wall extends from the upper wall to the bottom wall, the terminal insertion opening extends in an axial direction of the housings from the upper wall to the bottom wall and opposed to the right side wall,
forming at least one of the housings by a material that is different from a material from which another one of the housings is formed, the material of the at least one housing has a dielectric constant at which impedance between each of the terminals is a desired impedance,
connecting each of the housings to a respective different one of the housings such that the bottom wall of each of the housings extends across and covers the terminal insertion opening of the respective different one of the housings.

7. The manufacturing method of a connector according to claim 6 , further comprising:
unraveling intertwining of the ends of the plurality of electric wires which are provided with a configuration of intertwining the electric wires with each other, and crimping each of the terminals onto each of the ends of each of the electric wires; and
after the crimping, intertwining at least one pair of electric wires out of the plurality of electric wires once or twice or more in respective ends of the plurality of electric wires.

8. The manufacturing method of a connector according to claim 6 , wherein connecting each of the housings to a respective different one of the housings includes:
rotating each of the housings ninety degrees relative to the respective different one of the housings, and
abutting the bottom wall of the respective different one of the housings with an edge of each of the upper wall and the bottom wall.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Abe Shintaro
• Kameyama Isao

Classifications

• H01R13/111

  co-operating with pins having a circular transverse section · CPC title

• H01R13/658

  High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse] {(coaxial coupling devices specially adapted for high frequency H01R24/40; for flat or ribbon cable connectors H01R12/774; for coaxial cable H01R9/05)} · CPC title

• H01R13/40

  Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members · CPC title

• H01R43/18

  for manufacturing bases or cases for contact members · CPC title

• H01R13/6463

  using twisted pairs of wires · CPC title