Connector, contact used in connector, housing, wired housing, and method for manufacturing wired housing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9935382-B2
Application number	US-201314652738-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2013
Priority date	Dec 17, 2012
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A connector includes a contact connected to a member to be connected and brought into contact with a wire so as to electrically connect the member to be connected and the wire. The contact includes contact portions coming into contact with the wire when the wire moves in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to a wire extending direction in which the wire extends, and movement restriction members for restricting a movement of the wire on the contact in a state where the wire is in contact with the contact portions. The contact further includes a movement regulation member for regulating a movement of the wire in the perpendicular direction in the state where the wire is in contact with the contact portions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connector comprising a contact connected to a member to be connected and brought into contact with a wire so as to electrically connect the member to be connected and the wire,
the contact including:
a contact portion coming into contact with the wire when the wire moves toward one side in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to a wire extending direction in which the wire extends;
a movement restriction member for restricting a movement of the wire on the contact in a state where the wire is in contact with the contact portion; and
a movement regulation member for regulating a movement of the wire in the perpendicular direction in the state where the wire is in contact with the contact portion,
wherein the contact includes an installation member installed and electrically connected to the member to be connected,
the installation member includes the movement regulation member on one side and an installation surface for electrically connecting the member to be connected on another side, and
a drop-off prevention portion for covering at least part of the wire on the other side in the perpendicular direction in the state where the wire is in contact with the contact portion is formed in the contact portion.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the movement restriction member restricts the movement of the wire in the wire extending direction.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein:
the contact portion includes first side wall portions located on both sides in a width direction when viewed in the wire extending direction and at least one second side wall portion provided between the first side wall portions;
the second side wall portion includes a second side wall portion elastically deformable in the width direction; and
the wire is held, at least on one side in the width direction, by the second side wall portion elastically deformable in the width direction.

4. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein:
the movement regulation member includes the installation member.

5. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the installation member is provided with a recess at an edge thereof.

6. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the movement regulation member is provided with an adhesion surface on one side.

7. The connector according to claim 6 , wherein the adhesion surface also serves as the movement regulation member.

8. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein:
more than one movement restriction member is provided, each movement restriction member corresponding to the movement restriction member; and
the more than one movement restriction member is arranged symmetrically when viewed in the perpendicular direction.

9. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the movement restriction member includes a locking piece for locking the wire in the state where the wire is in contact with the contact portion.

10. The connector according to claim 9 , wherein the locking piece includes a lock piece for holding the wire in the state where the wire is in contact with the contact portion.

11. The connector according to claim 10 , wherein the lock piece holds the wire in a state where a tip of the lock piece bites a wall surface of the wire.

12. The connector according to claim 11 , wherein the tip of the lock piece bites the wall surface of the wire along a circumference thereof.

13. The connector according to claim 9 , wherein:
the locking piece includes a first locking piece and a second locking piece facing each other with the wire interposed therebetween; and
the movement regulation member is located between a locking portion of the first locking piece and a locking portion of the second locking piece when viewed in the perpendicular direction.

14. The connector according to claim 9 , wherein the contact is formed in a manner such that a metal plate is processed, and the locking piece is formed in a manner such that the metal plate is cut and bent.

15. The connector according to claim 9 , wherein the locking piece is connected to the movement regulation member on one side and extends toward the wire in contact with the contact portion on another side.

16. The connector according to claim 15 , wherein the locking piece extends to make an acute angle to the wire extending direction of the wire in contact with the contact portion when viewed in the perpendicular direction.

17. The connector according to claim 16 , wherein:
more than one movement restriction member is provided, each movement restriction member corresponding to the movement restriction member; and
the more than one movement restriction member includes at least one movement restriction member including a locking piece having a first end and a second end, the second end being located on one side in the wire extending direction, and at least one movement restriction member including a locking piece having a first end and a second end, the second end being located on another side in the wire extending direction opposite to the one side.

18. The connector according to claim 15 , wherein:
the contact is formed by being subjected to metal press processing; and
a sharper edge of edges at the second end of each locking piece formed by the metal press processing in a punching direction is located toward the wire.

19. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the wire is held by the contact portion.

20. The connector according to claim 19 , wherein the wire is inserted into and held by the contact portion when the wire is moved in the perpendicular direction.

21. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact is provided with an opening on a side from which the wire is inserted and provided with the movement regulation member on a side opposite to the side from which the wire is inserted.

22. The connector according to claim 21 , wherein the contact is entirely open on the side from which the wire is inserted.

23. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact is open in a vertical direction with respect to one surface of the movement regulation member.

24. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact portion also serves as the movement restriction member.

25. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact portion includes a contact piece.

26. The connector according to claim 25 , wherein the contact piece is formed separately from the locking piece formed in the movement restriction member.

27. The connector according to claim 26 , wherein the contact piece and the locking piece are aligned in the wire extending direction.

28. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein:
the wire comes into contact with the contact portion in a manner such that the wire not in contact with the contact portion is moved to one side in the perpendicular direction; and
the contact includes a drop-off prevention portion for covering at least part of the wire in contact with the contact portion on another side in the perpendicular direction.

29. The connector according to claim 28 , wherein the drop-off prevention portion is formed in at least one of the movement restriction member and the contact portion.

30. The connector according to claim 29 , wherein the drop-off prevention portion is formed in at least one of the locking piece of the movement restric

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Okura Kenji
• Ono Hisahiro
• Iida Mitsuru
• Sato Daisuke

Classifications

• H01R4/245

  the additional means having two or more slotted flat portions · CPC title

• Y10T29/4921

  with bonding · CPC title

• H01R43/28

  for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups H01R43/02 - H01R43/26 · CPC title

• F21K9/23

  Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings · CPC title

• H01R43/16

  for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending · CPC title