IP Library Granted Patent US 12695217
Granted Patent B2
US 12695217 · App. 18/588,459 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Terminal block with reinforcing rib and relief groove

Inventors: Ryo Sakagami (Shizuoka, JP); Ryosuke Murata (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H01R9/18H01R9/24
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12695217
App. No.
18/588,459
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal block includes: a main body in which a conductor is accommodated; an attachment integrally projecting from the main body, the attachment being fastened and fixed to an attached body by a fastening member; and a rotation regulator in contact with a positioning part of the attached body to position the main body when the attachment is fastened to the attached body by the fastening member. The attachment has a recess at a root of the rotation regulator on a side in contact with the positioning part. The recess has a rounded surface at least on a side of the root of the rotation regulator.

Claims (12)

1 . A terminal block comprising:

a main body in which a conductor is accommodated;

an attachment integrally projecting from the main body, the attachment being fastened and fixed to an attached body by a fastening member; and

a rotation regulator in contact with a positioning part of the attached body to position the main body when the attachment is fastened to the attached body by the fastening member, wherein

the attachment has a recess at a root of the rotation regulator on a side in contact with the positioning part,

the recess has a rounded surface at least on a side of the root of the rotation regulator,

the rotation regulator is a reinforcing rib formed in a shape of a triangular plate located between a side wall of the main body and one of an upper face of the attachment or a lower face of the attachment, and

the recess is a long relief groove formed along the root of the reinforcing rib in the shape of the triangular plate on the side in contact with the positioning part.

2 . The terminal block according to claim 1 , wherein

the fastening member is a bolt, and

the attachment is a flange having a bolt insertion hole through which the bolt is inserted.

3 . The terminal block according to claim 2 , further comprising a cylindrical collar made of metal fitted in the bolt insertion hole.