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Granted Patent B2
US 12695218 · App. 18/294,292 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Combination terminal

Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura (Mie, JP); Hideto Nakamura (Mie, JP); Daisuke Saito (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01R11/01H01R4/304H01R4/34H01R11/12H01R11/32
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12695218
App. No.
18/294,292
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Terminals can be fixed by only one type of bolt even if the number of the terminals to be stacked is different. A combination terminal ( 1 ) is provided with a first terminal ( 10 B) to be fixed to a fixed member ( 40 ) using a bolt ( 30 ) and a second terminal ( 10 C) to be assembled with the first terminal ( 10 B). The first terminal ( 10 B) and the second terminal ( 10 C) include locking portions ( 13 ) and resilient locking portions ( 17 ) for locking the first terminal ( 10 B) and the second terminal ( 10 C) in an assembled state by being locked to each other. The second terminal ( 10 C) includes a through hole ( 18 C), into which a head portion ( 31 ) of the bolt ( 30 ) enters in the assembled state of the first terminal ( 10 B) and second terminal ( 10 C).

Claims (16)

1 . A combination terminal, comprising:

a first terminal to be fixed to a fixed member using a bolt; and

a second terminal to be assembled with the first terminal,

the first terminal and the second terminal including lock portions for locking the first terminal and the second terminal in an assembled state by being locked to each other, and

the second terminal including a cut portion, a head portion of the bolt entering the cut portion in the assembled state of the first terminal and the second terminal.

2 . The combination terminal of claim 1 , wherein:

the lock portions are locked to each other by relatively rotating the first terminal and the second terminal,

the second terminal includes a second base plate portion provided with the cut portion, and

an annular second planar portion is provided around the cut portion in the second base plate portion.

3 . The combination terminal of claim 1 , wherein:

the first terminal includes a first base plate portion,

the second terminal includes a second base plate portion provided with the cut portion,

the first terminal and the second terminal are assembled with the first base plate portion and the second base plate portion stacked,

the lock portions are locked to each other by relatively displacing the first terminal and the second terminal in a direction intersecting a stacking direction, and

the first terminal includes a first planar portion to be exposed in the cut portion in the assembled state of the first terminal and the second terminal.

4 . The combination terminal of claim 2 , wherein a rotation direction of the second terminal with respect to the first terminal to lock the lock portions to each other is the same direction as a tightening direction of the bolt with respect to the first terminal.