IP Library Granted Patent US 8,764,481
Granted Patent B2
US 8,764,481 · App. 13/393,896 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Direct mount connector terminal and direct mount connector

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Patent No.
US 8,764,481
App. No.
13/393,896
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is to provide a direct mount connector terminal and a direct mount connector for improving reliability of connection thereof. The direct mount connector terminal is locked to a connector housing with a lance of the connector housing. The direct mount connector terminal includes an electrical connection portion extending toward a connection direction of a mating terminal, a bent portion connected to and bent with respect to the electrical connection portion, a parallel portion connected to the bent portion and parallel to the electrical connection portion, and a locking portion disposed on the parallel portion and to be locked to the lance of the connector housing.

Claims (9)

1. A direct mount connector terminal to be locked to a connector housing with a lance of the connector housing, comprising:

an electrical connection portion extending toward a connection direction of a mating terminal;

a bent portion connected to and bent with respect to the electrical connection portion;

a parallel portion connected to the bent portion and parallel to the electrical connection portion;

a locking portion disposed on the parallel portion and to be locked to the lance of the connector housing; and

a current measurement portion connected to the parallel portion at a substantially fight angle and allowing measurement of a current flowing the direct mount connector terminal;

wherein the bent portion, the parallel portion and the current measurement portion are plate shaped.

2. A direct mount connector having the direct mount connector terminal and the connector housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connector housing has the lance to be locked to the locking portion of the direct mount connector terminal.

3. A direct mount connector having the direct mount connector terminal and the connector housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connector housing has the lance to be locked to the locking portion of the direct mount connector terminal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2012
From: MATSUMOTO, MITSUHIRO; KATO, HAJIME; MIZUSHIMA, TSUYOSHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027796/0492 →