IP Library Granted Patent US 9,054,442
Granted Patent B2
US 9,054,442 · App. 13/876,720 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Terminal connection structure having a holder to hold two terminals in an overlapping state

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,054,442
App. No.
13/876,720
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Problem] To provide a terminal connection structure that can reliably connect terminals together even if the positional offset between the terminals is great. [Solution] The terminal connection structure connects a busbar and a first terminal connected to the coil of a motor. The terminal connection structure is provided with: a base having a bottom wall; a terminal holder that can hold the first terminal and the busbar in an overlapping state; and a mobile attachment section. The mobile attachment section has: a bottom plate section that is provided to the terminal holder and that is parallel to the bottom wall; and a holding slit that is provided to the base, is entered by the bottom plate section, and is larger than the bottom plate section. The mobile attachment section attaches the terminal holder to the base movably in parallel to the surface of the bottom wall.

Claims (11)

1. A terminal connection structure for connecting a second terminal to a first terminal which is connected to a power device,

said terminal connection structure comprising:

a base having a bottom wall;

a terminal holder that can hold the first and second terminals in an overlapping state;

a mobile attachment section having a parallel wall that is provided on one of the base and the terminal holder and that is parallel to the bottom wall, and a holding slit that is provided to the other of the base and the terminal holder, is entered by the parallel wall, and is larger than a width of the parallel wall, and attaching the terminal holder to the base movably and parallel to a surface of the bottom wall which faces the terminal holder; and

a press fixing member configured to be removably attached to the base, and pressing the first terminal toward the bottom wall when attached to the base.

2. The terminal connection structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a clip terminal having a pair of contact pieces for holding the first and second terminals in the overlapping state therebetween, and a bias coupling section continued to the pair of contact pieces and biasing the pair of contact pieces holding the first and second terminals therebetween toward a direction close to each other,

said clip terminal configured to be moved close to the terminal holder in a direction crossing the first and second terminals in the overlapping state, and attached to the terminal holder with the pair of contact pieces holding the first and second terminals in the overlapping state therebetween.

3. The terminal connection structure as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

a clip terminal holder covering the clip terminal and having a locking section to be locked with the terminal holder.

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 29, 2013
From: ADACHI, HIDEOMI; KUBOSHIMA, HIDEHIKO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030112/0096 →