IP Library Granted Patent US 9,537,278
Granted Patent B2
US 9,537,278 · App. 15/017,842 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Terminal group and connector

Inventors: Mika Kawagishi (Makinohara, JP); Kouichi Ohyama (Makinohara, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H01R43/22H01R13/41H01R13/422H01R12/58H01R12/724
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Patent No.
US 9,537,278
App. No.
15/017,842
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal group includes: a plurality of pin terminals, each pin terminal being formed of a metal wire of a predetermined length and being to be press-fitted and held in each of a plurality of terminal insertion holes of a connector housing. Some of the plurality of pin terminals have different overall lengths. The plurality of pin terminals respectively have a pair of press-fitting supports that protrude from both side edges of each of the plurality of pin terminals in a width direction at the same distant positions from a distal end in an insertion direction, and insertion direction rear end side surfaces of the press-fitting supports receive reaction force with respect to the terminal insertion holes in press-fitting.

Claims (25)

1. A terminal group comprising:

a plurality of pin terminals, each pin terminal being formed of a metal wire of a predetermined length and being configured to be press-fitted and held in each of a plurality of terminal insertion holes of a connector housing, wherein

some of the plurality of pin terminals have different overall lengths,

the plurality of pin terminals respectively have a pair of press-fitting supports that protrude from both side edges of each of the plurality of pin terminals in a width direction at the same distant positions from a distal end in an insertion direction, and

insertion direction rear end side surfaces of the press-fitting supports receive a reaction force of an insertion tool with respect to the terminal insertion holes in press-fitting to urge the pin terminals into the terminal insertion holes.

2. The terminal group according to claim 1 , wherein

at least a pair of press-fitted sections are formed closer to a front end side of the insertion direction of the pin terminal than the press-fitting supports, and wherein the press-fitted sections protrude from both side edges of the pin terminal in the width direction thereof, and

the pair of press-fitted sections are configured to be press-fitted and held in the terminal insertion hole.

3. The terminal group according to claim 2 , wherein

a non-plastic forming-processed surface where plastic forming is not performed on a terminal surface of the pin terminal is provided, in at least one of a region or a part of the region between the pair of the press-fitting supports and a region or a part of the region between the pair of press-fitted sections.

4. The terminal group according to claim 3 ,

wherein the non-plastic forming-processed surface is connected to the terminal surface by a tapered flat surface having a width which is gradually widened.

5. The terminal group according to claim 2 , wherein

the pin terminal has a plurality of the pairs of press-fitted sections which are formed at intervals in the insertion direction, and

the plurality of the pairs of press-fitted sections are provided at different positions from each other in a height direction orthogonal to the width direction of the pin terminal.

6. The terminal group according to claim 1 , wherein

the metal wire from which the pin terminal is formed is plated.

7. A device comprising:

the connector housing,

a connector housing,

a plurality of pin terminals, each pin terminal being formed of a metal wire of a predetermined length and being configured to be press-fitted and held in each of a plurality of terminal insertion holes of the connector housing, wherein

some of the plurality of pin terminals have different overall lengths,

the plurality of pin terminals respectively have a pair of press-fitting supports that same distant positions from a distal end in an insertion direction, and

insertion direction rear end side surfaces of the press-fitting supports receive a reaction force of an insertion tool with respect to the terminal insertion holes in press-fitting to urge the pin terminals into the terminal insertion holes of the connector housing.

8. The terminal group according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of press-fitting supports are located outside of the connector housing when the plurality of pin terminals are held in the plurality of terminal insertion holes of the connector housing.

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 Feb 12, 2016
From: KAWAGISHI, MIKA; OHYAMA, KOUICHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037722/0618 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-023335 · Feb 9, 2015 · national
JP 2015-102970 · May 20, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160233603A1 · Aug 11, 2016