IP Library Granted Patent US 9,472,893
Granted Patent B1
US 9,472,893 · App. 15/062,518 · Granted Oct 18, 2016

Connector

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,472,893
App. No.
15/062,518
Granted
Oct 18, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

A connector including a housing which formed with a work opening in an outer surface on a side of an outer corner of the L-like bent shape of the housing, further includes a lid attached to the work opening, a fixed terminal configured to be inserted through the external-wire leading portion and accommodated in the housing, and a flexible conductor connecting the terminal to one end of the fixed terminal and including an external-force absorbing portion sagging between both ends of the flexible conductor. The other end of the fixed terminal is connected to a conductor of the external wire, and an intermediate portion of the fixed terminal is fixed to the housing and elongates along the axis of the external wire.

Claims (13)

1. A connector comprising:

a terminal configured to be connected to a mating terminal;

a front holder accommodating the terminal therein;

a housing having an L-like bent shape, including a holder inserting portion into which the front holder is inserted in an alignable manner and an external-wire leading portion from which an external wire is led out, and formed with a work opening in an outer surface on a side of an outer corner of the L-like bent shape, wherein a center line of the holder inserting portion extends in a holder inserting direction in which the front holder is inserted into the holder inserting portion, a center line of the external-wire leading portion extends along an axis of the external wire, and the center line of the holder inserting portion intersects the center line of the external-wire leading portion to form the housing into the L-like bent shape;

a lid member attached to the work opening;

a fixed terminal configured to be inserted through the external-wire leading portion, and accommodated in the housing, wherein one end of the fixed terminal is connected to a conductor of the external wire, and an intermediate portion of the fixed terminal is fixed to the housing and elongates along the axis of the external wire;

a flexible conductor connecting the terminal to the other end of the fixed terminal, and including an external-force absorbing portion sagging between both ends of the flexible conductor.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the intermediate portion of the fixed terminal is fastened and fixed to the housing by a bolt which is inserted through the work opening.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

a portion of the fixed terminal to which the flexible conductor is connected is bent and inclined toward the work opening.

4. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

a shield shell covering the housing and configured to be fixed to an electric apparatus is fixed to the housing by a bolt.

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 7, 2016
From: MOTOHASHI, YUUICHIROU; MIYAJIMA, TAKAAKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037909/0583 →