IP Library Granted Patent US 10,483,665
Granted Patent B2
US 10,483,665 · App. 15/371,763 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Ground terminal and wire harness

Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ishihara (Toyota, JP); Hiroki Goto (Aichi, JP); Takashi Nomoto (Aichi, JP); Takahiro Shiohama (Shizuoka, JP); Shuji Ueno (Aichi, JP); Hiroyuki Matsuda (Toyota, JP)
Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01R11/32B60R16/0215H01B7/0045H01R4/185H01R4/188H01R4/26H01R4/34H01R11/12
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Patent No.
US 10,483,665
App. No.
15/371,763
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ground terminal and a wire harness include a conductor connecting portion to which a linear conductor is connected, a plurality of fastening portions each of which is connected to the conductor connecting portion, is formed into a planar shape, and is capable of being fastened to a grounding surface through a fastening member in a state of facing the grounding surface, and a deformation portion that connects the fastening portions and is deformed more easily than the fastening portions. As a result, the ground terminal and the wire harness provide an effect of being properly fastened to the grounding surface.

Claims (12)

1. A ground terminal comprising:

a conductor connecting portion to which a linear conductor is connected;

a plurality of fastening portions each of which is connected to the conductor connecting portion, is formed into a planar shape, and is configured to be individually fastened to a grounding surface through a respective fastening member of a plurality of fastening members in a state of facing the grounding surface; and

a deformation portion that is located between the fastening portions, connects the fastening portions and is deformed more easily than the fastening portions,

wherein the plurality of fastening portions each have a fastening hole,

wherein the deformation portion includes a thin portion that is formed to be thinner than the fastening portions,

wherein the thin portion has a recess at a lower side surface side facing the grounding surface, and a planar upper side surface, opposite the lower side surface and facing away from the grounding surface,

wherein the planar upper side surface and the plurality of fastening portions are in a same plane, and

wherein end portions of the thin portion in a direction orthogonal to both an extension direction and a fastening direction, have a curved shale, the extension direction being a direction along which the plurality of fastening portions are arranged and the fastening direction being a direction in which the plurality of fastening members fasten the plurality of fastening portions to the grounding surface.

2. The ground terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:

projecting portions that are formed so as to project from the fastening portions, abut against the grounding surface, and form foreign matter avoiding space portions capable of accommodating objects on the grounding surface between the fastening portions and the grounding surface, in a state where the fastening portions face the grounding surface.

3. The ground terminal according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the recess facing the grounding surface is a planar surface that is parallel to the planar upper side surface.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 4TH ASSIGNOR'S EXECUTED DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 040592 FRAME: 0496. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 22, 2016
From: ISHIHARA, YOSHIYUKI; GOTO, HIROKI; NOMOTO, TAKASHI; SHIOHAMA, TAKAHIRO; UENO, SHUJI; MATSUDA, HIROYUKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 041178/0152 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2016
From: ISHIHARA, YOSHIYUKI; GOTO, HIROKI; NOMOTO, TAKASHI; SHIOHAMA, TAKAHIRO; UENO, SHUJI; MATSUDA, HIROYUKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 040592/0496 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-240442 · Dec 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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