IP Library Granted Patent US 10,367,310
Granted Patent B2
US 10,367,310 · App. 15/472,834 · Granted Jul 30, 2019

Connector, matched connector and connecting assembly

Inventors: Jianghua Zhu (Suzhou, CN); Weiping Zhao (Berwyn, PA)
Assignees: Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Co., Ltd.; TE Connectivity Corporation
H01R13/6588H01R13/50H01R13/631H01R27/02H01R13/4223H01R13/6658
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Patent No.
US 10,367,310
App. No.
15/472,834
Granted
Jul 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention discloses a connector, a connector, a matched connector, a matched connector and a connecting assembly. The connecting assembly includes the connector and the matched connector. A terminal fixing portion of the connector is provided with terminal accommodating cavities for accommodating connecting terminals. Separators for separating adjacent connecting terminals are disposed as protruding between the terminal accommodating cavities. The matched connector comprises insertion holes and isolating slots provided on a female end seat. The separators are inserted into the isolating slots. One end of the connecting terminal is disposed on the body of the connector, and the other end is held within the insertion hole and is connectable with a terminal connecting piece of the matched connector. The invention prevents connecting terminals from interfering with each other to provide a higher secure connection performance, while maintaining smaller spacing therebetween.

Claims (30)

1. A connector, comprising:

a body comprising a terminal fixing portion which is provided with a plurality of terminal accommodating cavities in a penetrating mode;

connecting terminals accommodated in the terminal accommodating cavities, wherein the connecting terminals extend out of the terminal accommodating cavities in an extension direction from the front end of the terminal fixing portion; and

separators arranged on the body and positioned between the adjacent terminal accommodating cavities, wherein the separators extend reversely in the extension direction of the terminal accommodating cavities to separate the connecting terminals on two sides of each separator;

wherein lengths of the connecting terminals extending out of the terminal accommodating cavities are smaller than extension lengths of the adjacent separators.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises enclosure walls which continuously extend from the terminal fixing portion in an axial direction of the terminal accommodating cavities; and wherein the separators are spaced from the enclosure walls.

3. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the terminal accommodating cavities are arranged in two rows, each row comprising a plurality of terminal accommodating cavities, and wherein the separators are arranged between all the adjacent terminal accommodating cavities.

4. The connector of claim 3 , wherein the separators comprise a transverse separator and longitudinal separators; the transverse separator is arranged between one row of terminal accommodating cavities and the other row of terminal accommodating cavities; and wherein the longitudinal separators are arranged on two sides of each terminal accommodating cavity in each row.

5. The connector of claim 4 , wherein all the longitudinal separators are connected with the transverse separator.

6. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the terminal accommodating cavities comprise first accommodating cavities and second accommodating cavities, the first accommodating cavities used for accommodating low-voltage connecting terminals, and the second accommodating cavities used for accommodating high-voltage connecting terminals; and

wherein the first accommodating cavities and the second accommodating cavities have the same dimension, shape and structure.

7. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the terminal accommodating cavities comprise first accommodating cavities for accommodating low-voltage connecting terminals and second accommodating cavities for accommodating high-voltage connecting terminals; and wherein the separator is arranged between at least two adjacent second accommodating cavities.

8. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the terminal accommodating cavities comprise first accommodating cavities and second accommodating cavities, the first accommodating cavities used for accommodating low-voltage connecting terminals, and the second accommodating cavities used for accommodating high-voltage connecting terminals; and wherein the separators are merely arranged between all the adjacent second accommodating cavities.

9. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the connector further comprises first secondary locks; wherein each first secondary lock is provided with a blocking portion; wherein the first secondary locks are arranged on the body, and wherein the blocking portions are in blocking fit with the connecting terminals.

10. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the connector further comprises a circuit board, wherein one end of each connecting terminal is connected to a matched terminal in a matched connector and the other end is connected to the circuit board.

11. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the connecting terminals comprise low-voltage connecting terminals and high-voltage connecting terminals.

12. The connector of claim 11 , wherein the low-voltage connecting terminals and the high-voltage connecting terminals have the same dimension, shape and structure.

13. A connector, comprising:

a body comprising a terminal fixing portion, which is formed with first accommodating cavities and second accommodating cavities, the first accommodating cavities being adapted to accommodate low-voltage connecting terminals, and the second accommodating cavities being adapted to accommodate high-voltage connecting terminals;

separators arranged on the body and positioned between the adjacent terminal accommodating cavities, and

connecting terminals accommodated in the accommodating cavities, the connecting terminals extending out of the accommodating cavities from the front end of the terminal fixing portion, and with lengths of the connecting terminals extending out of the accommodating cavities being smaller than extension lengths of the adjacent separators;

wherein the separators extend reversely in the extension direction of the terminal accommodating cavities to separate the connecting terminals on two sides of each separator;

wherein the first accommodating cavities and the second accommodating cavities are in a penetrating mode and have the same dimension, shape and structure.

14. The connector of claim 13 , wherein the body comprises enclosure walls which continuously extend from the terminal fixing portion in an axial direction of the terminal accommodating cavities; and wherein the separators are spaced from the enclosure walls.

15. The connector of claim 13 , wherein the separators comprise a transverse separator and longitudinal separators; the transverse separator is arranged between one row of terminal accommodating cavities and the other row of terminal accommodating cavities; and wherein the longitudinal separators are arranged on two sides of each terminal accommodating cavity in each row.

16. The connector of claim 15 , wherein all the longitudinal separators are connected with the transverse separator.

17. The connector of claim 13 , wherein the terminal accommodating cavities comprise first accommodating cavities for accommodating low-voltage connecting terminals and second accommodating cavities for accommodating high-voltage connecting terminals; and wherein the separator is arranged between at least two adjacent second accommodating cavities.

18. The connector of claim 13 , wherein the connector further comprises first secondary locks; wherein each first secondary lock is provided with a blocking portion; wherein the first secondary locks are arranged on the body, and wherein the blocking portions are in blocking fit with the connecting terminals.

19. The connector of claim 13 , wherein the connecting terminals comprise low-voltage connecting terminals and high-voltage connecting terminals.

20. The connector of claim 19 , wherein the low-voltage connecting terminals and the high-voltage connecting terminals have the same dimension, shape and structure.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
To: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 060885/0482 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2021
From: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
To: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 056524/0226 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2021
From: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
To: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 056524/0531 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2017
From: ZHU, JIANGHUA; ZHAO, WEIPING
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY (SIP) CO., LTD.; TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041786/0380 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0186446 · Mar 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170288344A1 · Oct 5, 2017
Cited By (1)
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