Connector device
View Patent ↗A connector device includes: a connection terminal including a first terminal connection portion electrically connected to a first counterpart terminal, a second terminal connection portion electrically connected to a second counterpart terminal, and a coupling portion having a flat plate shape, disposed between the first terminal connection portion and the second terminal connection portion electrically connected between the first terminal connection portion and the second terminal connection portion; a current sensor configured to measure current flowing in the coupling portion on the basis of magnetic flux according to the current; and a casing including a first housing portion housing the second terminal connection portion, and a second housing portion housing the coupling portion and the current sensor.
1. A connector device comprising:
a connection terminal that includes a first terminal connection portion electrically connected to a first counterpart terminal, a second terminal connection portion electrically connected to a second counterpart terminal, and a flat plate coupling portion disposed between the first terminal connection portion and the second terminal connection portion, and electrically connected between the first terminal connection portion and the second terminal connection portion;
a current sensor that measures current flowing in the flat plate coupling portion on the basis of magnetic flux according to the current; and
a casing that includes a first housing portion housing the second terminal connection portion, and a second housing portion housing the flat plate coupling portion and the current sensor, wherein
a thickness direction of the flat plate coupling portion is a direction orthogonal to a direction from the first terminal connection portion toward the second terminal connection portion.
2. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the current sensor includes a signal outputting device that transmits a current measurement signal to an external device, and
the signal outputting device projects outward from an outer wall surface on a side different from a side of the first housing portion of outer wall surfaces of a wall body constituting the second housing portion.
3. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
in the current sensor, a magnetic core member, a magnetic sensor, and a magnetic shield member are disposed in the second housing portion and a signal outputting device is disposed from the inside to the outside of the second housing portion, the magnetic core member having a core body provided with a gap portion that has a slit shape extending in a cylinder axis direction of a cylindrical body internally spaced to surround the flat plate coupling portion, the magnetic core member generating magnetic flux according to current flowing in the flat plate coupling portion, the magnetic sensor outputting a signal according to magnetic flux density in the gap portion, the magnetic shield member having a shield body that surrounds the core body from outside to block magnetism between the inside and outside of the shield body by using the shield body, the signal outputting device transmitting a current measurement signal based on an output signal from the magnetic sensor to an external device, and
the signal outputting device projects outward from an outer wall surface on a side different from a side of the first housing portion of outer wall surfaces of a wall body constituting the second housing portion.
4. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
in an alternating-current circuit having a plurality of the connection terminals, the current sensor is provided for each of the connection terminals.
5. The connector device according to claim 2 , wherein
in an alternating-current circuit having a plurality of the connection terminals, the current sensor is provided for each of the connection terminals.
6. The connector device according to claim 3 , wherein
in an alternating-current circuit having a plurality of the connection terminals, the current sensor is provided for each of the connection terminals.
7. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the current sensor opposes the flat plate coupling portion in the thickness direction of the flat plate coupling portion.
8. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the current sensor surrounds the flat plate coupling portion.
9. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the flat plate coupling portion extends through the current sensor.