IP Library Granted Patent US 10,355,400
Granted Patent B2
US 10,355,400 · App. 15/985,508 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Connector device

Inventors: Haruhiko Yokoyama (Shizuoka, JP); Hajime Kato (Shizuoka, JP); Takaaki Miyajima (Shizuoka, JP); Satoshi Nakai (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H01R13/5825H01R4/70H01R13/42H01R13/502H01R13/53H01R13/62H01R4/34H01R11/12H01R13/11H01R24/28H01R2105/00
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Patent No.
US 10,355,400
App. No.
15/985,508
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The connector device includes a first connector in which a first conductive member is housed in a first housing chamber, a second connector including a second housing chamber, and a cover, wherein the second housing chamber has a first housed position of the holding member of when an energization circuit is in an energized state, and a second housed position of the holding member of when the energization circuit is in a broken state, the holding member includes a non-contact portion that does not come into contact with a protruded body of the cover in a case of the first attachment state, and a pushed portion pushed by the protruded body to the second housed position in a case of the first housed position and in a case where the cover is attached in the second attachment state to the second opening.

Claims (22)

1. A connector device comprising:

a first connector that includes a first conductive member, and a first housing body including a first housing chamber in which the first conductive member is housed, and a first opening and a second opening that are arranged in a connector insertion/removal direction and that communicate with the first housing chamber;

a second connector that includes a second conductive member inserted into the first housing chamber from the first opening and physically and electrically connected to the first conductive member, a holding member that holds the second conductive member, and a second housing body including a second housing chamber in which the holding member is housed; and

a cover that includes a cover main body that blocks the second opening, and a protruded body that is protruded from the cover main body and is arranged in the first housing chamber when the cover main body blocks the second opening, wherein

the second housing chamber has a first housed position of the holding member of when an energization circuit formed by the first conductive member and the second conductive member is in an energized state, and a second housed position of the holding member of when the energization circuit is in a state in which the first conductive member and the second conductive member are electrically disengaged from each other,

the cover can be attached to the second opening in a first attachment state in which the second opening is blocked by the cover main body and the protruded body is arranged in the first housing chamber in a first orientation relative to the holding member, or a second attachment state which is an attachment state different from the first attachment state and in which the second opening is blocked by the cover main body and the protruded body is arranged in the first housing chamber in a second orientation relative to the holding member that is different than the first orientation, and

the holding member includes a non-contact portion that does not come into contact with the protruded body regardless of a housed position of the holding member in the second housing chamber in a case where the cover is in the first attachment state, and a pushed portion pushed by the protruded body until the housed position of the holding member in the second housing chamber becomes the second housed position in a case where the housed position of the holding member in the second housing chamber is the first housed position and the cover is attached in the second attachment state to the second opening.

2. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein

the holding member includes a connector fit portion that is inserted, along with the second conductive member, into the first housing chamber from the first opening, and

the connector fit portion includes the non-contact portion and the pushed portion.

3. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein

the non-contact portion is a housing portion in which the protruded body is housed when the cover is in the first attachment state, or an insertion portion into which the protruded body is inserted when the cover is in the first attachment state.

4. The connector device according to claim 2 , wherein

the non-contact portion is a housing portion in which the protruded body is housed when the cover is in the first attachment state, or an insertion portion into which the protruded body is inserted when the cover is in the first attachment state.

5. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein

a combination of the first conductive member and the second conductive member is provided for each phase of an electric circuit.

6. The connector device according to claim 2 , wherein

a combination of the first conductive member and the second conductive member is provided for each phase of an electric circuit.

7. The connector device according to claim 3 , wherein

a combination of the first conductive member and the second conductive member is provided for each phase of an electric circuit.

8. The connector device according to claim 4 , wherein

a combination of the first conductive member and the second conductive member is provided for each phase of an electric circuit.

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 May 21, 2018
From: YOKOYAMA, HARUHIKO; KATO, HAJIME; MIYAJIMA, TAKAAKI; NAKAI, SATOSHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046200/0477 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-103591 · May 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180342833A1 · Nov 29, 2018