IP Library Granted Patent US 10,276,960
Granted Patent B2
US 10,276,960 · App. 16/005,531 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Connector

Inventor: Eiji Aoki (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H01R13/17H01R13/62933
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,276,960
App. No.
16/005,531
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector includes a plurality of terminal units. The terminal unit includes a terminal main body, a plug cap having the terminal main body inserted therein, fitted with a counterpart connector, and formed in a cylindrical shape, and a contact passing between the terminal main body and the plug cap. The contact includes a first connecting portion having a first abutting portion abutting on an outer circumferential surface of the terminal main body and a second connecting portion having a second abutting portion abutting on an inner circumferential surface of the plug cap. At least either the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion is a spring member movably biasing the plug cap in a perpendicular direction to a fitting direction with the counterpart connector in a state in which electric connection to the terminal main body is maintained.

Claims (15)

1. A connector comprising:

a plurality of terminal units,

wherein the terminal unit includes:

a terminal main body;

a cylindrical plug cap having the terminal main body inserted therein and fitted with a counterpart connector; and

a cylindrical contact that passes between the terminal main body and the plug cap,

wherein the contact includes:

a first connecting portion having a first abutting portion abutting on an outer circumferential surface of the terminal main body; and

a second connecting portion having a second abutting portion abutting on an inner circumferential surface of the plug cap, and

wherein at least either the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion is a spring member that movably biases the plug cap in a perpendicular direction to a fitting direction with the counterpart connector in a state in which electric connection to the terminal main body is maintained.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is a spring member that biases the terminal unit in the perpendicular direction to the fitting direction with the counterpart connector.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein, in the terminal unit, a tip end of the terminal main body is protruded further on a tip end side in the fitting direction with the counterpart connector than the plug cap, and

wherein the terminal unit further includes a terminal cap attached to the tip end of the terminal main body to prevent the plug cap from coming off.

4. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein, in the terminal unit, a tip end of the terminal main body is protruded further on a tip end side in the fitting direction with the counterpart connector than the plug cap, and

wherein the terminal unit further includes a terminal cap attached to the tip end of the terminal main body to prevent the plug cap from coming off.

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 Jun 11, 2018
From: AOKI, EIJI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046049/0287 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-115434 · Jun 12, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180358728A1 · Dec 13, 2018