IP Library Granted Patent US 10,862,229
Granted Patent B2
US 10,862,229 · App. 16/449,954 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Fuse clip and connector

Inventors: Tomokazu Yamane (Kawasaki, JP); Seiji Komatsu (Kawasaki, JP); Makoto Motono (Toyota, JP)
Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha; Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
H01R9/16H01H85/04H01R13/62933H01R13/684
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Patent No.
US 10,862,229
App. No.
16/449,954
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuse clip comprising a pair of first springs configured to support a fuse having a cylindrical body part from a radially outer side and a pair of second springs disposed side by side with the first springs in an axial direction of the fuse and configured to elastically support the fuse from the radially outer side. The first springs are configured to elastically support the cylindrical body part at a point of intersection between a horizontal line segment passing through a center of the cylindrical body part and an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical body part or at a position higher than the point of intersection. The second springs are configured to elastically support the cylindrical body part at a higher position with respect to the point of intersection than the first springs elastically support the cylindrical body part.

Claims (18)

1. A fuse clip, comprising:

a pair of first springs configured to support a fuse having a cylindrical body part from a radially outer side, the first springs are configured to elastically support the cylindrical body part at a point of intersection between a horizontal line segment passing through a center of the cylindrical body part and an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical body part or at a position higher than the point of intersection; and

a pair of second springs disposed side by side with the first springs in an axial direction of the fuse and configured to elastically support the fuse from the radially outer side, the second springs extend further from a common spring than the first springs, and are configured to elastically support the cylindrical body part at a higher position with respect to the point of intersection than the first springs elastically support the cylindrical body part.

2. The fuse clip of claim 1 , wherein the first springs are configured to elastically support the cylindrical body part with an elastic force larger than an elastic force with which the second springs elastically support the body part.

3. The fuse clip of claim 1 , wherein, the first springs and the second springs are connected to the common spring.

4. The fuse clip of claim 1 , wherein the second springs deflect toward the radially outer side by contacting the cylindrical body part.

5. The fuse clip of claim 4 , wherein the common spring is configured to deflect toward the radially outer side in conjunction with the second springs.

6. The fuse clip of claim 5 , wherein the second springs contact the cylindrical body part before the first springs contact the cylindrical body part.

7. The fuse clip of claim 6 , wherein the first springs are configured to deflect toward the radially outer side in conjunction with the common spring, so as to support the cylindrical body part.

8. The fuse clip of claim 1 , wherein the first springs and the second springs are configured to support the cylindrical body part by linearly contacting the cylindrical body part.

9. The fuse clip of claim 1 , further comprising a third spring configured to support the body part upward in a vertical direction.

10. A connector, comprising:

a first housing that accommodates a fuse clip;

a second housing that is mated with the first housing and accommodates the fuse clip in combination with the first housing;

a lever that is supported by the first housing and configured to be operated toward a mating position to mate the first housing and the second housing with each other; and

a fuse clip fixed to the second housing and configured to elastically support a fuse, the fuse clip including:

a pair of first springs configured to support the fuse having a cylindrical body part from a radially outer side, the first springs are configured to elastically support the cylindrical body part at a point of intersection between a horizontal line segment passing through a center of the cylindrical body part and an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical body part or at a position higher than the point of intersection; and

a pair of second springs disposed side by side with the first springs in an axial direction of the fuse and configured to elastically support the fuse from the radially outer side, the second springs are configured to elastically support the cylindrical body part at a higher position with respect to the point of intersection than the first springs elastically support the cylindrical body part.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2024
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
To: TE CONNECTIVITY JAPAN G.K.
Reel/Frame 069811/0353 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2019
From: MOTONO, MAKOTO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 049566/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2019
From: YAMANE, TOMOKAZU; KOMATSU, SEIJI
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
Reel/Frame 049566/0587 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-120330 · Jun 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190393625A1 · Dec 26, 2019