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Granted Patent B2
US 11,411,330 · App. 16/988,857 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Connector

Inventors: Masataka Nagayama (Makinohara, JP); Kiyotaka Mizuno (Fujieda, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H01R9/24H01R9/18H01R13/4362H01R2201/26
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Patent No.
US 11,411,330
App. No.
16/988,857
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector includes: a number of busbars; a housing holding of the busbars; and a cover mounted on the housing. The busbars each have a fastening target portion to connect a terminal metal fitting by using a bolt. The fastening target portion is housed in a housing room, and a number of the housing rooms is defined between the housing and the cover. One of the housing rooms corresponding to the fastening target portion of one of the busbars and another of the housing rooms corresponding to the fastening target portion of another of the busbars are separated with a partition wall, and at least part of the partition wall has a liquid-tight portion formed by engaging a projection of one of the housing and the cover with a recess of the other of the housing and the cover.

Claims (14)

1. A connector comprising:

a plurality of busbars;

a housing holding the plurality of the busbars; and

a cover mounted on the housing,

the plurality of the busbars each having a fastening target portion to connect a terminal metal fitting by using a bolt,

the fastening target portion being housed in a housing room, and a plurality of the housing rooms being defined between the housing and the cover,

one of the plurality of the housing rooms corresponding to the fastening target portion of one of the plurality of the busbars and another of the plurality of the housing rooms corresponding to the fastening target portion of another of the plurality of the busbars being separated with a partition wall, and at least part of the partition wall having a liquid-tight portion formed by inserting a projection of one of the housing and the cover into a cavity of other of the housing and the cover,

wherein the housing has a nut setting portion to place a nut engaging with the bolt and sandwiching the fastening target portion between the nut and the bolt, and the nut setting portion is part of the partition wall having the liquid-tight portion.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the fastening target portion of one of the plurality of the busbars and the fastening target portion of the another of the plurality of the busbars are arranged to be offset from each other upon being viewed along a fastening axis direction of the bolt.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the cover has a guide portion extending in an attaching direction for attaching the cover to the housing, and

the housing has a reception portion extending in the attaching direction and receiving the guide portion.

4. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-tight portion is formed by inserting the projection of the one of the housing and the cover into the cavity of the other of the housing and the cover in a direction that is parallel to a plane on which the fastening target portion connects the terminal metal fitting by using the bolt.

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 Aug 10, 2020
From: NAGAYAMA, MASATAKA; MIZUNO, KIYOTAKA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053443/0853 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-153133 · Aug 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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