IP Library Granted Patent US 10,879,640
Granted Patent B2
US 10,879,640 · App. 16/578,843 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Terminal structure

Inventor: Kunihiko Arai (Owariasahi, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
H01R13/187B60L53/16H01R13/10H01R13/502H01R2201/26
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Patent No.
US 10,879,640
App. No.
16/578,843
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a terminal structure in which a first terminal is insertable in a second terminal. The first terminal includes a pin and a first rotor provided at an end of the pin. The second terminal includes a female pin, a hollow elastic member rotatable along the inner circumferential face of the receptacle in the female pin, and a second rotor provided at an end of the elastic member. The second rotor and the elastic member are configured to rotate circumferentially when the first rotor is moved in the insertion direction.

Claims (18)

1. A terminal structure in which a first terminal is insertable in a second terminal,

the first terminal comprising:

a pin; and

a first rotor provided at an end of the pin,

the second terminal comprising:

a female pin including a receptacle in which the pin is insertable;

a hollow elastic member contained in the receptacle and rotatable along an inner circumferential face of the receptacle; and

a second rotor provided at an end of the elastic member,

the pin and the first rotor being configured to be inserted in the elastic member when the pin and the first rotor are moved in an insertion direction,

the first rotor having an outer circumferential face including a first contact face extending along a circumferential face of the first rotor as the first contact face extends in the insertion direction,

the second rotor including a second contact face configured to come in contact with the first contact face,

the first contact face being configured to come in contact with the second contact face when the pin and the first rotor are moved in the insertion direction,

the second rotor and the elastic member being configured to rotate circumferentially when the first rotor is moved in the insertion direction while the first contact face and the second contact face are in contact with each other.

2. The terminal structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the second rotor has a ring shape,

the second contact face is formed on an inner circumferential face of the second rotor,

the second rotor is configured to deform to stretch when the pin is inserted therein, and

while the pin is inserted in the second rotor, a gap is defined between the second rotor and an inner circumferential face of the female pin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2019
From: ARAI, KUNIHIKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-178905 · Sep 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200099157A1 · Mar 26, 2020