IP Library Granted Patent US 8,936,421
Granted Patent B2
US 8,936,421 · App. 13/759,438 · Granted Jan 20, 2015

Locking structure of screw fastening block

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,936,421
App. No.
13/759,438
Granted
Jan 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A locking structure of a screw-fastening block includes: a screw-fastening block made by providing a screw member for screwing and connecting a bus bar, a terminal, or the like on an upper portion of a screw-fastening block main body; and an electrically connecting block main body having a receiver into which the screw-fastening block is inserted upward side and in which the screw-fastening block is received. Locking portions are provided on both sidewalls of the receiver, and a bottom surface of the screw-fastening block main body is a lock-receiving portion to be engaged with the locking portion. The locking portions are locking arms projected obliquely upward from the both sidewalls, and a tip end of the locking arm is provided with a locking surface for supporting the bottom surface of the screw-fastening block main body, and a projecting piece for supporting a side surface of the screw-fastening block main body.

Claims (8)

1. A locking structure of a screw-fastening block comprising:

a screw-fastening block made by providing a screw member for screwing and connecting a bus bar, a terminal, or the like on an upper portion of a screw-fastening block main body; and

an electrically connecting block main body having a receiver into which the screw-fastening block is inserted upward from a bottom side and in which the screw-fastening block is received,

wherein locking portions are provided on both sidewalls of the receiver,

wherein a bottom surface of the screw-fastening block main body is a lock-receiving portion configured to be engaged with the locking portions,

wherein the locking portions are locking arms projected obliquely upward from the both sidewalls,

wherein a tip end of the locking arm is provided with a locking surface for supporting the bottom surface of the screw-fastening block main body, and a projecting piece for supporting a side surface of the screw-fastening block main body, and

wherein projecting walls extended inwardly along the side surfaces of the screw-fastening block are formed on the both sidewalls at both sides in a width direction of the locking arms, and the tip end of the locking arm is projected inward from the projecting wall.

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 Feb 5, 2013
From: KAWAMURA, YUKIHIRO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029756/0462 →