# US 10,483,665 B2 · Ground terminal and wire harness

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- Number: US 10,483,665 B2
- Document ID: US10483665B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/371,763
- Filed: 2016-12-07
- Published: 2017-06-15
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2015-12-09
- Assignees: Yazaki Corporation; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Yazaki Corporation; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ishihara; Hiroki Goto; Takashi Nomoto; Takahiro Shiohama; Shuji Ueno; Hiroyuki Matsuda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10483665B2

## CPC

- H01R 11/32: End pieces with two or more terminations
- B60R 16/0215: {Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor}
- H01B 7/0045: {Cable-harnesses}
- H01R 4/185: {combined with a U-shaped insulation-receiving portion}
- H01R 4/188: {having an uneven wire-receiving surface to improve the contact}
- H01R 4/26: Connections in which at least one of the connecting parts has projections which bite into or engage the other connecting part in order to improve the contact ({H01R4/188, H01R4/203, H01R4/5075 take precedence}; using shape memory materials H01R4/01)
- H01R 4/34: Conductive members located under head of screw
- H01R 4/64: Connections between or with conductive parts having primarily a non-electric function, e.g. frame, casing, rail
- H01R 11/12: End pieces terminating in an eye, hook, or fork
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K})

## Abstract

A ground terminal and a wire harness include a conductor connecting portion to which a linear conductor is connected, a plurality of fastening portions each of which is connected to the conductor connecting portion, is formed into a planar shape, and is capable of being fastened to a grounding surface through a fastening member in a state of facing the grounding surface, and a deformation portion that connects the fastening portions and is deformed more easily than the fastening portions. As a result, the ground terminal and the wire harness provide an effect of being properly fastened to the grounding surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A ground terminal comprising:
a conductor connecting portion to which a linear conductor is connected;
a plurality of fastening portions each of which is connected to the conductor connecting portion, is formed into a planar shape, and is configured to be individually fastened to a grounding surface through a respective fastening member of a plurality of fastening members in a state of facing the grounding surface; and
a deformation portion that is located between the fastening portions, connects the fastening portions and is deformed more easily than the fastening portions,
wherein the plurality of fastening portions each have a fastening hole,
wherein the deformation portion includes a thin portion that is formed to be thinner than the fastening portions,
wherein the thin portion has a recess at a lower side surface side facing the grounding surface, and a planar upper side surface, opposite the lower side surface and facing away from the grounding surface,
wherein the planar upper side surface and the plurality of fastening portions are in a same plane, and
wherein end portions of the thin portion in a direction orthogonal to both an extension direction and a fastening direction, have a curved shale, the extension direction being a direction along which the plurality of fastening portions are arranged and the fastening direction being a direction in which the plurality of fastening members fasten the plurality of fastening portions to the grounding surface.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The ground terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:
projecting portions that are formed so as to project from the fastening portions, abut against the grounding surface, and form foreign matter avoiding space portions capable of accommodating objects on the grounding surface between the fastening portions and the grounding surface, in a state where the fastening portions face the grounding surface.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The ground terminal according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the recess facing the grounding surface is a planar surface that is parallel to the planar upper side surface.