Connector structure
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsKaoru Yoshida, Kazuya Kitatani, Ryutaro Yamazaki, Hiroki Keino, Keigo Takahashi
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Abstract
A connector structure includes a connector body that includes wiring in an internal section; an opening of the connector body, the opening being positioned to overlap the wiring when being viewed in a predetermined direction, the opening communicating with the internal section; and a probe holding mechanism in the opening, the probe holding mechanism blocking up the opening. The probe holding mechanism is configured to have a probe inserted through the probe holding mechanism in the predetermined direction and is configured to, when the probe is inserted through the probe holding mechanism, deform and hold the probe.
Claims4
A connector structure comprising:
- a connector body that includes wiring in an internal section;
- an opening of the connector body, the opening being positioned to overlap the wiring when being viewed in a predetermined direction, the opening communicating with the internal section;
- and
- a probe holding mechanism in the opening, the probe holding mechanism blocking up the opening,
- wherein
- the probe holding mechanism is configured to have a probe inserted through the probe holding mechanism in the predetermined direction and is configured to, when the probe is inserted through the probe holding mechanism, deform and hold the probe and to hold the probe at two points that are distant from each other along the predetermined direction,
- the probe holding mechanism includes a first member and a second member on a side of the first member nearer to the internal section of the connector body, and
- the first member is configured not to have a through hole extending in the predetermined direction, in a state where the probe is not inserted through the first member, so as to seal the opening,
- the second member includes a hollowed portion, the hollowed portion hollowing in the predetermined direction toward the internal section, and
- the hollowed portion has a conic inner surface having an apex in the predetermined direction, the conic inner surface having symmetry with respect to an axis perpendicular to the predetermined direction with edges thereof converging, to the apex, along the predetermined direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.