Sensor connector
AssigneesSMK Corporation, Denso Corporation
InventorsKazuaki Kanazawa, Kiyoshi Asai, Takeshi Horikawa
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Abstract
A sensor connector compatible with various sensor unit repertoires and capable of improving production efficiency is provided. The sensor connector includes terminal modules to be inserted into a module inserted portion, and commonized pogo pin type terminal module is brought into contact with a connection terminal via slide contact segments capable of sliding relative to the connection terminal exposed to a region closer to the module inserted portion. Thus, the sensor connector can be compatible with the sensor unit 1 having various repertoires by changing, for example, the arrangement and the number of poles of the module inserted portions of the connector housing.
Claims3
A sensor connector to be assembled to a sensor unit having a sensor body disposed at a joined end of a sensor housing and connected to the sensor body,
- the sensor connector comprising:
- a connector housing to be joined to the sensor housing;
- a connection terminal held by the connector housing;
- and a terminal module to be inserted into a module inserted portion opened through a surface of the connector housing to face the sensor body, wherein
- the terminal module includes:
- a module base to be fixed into the module inserted portion;
- a movable contact movably coupled to the module base;
- and biasing member intervening between the module base and the movable contact, and
- the movable contact includes a slide contact segment capable of sliding relative to the connection terminal exposed to a region closer to the module inserted portion, the movable contact is biased by the biasing member so as to protrude from the surface of the connector housing to face the sensor body, and the movable contact is in contact with the sensor body by joining the connector housing to the sensor housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.