# US 12,003,056 B2 · Connector

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- Number: US 12,003,056 B2
- Document ID: US12003056B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/682,642
- Filed: 2022-02-28
- Published: 2022-09-01
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2021-03-01
- Assignees: Yazaki Corporation
- Applicants: Yazaki Corporation
- Inventors: Seiji Kozono; Yoshitaka Tsushima; Masaya Okamoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003056B2

## CPC

- H01R 13/5045: {different pieces being assembled by press-fit}
- H01R 13/5213: {Covers}
- B60L 53/16: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
- H01R 13/4532: {Rotating shutter}
- H01R 13/4534: {Laterally sliding shutter}
- H01R 13/514: composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
- H01R 2201/26: for vehicles
- Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
- Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
- Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

There is provided a connector configured by a first connector and a second connector which are fitted and electrically connected to each other. The first connector includes a projecting portion extending toward the second connector. The second connector includes: a terminal; and a cap configured to cover a front surface of the terminal and having a folding mechanism. A cover portion of the cap includes: a first cover portion provided with a rotating shaft; a second cover portion adjacent to the first cover portion and provided with a rail pin; and a connection portion that rotatably connects the first cover portion and the second cover portion to each other. The rail pin is configured to move along a rail in response to the contact portion being pressed and/or released by the projecting portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A connector, comprising:
a first connector; and
a second connector, wherein
the connector is configured by the first connector and the second connector which are fitted and electrically connected to each other,
the first connector includes a projecting portion extending toward the second connector in a fitting direction of the first connector and the second connector,
the second connector includes:
a terminal extending in the fitting direction,
a cap including a cover portion that covers a front surface of the terminal, a rotating shaft provided on an edge portion of the cover portion, and a contact portion extending to an opposite side to the cover portion from the rotating shaft and abutable on the projecting portion,
a housing that supports the rotating shaft, and
a rail pin,
the cover portion includes a first cover portion provided with the rotating shaft, a second cover portion adjacent to the first cover portion and provided with the rail pin, and a connection portion that rotatably connects the first cover portion and the second cover portion to each other,
the housing includes a rail extending in a direction intersecting with the fitting direction, and
the rail pin is configured to move along the rail in response to the contact portion being pressed and/or released by the projecting portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The connector according to claim 1, wherein
the second connector further includes an urging member that urges the cap in a closing direction.