Terminal module
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorToru Shimizu
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Abstract
A terminal module (10) is provided with a case (22) and a terminal fitting (16) held in the case (22). The terminal fitting (16) includes a fixing portion (52) to be fixed to the case (22) and a leaf spring portion (54) cantilevered from the fixing portion (52) and deflectably and deformably accommodated in an empty space (20) of the case (22). A contact point portion (64) provided on a tip part (62) of the leaf spring portion (54) is displaced toward the fixing portion (52) and toward one side in a plate thickness direction by deflection and deformation of the leaf spring portion (54) when being pressed by a mating contact point (14).
Claims7
A butting-type connector pair, comprising:
- a first terminal module including a first terminal fitting and a case for holding the first terminal fitting;
- and
- a second terminal module including
- a second terminal fitting having a mating contact point, and
- a housing block for undeflectably and undeformably supporting the mating contact point of the second terminal fitting,
- the case of the first terminal module including
- an opening, the mating contact point of the second terminal fitting entering the opening in an assembling direction, and
- an empty space for accommodating the mating contact point having entered through the opening;
- and
- the first terminal fitting including a fixing portion to be fixed to the case and a leaf spring portion cantilevered from the fixing portion toward the opening, the leaf spring portion being deflectably and deformably accommodated in the empty space,
- the leaf spring portion including a base end part extending from the fixing portion toward the opening, a tip part extending forward from the base end part toward one side in a plate thickness direction of the base end part and a contact point portion provided on the tip part,
- the contact point portion of the first terminal fitting being pressed by the mating contact point undeflectably and undeformably supported in the housing block and displaced toward the fixing portion and toward the one side in the plate thickness direction by displacement amounts by deflection and deformation of the leaf spring portion when the housing block of the second terminal module and the case of the first terminal module are linearly assembled in the assembling direction,
- the mating contact point including a flat surface extending in an orthogonal direction with respect to the assembling direction, and
- the pressing of the mating contact point against the contact point portion causing the contact point portion to be deformed forward while sliding on the flat surface of the mating contact point in a direction parallel to the orthogonal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.