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US 12,627,196 B2Granted
Connector for a linear motor
AssigneeTe Connectivity Japan G.K.
InventorMasaaki Saito
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Abstract
A linear motor connector system comprises a first linear motor, a second linear motor, and a first connector. The first connector includes a first plug holder electrically connected to the first linear motor and positioned in a recessed portion formed on an exterior face of a connecting portion of the first linear motor. The first connector further includes a first tab holder electrically connected to the second linear motor. The first tab holder is positioned in a recessed portion formed on an exterior face of a connecting portion of the second linear motor and faces the first plug holder along a direction of connection of the linear motors.
Claims22
A linear motor connector system, comprising:
- a first linear motor and a second linear motor;
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- a first connector, including:
- a first plug holder electrically connected to the first linear motor and positioned in a recessed portion formed on an exterior face of a connecting portion of the first linear motor;
- a first tab holder electrically connected to the second linear motor, the first tab holder positioned in a recessed portion formed on an exterior face of a connecting portion of the second linear motor and facing the first plug holder along a direction of connection of the linear motors, wherein the first plug holder and the first tab holder are positioned substantially flush with side faces of the linear motors, wherein, with at least a portion of the first plug holder inserted into a portion of the first tab holder and electrically connecting the first and second linear motors, each recessed portion extends only partially into abutting end portions of an exterior housing of a respective one of the first and second linear motors in the direction of connection;
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- a relay connector electrically connecting the first plug holder and the first tab holder in series, the relay connector is positioned within the recessed portions of the first and second linear motors and is substantially flush with, or recessed relative to, side faces of the linear motors.
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A linear motor connector system, comprising:
- a first linear motor having a first tab holder positioned in a recessed portion formed in an exterior face of a connecting portion of the first linear motor;
- a second linear motor having a second tab holder positioned in a recessed portion formed in an exterior face of a connecting portion of the second linear motor, the first tab holder and the second tab holder facing each other along a direction of connection of the first and second linear motors;
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- a relay connector electrically connecting the first and second tab holders and connecting the first linear motor and the second linear motor in series, wherein the relay connector is positioned within the recessed portions of the first and second linear motors and the first tab holder, the second tab holder, and the relay connector are positioned substantially flush with, or recessed relative to, side faces of the linear motors with the relay connector electrically connecting the first and second tab holders and the first and second tab holders positioned in their respective recessed portions, each recessed portion extends only partially into abutting and adjacent end portions of an exterior housing of a respective one of the first and second linear motors in the direction of connection.
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A linear motor connector system, comprising:
- a first linear motor and a second linear motor;
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- a first connector, including:
- a first plug holder electrically connected to the first linear motor and positioned in a recessed portion formed on an exterior face of a connecting portion of the first linear motor;
- a first tab holder electrically connected to the second linear motor, the first tab holder positioned in a recessed portion formed on an exterior face of a connecting portion of the second linear motor and facing the first plug holder along a direction of connection of the linear motors, a depth of each of the recessed portions sufficient such that the entire first plug holder and the entire first tab holder are positioned substantially flush with, or recessed relative to, side faces of the linear motors with the first plug holder and the first tab holder electrically connected and the first linear motor electrically connected to the second linear motor, wherein the recessed portion of the first linear motor is directly adjacent the recessed portion of the second linear motor;
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- a relay connector electrically connecting the first plug holder and the first tab holder in series, the relay connector is positioned within the recessed portions of the first and second linear motors and is substantially flush with, or recessed relative to, side faces of the linear motors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.