# US 12,763,500 B2 · Connector and connector assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,763,500 B2 - Document ID: US12763500B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/635,517 - Filed: 2024-04-15 - Published: 2024-12-19 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2023-06-14 - Assignees: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited - Applicants: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited - Inventors: Osamu Hashiguchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12763500B2 ## CPC - H01R 12/63: connecting to another shape cable - H01R 4/16: by bending - H01R 13/41: by frictional grip in grommet, panel or base - H01R 13/504: different pieces being moulded, cemented, welded, e.g. ultrasonic welding, or swaged together - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract A connector includes a first insulator having a recessed portion formed in a first retaining surface and a projection formed in the recessed portion to project higher than the first retaining surface, and a second insulator having a protrusion portion formed on a second retaining surface and a projection accommodating portion of recess shape formed in the protrusion portion and is deeper than the second retaining surface, the first insulator and the second insulator being joined to each other such that the projection is inserted in an opening portion of a sheet type conductive member, that the sheet type conductive member and an electric wire are held between the first retaining surface and the second retaining surface, and that the sheet type conductive member and the electric wire are disposed to overlap each other between the recessed portion and the protrusion portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connector configured to connect a conductor portion of an electric wire to a flexible conductor exposed on at least one surface of a sheet type conductive member having an opening portion, the connector comprising: a first insulator including a first retaining surface, a recessed portion formed in the first retaining surface, and a projection formed in the recessed portion to project higher than the first retaining surface; and a second insulator including a second retaining surface that faces the first retaining surface, a protrusion portion that is formed on the second retaining surface and faces the recessed portion, and a projection accommodating portion of recess shape that is formed in the protrusion portion and is deeper than the second retaining surface, wherein the first insulator and the second insulator are joined to each other such that the projection is inserted in the opening portion of the sheet type conductive member, that the sheet type conductive member and the electric wire are held between the first retaining surface and the second retaining surface, and that the sheet type conductive member and the electric wire are disposed to overlap each other between the recessed portion and the protrusion portion, and at least part of the projection is accommodated in the projection accommodating portion, whereby the conductor portion of the electric wire is electrically connected to the flexible conductor of the sheet type conductive member between an outer lateral surface of the projection and an inner lateral surface of the projection accommodating portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein the sheet type conductive member extends in a predetermined direction from the first insulator and the second insulator along the first retaining surface and the second retaining surface, and the electric wire extends in an opposite direction of the predetermined direction from the first insulator and the second insulator along the first retaining surface and the second retaining surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein the first insulator and the second insulator are adhered to each other directly or via the sheet type conductive member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, further comprising a contact force ensuring member for ensuring a contact force between the conductor portion and the flexible conductor, the contact force ensuring member being disposed on an outside of the conductor portion and the flexible conductor that are in contact with each other in the projection accommodating portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The connector according to claim 4, wherein the contact force ensuring member is formed of a bent metal sheet and includes a projection penetrating hole which the projection of the first insulator penetrates, and a pair of pressing portions that face each other across the projection penetrating hole. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein one of the first insulator and the second insulator includes a tip retaining portion for retaining a tip of the conductor portion of the electric wire. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The connector according to claim 6, wherein the tip retaining portion includes a slit in which the tip of the conductor portion is inserted. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The connector according to claim 6, wherein the electric wire includes an insulation coating portion which covers an outer periphery of the conductor portion, and the first insulator and the second insulator have an insulation coat retaining portion for retaining the insulation coating portion of the electric wire. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein one of the first insulator and the second insulator includes a boss, another one of the first insulator and the second insulator includes a boss through-hole which the boss penetrates, and a head of the boss having penetrated the boss through-hole is thermally deformed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A connector assembly comprising: the connector according to claim 1; the sheet type conductive member; and the electric wire, wherein the conductor portion of the electric wire is electrically connected to the flexible conductor of the sheet type conductive member by using the connector. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The connector assembly according to claim 10, wherein the sheet type conductive member includes the opening portion of H-shape, and a pair of projecting portions projecting from edge portions of the opening portion facing each other toward an inside of the opening portion, the flexible conductor being exposed on the pair of projecting portions, and the conductor portion of the electric wire is electrically connected to the flexible conductor on the pair of projecting portions between an inner lateral surface of the projection accommodating portion and an outer lateral surface of the projection of the connector.