Structure and method of mounting branch connector to flat circuit
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsShinji Mochizuki, Yuji Hatagishi
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Press contact terminals are held in terminal housing chambers of a housing body. A longitudinally intermediate part of a flat circuit is positioned above a top surface opening of the terminal housing chambers. Each conductor of the flat circuit is press-connected to each press contact terminal with a press contact jig. A cover is closed, thereby to fold the flat circuit in two in the vicinity of the press-connected part so that one part is overlaid on the press-connected part. The folded part is sandwiched between the cover and the housing body to be held in a connector housing.
Claims7
A structure of mounting a branch connector to a flat circuit, comprising:
- a branch connector having a connector housing;
- terminals being held in the connector housing of the branch connector;
- and
- a flat circuit having conductors in a longitudinally intermediate part of the flat circuit, the conductors being connected to the terminals, the flat circuit being arranged in parallel with the branch connector;
- wherein,
- the flat circuit is folded in two in the vicinity of the connected portion in the connector housing;
- and
- the folded portion of the flat circuit is housed in the connector housing.
A method of mounting a branch connector to a flat circuit, comprising the steps of:
- housing press contact terminals corresponding to conductors of the flat circuit in terminal housing chambers of a connector housing which includes a housing body with the terminal housing chambers and a cover coupled to the housing body to cover a top surface opening of the terminal housing chambers;
- placing a longitudinally intermediate part of the flat circuit in a sheet above the top surface opening of the terminal housing chambers, and press-connecting the conductors of the flat circuit over the terminal housing chambers to the press contact terminals within the terminal housing chambers, using a press contact jig;
- and
- folding the flat circuit in two in the vicinity of the connected part so that one part is overlaid on the connected part, and sandwiching the folded part between the cover and the housing body to hold it in the connector housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.