Connector and electrical connection device
AssigneeJ.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsTsuyoshi Osada, Takamasa Yagi
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Abstract
A connector 8 includes a plug element 3, a short-circuiting element 4, and a latching element 50 to be latched at a first latching position and a second latching position. When the latching element 50 is at the second latching position, a short-circuiting piece 4m moves to a non-short-circuit position. The latching element 50 has latch portions 52 formed in a projecting manner, and the short-circuiting element 4 has latch receiving portions 41a. In a state where the plug element 3 is inserted into the socket element 2i, when the latching element 50 is at the second latching position, the latch portions 52 and the latch receiving portions 41a engage with each other to prevent separation between the socket element 2i and the plug element 3.
Claims12
A connector connectable to a socket element supporting a pair of fitting elements, comprising:
- a plug element which supports a pair of fitted elements to be electrically connected to the pair of fitting elements, and is inserted into the socket element and engages with the socket element;
- a short-circuiting element which includes a short-circuiting piece for electrically short-circuiting the pair of fitting elements, and is attached to the socket element;
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- a latching element which is latched on the plug element at a first latching position and a second latching position, wherein
- the latching element is movable between the first latching position and the second latching position, and
- in a state where the plug element is inserted into the socket element, when the latching element is at the second latching position, the short-circuiting piece moves to the non-short-circuit position,
- either the latching element or the short-circuiting element has a latch portion formed in a projecting manner, and the other of these has a latch receiving portion formed so as to engage with the latch portion, and
- in the state where the plug element is inserted into the socket element, when the latching element is at the second latching position, the latch portion and the latch receiving portion engage with each other.
A connector connectable to a socket element supporting a pair of fitting elements, comprising:
- a plug element which supports a pair of fitted elements to be electrically connected to the pair of fitting elements, and is inserted into the socket element and engages with the socket element;
- a short-circuiting element which includes a short-circuiting piece for electrically short-circuiting the pair of fitting elements, and is attached to the socket element;
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- a latching element to be latched on the plug element at a first latching position and a second latching position, wherein
- the latching element is movable between the first latching position and the second latching position, and
- in the state where the plug element is inserted into the socket element, when the latching element is at the second latching position, the short-circuiting piece moves to a non-short-circuit position,
- the latching element has two latch portions formed in a projecting manner,
- the short-circuiting element has two latch receiving portions formed so as to engage with the two latch portions, and
- in the state where the plug element is inserted into the socket element, when the latching element is at the second latching position, the two latch portions and the two latch receiving portions engage with each other, and
- the latching element includes a plate-like pushed portion to be pushed, a pair of first legs formed so as to project from the pushed portion, and a second leg formed so as to project from the pushed portion,
- each of the pair of first legs has the latch portion,
- the second leg moves the short-circuiting piece to the non-short-circuit position by contact with the short-circuiting piece when it is at the second latching position in the state where the plug element is inserted into the socket element, and
- the pair of first legs are arranged so that the two latch portions are opposed to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.