Connector device
AssigneesSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Ishibashi, Tadahiro Fukushima, Takahiro Hagimoto, Tsukasa Aiba
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Abstract
A connector device includes a motor-side connector 30 including a motor-side terminal 31, an inverter-side connector 60 including an inverter-side terminal 70, a motor case 10 including the motor-side connector 30, and an inverter case 50 including the inverter-side connector 60, the connectors 30, 60 being fitted together when the inverter case 50 is stacked on and fastened to the motor case 10 using bolts 120. When the fastening of the cases 10, 50 is completed, a predetermined gap is ensured between opposing surfaces 36B, 80A of the connectors 30, 60.
Claims4
A connector device comprising:
- a motor-side connector including a motor-side terminal;
- an inverter-side connector including an inverter-side terminal;
- a motor case including a female screw base and the motor-side connector;
- an inverter case including a top surface wall opposing the female screw base and the inverter-side connector;
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- a fitting bolt including a bolt body formed with a flange and a flanged nut, the bolt body having a male screw portion threadedly engaged in a screw hole formed in the female screw base, wherein the bolt body is inserted into the insertion hole in the top surface wall, and, with the nut fixedly attached, the flange of the nut is received on an upper surface of the top surface wall, wherein a predetermined amount of gap is ensured between the flange of the bolt body and a lower surface of the top surface wall, and the threaded engagement of the male screw portion is stopped when the flange of the bolt body is abutted on an upper surface of the female screw base,
- the motor-side connector and the inverter-side connector being fitted together when the inverter case is stacked on and fastened to the motor case by bolting,
- wherein a predetermined gap is ensured between opposing surfaces of the motor-side connector and the inverter-side connector when the fastening of the motor case and the inverter case is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.