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US 2018/0019557 A1Published application
Device connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorTakeshi Ishibashi
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Abstract
A device connector includes: a terminal metal fitting 70 including a first connecting portion 71, a second connecting portion 72, and a flexible conductive member 73 linking the connecting portions 71, 72; a housing 80 having a cavity 81 for accommodating the first connecting portion 71; and a guide member 90 attached to a rear surface of the housing 80, and having an insertion hole 93 opened concentrically with the cavity 81, the insertion hole 93 corresponding to a connecting end of the flexible conductive member 73 of the terminal metal fitting 70 to be connected to the first connecting portion 71. The flexible conductive member 73 has a connecting end to be connected to the second connecting portion 72 extending outside the guide member 90 through the insertion hole 93.
Claims7
A device connector comprising:
- a terminal metal fitting including a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, and a flexible conductive member linking the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion;
- a housing having a cavity for accommodating the first connecting portion;
- and
- a guide member attached to a rear surface of the housing, and having an insertion hole opened concentrically with the cavity, the insertion hole corresponding to a connecting end of the flexible conductive member of the terminal metal fitting, the connecting end being to be connected to the first connecting portion,
- wherein:
- the first connecting portion includes a barrel connected to the flexible conductive member, and is configured to be primarily locked by a lance provided in the cavity and doubly retained by the barrel being locked on a hole edge of the insertion hole;
- and
- the flexible conductive member has a connecting end to be connected to the second connecting portion extending outside the guide member through the insertion hole.
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A device connector comprising:
- a terminal metal fitting including a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, and a flexible conductive member linking the first connecting portion and the second connecting portions;
- a housing having a cavity for accommodating the first connecting portion;
- and
- a guide member attached to a rear surface of the housing, and having an insertion hole opened concentrically with the cavity, the insertion hole corresponding to a connecting end of the flexible conductive member of the terminal metal fitting, the connecting end being to be connected to the first connecting portion,
- wherein:
- the flexible conductive member has a connecting end to be connected to the second connecting portion extending outside the guide member through the insertion hole;
- the housing has a plurality of terminal metal fittings attached thereto side by side;
- and
- the insertion hole of the guide member is formed with a relief surface for avoiding interference with an eccentrically bent portion of the flexible conductive member extending through the insertion hole.
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A device connector comprising:
- a terminal metal fitting including a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, and a flexible conductive member linking the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion;
- a housing having a cavity for accommodating the first connecting portion;
- and
- a guide member attached to a rear surface of the housing, and having an insertion hole opened concentrically with the cavity, the insertion hole corresponding to a connecting end of the flexible conductive member of the terminal metal fitting, the connecting end being to be connected to the first connecting portion,
- wherein the flexible conductive member has a connecting end to be connected to the second connecting portion extending outside the guide member through the insertion hole,
- the device connector comprising a lock plate for attaching the housing to a device for attachment,
- the lock plate having a lock hole opened so as to be lockable on a peripheral edge of a flange circumferentially disposed on an outer surface of the housing,
- wherein the device connector is configured as a sub-assembly with the lock plate retained between the flange and the guide member attached on the rear surface of the housing.
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A device connector comprising:
- a terminal metal fitting including a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, and a flexible conductive member linking the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion;
- a housing having a cavity for accommodating the first connecting portion;
- and
- a guide member attached to a rear surface of the housing, and having an insertion hole opened concentrically with the cavity, the insertion hole corresponding to a connecting end of the flexible conductive member of the terminal metal fitting, the connecting end being to be connected to the first connecting portion,
- wherein:
- the first connecting portion includes a barrel connected to the flexible conductive member, and is configured to be primarily locked by a lance provided in the cavity and doubly retained by the barrel being locked on a hole edge of the insertion hole;
- the flexible conductive member has a connecting end to be connected to the second connecting portion extending outside the guide member through the insertion hole;
- the housing has a plurality of terminal metal fittings attached thereto side by side;
- and
- the insertion hole of the guide member is formed with a relief surface for avoiding interference with an eccentrically bent portion of the flexible conductive member extending through the insertion hole,
- the device connector comprising a lock plate for attaching the housing to a device for attachment,
- the lock plate having a lock hole opened so as to be lockable on a peripheral edge of a flange circumferentially disposed on an outer surface of the housing,
- wherein:
- the device connector is configured as a sub-assembly with the lock plate retained between the flange and the guide member attached on the rear surface of the housing;
- and
- the guide member is formed by assembling a pair of divided guide members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.