US 6,786,751 B2Granted

Combined terminal fitting

AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

InventorsTatsuya Maeda, Masahide Hio, Atsushi Nishida, Masato Minakata

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Abstract

A combined terminal fitting assembly is provided to fix ends of three or more wires to one fixing place. Engaging portions (25, 26, 34, 35) for holding a right terminal fitting (TR) and a left terminal fitting (TL) assembled are provided on both upper and lower surfaces of terminal main bodies. Thus, the right terminal fittings (TR) and the left terminal fittings (TL) can be placed alternately one over another. As a result three or more wires (W) can be fixed to one fixing place. Upon assembling, the wire (W) of the right terminal fitting (TR) and the wire (W) of the left terminal fitting (TL) are brought gradually closer to each other from most distant positions. Thus, the left and right wires (W) neither overlap nor interfere with each other.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A combined terminal fitting assembly comprising:

a first terminal fitting with a wire connecting portion for enabling a wire to extend from a first-side position of a main body, a second terminal fitting with a wire connecting portion for enabling a wire to extend from a second-side position of a main body, the first and second terminal fittings being assembled such that the main bodies are substantially one over the other and the wires are substantially parallel at lateral sides, and engaging means at opposed surfaces of the main bodies for engaging each other by sliding the first terminal fitting substantially along a transverse direction with respect to the second terminal fitting and for holding the second and first terminal fittings assembled, at least one single-face terminal fitting with a substantially flat main body and opposite upper and lower surfaces, a wire extending from the flat main body at a position displaced along the transverse direction and the main body having an engaging means projecting from only one of the upper and lower surfaces of the main body.

A combined terminal fitting assembly comprising:

a first terminal fitting (TL) having opposite upper and lower surfaces and engaging portions (34, 35;
36, 37) projecting from each of the upper and lower surfaces, a first wire connecting portion (12) for enabling a wire (W) to extend from the first terminal fitting;
a second terminal fitting having opposite upper and lower surfaces and engaging portions projecting from each of the upper and lower surfaces, the engaging portions projecting the upper surface of the second terminal fitting engaging the engaging portions projecting from the lower surface of the first terminal fitting for assembling the first and second terminal fittings substantially one over the other, a second wire connecting portion for enabling a wire to extend from the second terminal fitting substantially parallel to and offset from the wire from the first terminal fitting;
and
a third terminal fitting having opposite upper and lower surfaces, engaging portions projecting from only the upper surface of the third terminal fitting and engaging the engaging portions projecting from the lower surface of the second terminal fitting for assembling the second and third terminal fittings, a third wire connecting portion for enabling a wire to extend from the third terminal fitting substantially parallel to and offset from the wires of the first and second terminal fittings.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/628,215Filed 28 Jul 2003
Priority: JP 2002-22017029 Jul 2002
Published: US 2004/0023542 A15 Feb 2004
Granted: 7 Sep 2004
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

H01R 11/12
End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or…: end…
H01R 13/28
Contact members: contacts for sliding cooperation with identically-shaped contact, e.g. for hermaphroditic coupling devices
H01R
Electrically-conductive connections