Joint connector structure
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsToru Kobayashi, Hideki Ohsumi
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Abstract
A first connector includes a joint bus bar mounted in a first housing, and wire-connected first female terminals inserted respectively in terminal receiving chambers to be connected respectively to tabs of the joint bus bar. A second connector includes wire-connected second female terminals inserted respectively in terminal receiving chambers in a second housing. When the first connector and the second connector are fitted together in such a manner that the second connector is inserted into a connector fitting portion, the wire-connected second female terminals of the second connector are connected respectively to tabs of the joint bus bar.
Claims9
A joint connector structure comprising:
- a first connector that comprises:
- a one-piece integrally constructed first housing that has a connector fitting portion at one end of the first housing, and a first terminal receiving portion at the other end of the first housing, and an inner wall arranged between the connector fitting portion and the first terminal receiving portion;
- a joint bus bar that is fixed to the inner wall of the first housing, and is provided with a first tab projecting into the connector fitting portion at one end of the joint bus bar, and a second tab projecting into the first terminal receiving portion at the other end of the joint bus bar, and
- a wire-connected first female terminal that is connected to a first wire, is inserted in the first terminal receiving portion, and is connected to the second tab;
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- a second connector that comprises:
- a second housing that has a second terminal receiving portion;
- and
- a wire-connected second female terminal that is connected to a second wire, and is inserted in the second terminal receiving portion, wherein
- when the first connector and the second connector are fitted together in such a manner that the second connector is inserted into the connector fitting portion, the wire-connected second female terminal is connected to the first tab;
- wherein the joint bus bar comprises a plurality of the first and second tabs,
- the first connector comprises a plurality of the wire-connected first female terminals corresponding to the first tabs, and
- the second connector comprises a plurality of the wire-connected second female terminals corresponding to the second tabs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.