Device connector with mating terminals bolted together
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorHiroyuki Matsuoka
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Abstract
A device connector to be connected with device-side terminals accommodated in a metal case (C) is provided with a first housing (10) for holding first terminals (20) connectable with the device-side terminals by bolt tightening and a second housing (50) connectable with the first housing (10) and adapted to hold second terminals (60) fixed to ends of wires (61). Connecting portions (21, 63) of the first and second terminals (20, 60) are arranged one over the other in a fitting (11) to the second housing (50) and are respectively formed with bolt insertion holes (21A, 63A). The fitting (11) is formed with an operation hole (23) used for bolt tightening operations for the connecting portions (21, 63).
Claims13
A device connector to be connected with at least one device-side terminal accommodated in a case, comprising:
- a first housing for holding at least one first terminal connectable with the device-side terminal by bolt tightening, and
- a second housing connectable with the first housing and adapted to hold at least one second terminal fixed to an end of a wire, wherein:
- the first housing is mountable on the case in a posture so that a fitting to the second housing projects outwardly of the case,
- at least one connecting portion of the first and second terminals extends substantially in a connecting direction of the housings are arranged one over the other in the fitting when the first and second housings are connected, and are formed respectively with bolt insertion holes, through which bolts are insertable to fix the connecting portions to each other, and
- the fitting portion of the housings is formed with an operation hole for a bolt tightening operation for the connecting portions.
A device connector to be mounted to a case having opposite inner and outer surfaces and a hole penetrating through the case from the outer surface to the inner surface, the device connector comprising:
- a first housing having a connection opening exteriorly of the case and extending substantially parallel to the outer surface of the casing, an operation hole formed into the first housing substantially orthogonal to the outer surface of the case and communicating with the connection opening, the first housing further having a device-side fitting extending through the hole and beyond the inner surface of the case;
- a first terminal with a first connecting portion in the connection opening, a first bolt insertion hole extending through the first connection portion substantially orthogonal to the outer surface of the case and aligned with the operation hole, the first terminal further having a device-side connecting portion in the device-side fitting;
- a second housing insertable into the connection opening of the first housing;
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- a second terminal in the second housing and having a second connecting portion with a second bolt insertion hole aligned with the first bolt insertion hole and with the operation hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.