US 9,039,435 B2Granted

Ground terminal assembly structure

AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

InventorHidefumi Horiuchi

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Abstract

A ground terminal assembly includes ground terminals (10A, 10B) and a connecting fitting (30). Each ground terminal (10A, 10B) has a main portion (11A, 11B) with a bolt insertion hole (12). A barrel (20A, 20B) extends from the main portion (11A, 11B) and can be crimped to a ground wire W. The connecting fitting (30) has superimposing portions (31A, 31B) formed with bolt insertion holes (32) and on which the main portions (11A, 11B) of the ground terminals (10A, 10B) are placed. The barrels (20A, 20B) of the ground terminals (10A, 10B) are arranged so that their extending ends (22) come close to each other when the main portions (11A, 11B) of the ground terminals (10A, 10B) are placed on and connected to the corresponding superimposing portions (31A, 31B) of the connecting fitting (30) at positions where the bolt insertion holes (12, 32) align.

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Dependent claims

A ground terminal assembly structure, comprising:

left and right ground terminals, each of the ground terminals having a main portion formed with a bolt insertion hole and a wire connection portion extending from a main portion, the wire connection portion, being configured to be connected to a ground wire, the left and right ground terminals being formed so that the main portions thereof are placeable one on the other and the wire connection portions extend substantially in parallel to each other from the main portions;
and
a fitting including a plurality of superimposing portions, each of the superimposing portions being formed with a bolt insertion hole and on which the main portions of the ground terminals being placed on and connected to the superimposing portions, the fitting having a mountain shape configured so that the superimposing portions are arranged laterally of each other with the superimposing portions being at a specified obtuse angle with respect to each other;
wherein the wire connection portion of the respective ground terminals are arranged in postures so that extending ends thereof come approach each other when the main portions of the respective ground terminals are placed on and connected to the corresponding superimposing portions of the fitting at positions where the bolt insertion holes are substantially aligned.

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Facts

Application: 13/909,693Filed 4 Jun 2013
Published: US 2013/0267105 A110 Oct 2013
Granted: 26 May 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H01R 13/652
Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices , e.g. anti-static shielding: with earth pin, blade or socket
H01R 4/64
Characterised by the form or material of the contacting members: connections between or with conductive parts having primarily a non-electric…
H01R 11/09
Characterised by the relationship between the connecting locations: the connecting locations being identical
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…

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