Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Autonetworks Technologies, Limited

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroki Kobayashi

Teruo Hara

Masaaki Tabata

Hajime Kawase

Hajime Matsui

Hiroshi Kobayashi

Yasuo Omori

Tetsuya Miyamura

Shunya Takeuchi

Takeshi Misaiji

Hisashi Kojima

Yutaka Kobayashi

Pipatthana Phatiwuttipat

Kenji Makino

Takeshi Amakawa

A joint connectorfor electrically connecting a plurality of wiresincludes a housingand a joint terminalto be disposed in the housing. The joint terminalincludes a plurality of branch portionsarranged along an arrangement direction, a plurality of wire connecting portionsrespectively continuous with the plurality of branch portionsand to be connected to the plurality of wires, and a coupling portionfor electrically connecting the plurality of branch portionsby coupling the plurality of branch portions. The coupling portionis in the form of a plate extending in the arrangement direction and is bent. The coupling portionis engaged with the housing

Joint connector including branch portions and coupling portion

A connector includes a terminal connected to a front end portion of an electric wire and a housing in which the terminal is arranged. The housing includes a base portion and cover members. The electric wire extending rearward from a portion of the housing that has the terminal therein is disposed on the base portion. The cover members that are movable between a position in which the cover members cover the base portion and a position in which the cover members are away from the base portion. The cover members include a wire pressing portion that presses the electric wire disposed on the base portion toward the base portion when the cover members are in the position in which the cover members cover the base portion.

Connector

A joint connectoris provided with connecting memberseach including a plurality of terminalsand a conductive member, and a plurality of housings. The plurality of housings are stacked along a stacking direction. At least one housing constituting the plurality of housings includes a placing portion, on which the connecting memberis placed, and a lid portion for at least partially covering the connecting memberplaced on the placing portion to hold the connecting memberin the housing. A first housingand a second housingare stacked on each other. A first lid portion relating to the first housingand a second lid portion relating to the second housingare provided with a stacked state holding portion.

Joint connector

A terminalto be connected to a front end part of a wirein an extending direction is provided with a terminal bodyincluding a wire connecting portionto be connected to the wire, and a shell to be externally fit to the wire connecting portion. The wire connecting portionincludes a sandwiching portionA,B extending in the extending direction of the wireand configured to sandwich the wire. The shell includes a resilient pressurizing portion for resiliently pressurizing the sandwiching portionA,B toward the wire

Terminal and wire with terminal

A joint connector for connecting a plurality of wires includes a plurality of terminals to be respectively connected to front end parts in an extending direction of the plurality of wires, a busbar to be connected to the plurality of terminals, and a housing for accommodating the plurality of terminals and the busbar inside. The busbar includes a plurality of tabs and a coupling portion coupling the plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of terminals includes a tube portion, each of the plurality of tabs being insertable into the tube portion, a sandwiching portion extending along the extending direction and configured to sandwich the wire, and a sliding portion disposed outside the sandwiching portion and movable along the extending direction. The sliding portion includes a pressurizing portion configured to pressurize the sandwiching portion toward the wire with the wire sandwiched by the sandwiching portion.

It is aimed to reduce connection resistance between a female housing and a male housing without causing the settling of a resilient contact piece of a female terminal fitting. A female connector (F) includes a female housing () configured to accommodate female terminal fittings () and to be connected to a male housing (), and a movable portion () displaceable between a terminal deforming position where resilient contact pieces () are resiliently deformed away from male terminal fittings () and a releasing position where the movable portion is disengaged from the resilient contact pieces (). As the connection of the female housing () and the male housing () proceeds, a retainer-side slide-contact portion () slides in contact with male-side slide-contact portions () and the movable portion () is displaced from the releasing position to the terminal deforming position.

Connector having a movable member

A joint connector includes the plurality of wires extending in an extending direction, a plurality of terminals to be respectively connected to front end parts of the plurality of wires in the extending direction, a lower housing for accommodating the plurality of terminals, a busbar to be disposed in the lower housing, and an upper cover to be assembled with the lower housing. The busbar includes a plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of terminals includes a tube portion, into which each of the plurality of tabs is inserted, and a wire connecting portion to be connected to each of the plurality of wires. The plurality of wires drawn out rearward in the extending direction from the lower housing include bent portions folded forward in the extending direction. The upper cover includes wire pressing portions for holding the plurality of wires folded forward in the extending direction.

A joint connector for connecting a plurality of wires includes a lower housing, an upper cover assembled with the lower housing, a plurality of terminals respectively connected to front end parts in an extending direction of the plurality of wires, and a busbar connected to the plurality of terminals. The busbar disposed in the lower housing includes a plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of terminals disposed in the lower housing includes a tube portion, each of the plurality of tabs being inserted into the tube portion, sandwiching portions extending along the extending direction and configured to sandwich one of the plurality of wires, and a sliding portion disposed outside the sandwiching portions, movable along the extending direction and including pressurizing portions configured to pressurize the sandwiching portions toward the wire with the one of the plurality of wires sandwiched by the sandwiching portions.

It is aimed to reduce cost. A female connector (F) includes a female housing () to be connected to a male housing (), a lock functioning portion () provided on the female housing () and configured to lock the female housing () and the male housing () in a connected state by being locked to the male housing (), and a releasing member () attachable to and detachable to the female housing (), the releasing member being a component separate from the female housing (). The releasing member () can displace the lock functioning portion () to disengage the lock functioning portion () from the male housing () while being mounted on the female housing ().

It is aimed to provide a connector capable of suppressing the generation of an excessive stress in a connecting part of a flat cable and a terminal. A connector is provided with a flat cable () including a hole () serving as a receiving portion, a housing () including an installation surface () on which the flat cable () is arranged and a protrusion () projecting from the installation surface () and to be inserted into the hole (), and a terminal () to be connected to a conductor () of the flat cable () and locked to the housing (). The flat cable () includes an extra length portion () providing an extra length as compared to flat arrangement on the installation surface () in a part surrounding the protrusion () or a part arranged between the terminal () and the protrusion () in an assembled state.

A joint connectorto be connected to wiresincludes a lower housingand an upper cover. The lower housingaccommodates terminalsto be respectively connected to front end parts in an extending direction of the wires. The upper coveris assembled to close an upper surface of the lower housing. The lower housingor the upper coverincludes a lower guide portionor an upper guide portionfor bending the wiresby contacting the wireswith the lower housingand the upper coverassembled.

It is aimed to reduce a load to fixing portions of a flat cable and terminal fittings. A connector (A) includes a flat cable formed such that a plurality of conductors are arranged in parallel on a flexible insulating sheet, a plurality of terminal fittings held in a housing and individually fixed to front end parts of the plurality of conductors, and a reinforcing plate laminated on and integrated with a region of the insulating sheet including fixing portions of the conductors and the terminal fittings. The reinforcing plate is provided with hooking portions. The housing is formed with stoppers for restricting a rearward displacement of the flat cable with respect to the housing by being brought into contact with the hooking portions. A low-rigidity portion is formed in a region of the reinforcing plate rearward of the fixing portions and forward of the hooking portions.

A female terminalincludes a terminal bodyand a slider. The terminal bodyincludes an upper connecting pieceA and a lower connecting pieceB connected to a core wireof an electric wire. The slideris movable in a front-rear direction relative to the terminal body. The sliderincludes an upper abutting portionA and a lower abutting portionB. The upper connecting pieceA includes an upper protrusionA that abuts against the upper abutting portionA. The lower connecting pieceB includes a lower protrusionB that abuts against the lower abutting portionB.

Terminal

A connector includes a terminal that is to be contacted with a conductive member of a wire, a housing in which the terminal is arranged, and a holding member that is fit in the housing and in contact with the terminal to hold a position of the terminal. At least one of the terminal and the housing includes a pressing portion that presses the conductive member in a direction such that the conductive member comes in contact with the terminal.

A connector includes terminals () connected to terminal ends of electrical wires (); a housing () including a terminal housing chamber () in which the terminals () are housed and an electrical wire lead-out portion () from which the electrical wires () are led out. A first cover (A) covers the electrical wires () led out from the electrical wire lead-out portion (), and a second cover (B) causes the electrical wires () to be inserted between the second coverB itself and the first cover (A) in a state of being assembled to the first cover (A). At least one of the first and second covers (A,B) includes electrical wire pressing portions (A,B) that press the electrical wires () led out from the electrical wire lead-out portion () when the first and second covers (A,B) are assembled together.

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