Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Shinji Naka

Tadayuki Fujimoto

Keigo Okada

Masaaki Tanigawa

A connector device having a multiple of connector connection terminals of differing connector frontage forms is such that when there is a change in a disposition of a connector frontage, or when using a different connector connection terminal, there is a need to newly prepare a molding die for the whole device. Because of this, the invention includes a first step of fabricating an integrally molded article including a connector connection terminal, forming a connector housing by integrating a multiple of integrally molded articles fabricated in the first step, and forming a connector frontage corresponding to each integrally molded article.

Connector device manufacturing method

An external connection connector includes: an insulating resin molded body in which are formed integrally: a second flange portion that is fixed to a first axial end surface of a first bulging portion of a unit housing; an extended portion that extends from the second flange portion alongside an outer circumferential surface of the actuator housing toward the first axial end; a first flange portion that extends radially inward from a first axial end of the extended portion; and a connector portion that is formed on the first flange portion; and a plurality of electrical conductors that are insert-molded into the insulating resin molded body such that first ends thereof protrude inside the connector portion and second ends thereof protrude into a connection window that is formed on a second bulging portion of a heatsink, the electrical conductors being connected to control portion connecting terminals inside the connection window.

Automotive controlling apparatus

A control device () includes: a housing (); a control section including control-section connection terminals () and an electronic component (); a heat sink (); an external-connection connector () which includes connector connection terminals () to be electrically connected to the control-section connection terminals (); and a cover (). The connector connection terminals () and the control-section connection terminals () pass through a housing hole portion () covered with the cover () to be electrically connected to each other at respective distal end portions. Accordingly, in the control device having a different mounting direction of the external-connection connector or including a different type of the external-connection connector, the same housing, heat sink, and control section can be used so that manufacturing cost of the control device can be significantly reduced.

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Tokyo, Japan

Shinji Naka