Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Autonetworks Technologies, Limited

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Yasuto Takeda

Kosuke Sone

Hiroki Hirai

Tetsuji Tanaka

Keishi Kitamura

Hiroyoshi Maesoba

Yoshihiro Mizutani

Teruo Kato

Kazuhisa Nimura

Takahiro Maruyama

Yoshitaka Ikeda

Tsutomu Hashimoto

Tomoyuki Kondo

Toshikazu Saba

Makoto Higashikozono

Hisashi Sawada

Takuji Otsuka

Kazuyoshi Ohara

Naomichi Kawashima

Kaho Hayashi

Takehiro Matsunaga

Yosuke Shiratsuka

Koji Ebisu

Keisuke Kondo

It is an object to provide a technique with which the length of a portion of a terminal-equipped electric wire disposed in a cavity of a connector housing can be shortened. A terminal-equipped electric wire including: a coated electric wire including a conductor core wire and an insulation coating that covers the conductor core wire; a joint terminal connected to the conductor core wire; a connector terminal to be connected to a partner terminal; a single-core relay conductor in which one end thereof is connected to the joint terminal and another end thereof is connected to the connector terminal; and a sealing member that covers an intermediate portion of the relay conductor. A wire barrel of the joint terminal is crimped to the conductor core wire and the relay conductor at the same position in a longitudinal direction of the joint terminal.

Terminal-equipped electric wire and connector-equipped electric wire

It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a technique for facilitating the insertion of a sealing member-equipped electric wire into a connector housing. The connector housing includes: a housing main body that is provided with a cavity. The cavity includes a first portion that includes one opening portion of the cavity, a second portion that includes the other opening portion of the cavity, and a third portion that is located between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion has a polygonal horizontal cross section, and the third portion has a circular horizontal cross section that is smaller than the horizontal cross section of the first portion.

Connector housing and connector-equipped electric wire

A terminal-equipped wire () includes a connector terminal (), a wire (), a relay conductor () and a sealing member (). The connector terminal () is arranged in an insertion hole () provided in a connector case (). The wire () is formed by bundling a plurality of conductors (). The relay conductor () is composed of one conductor and electrically connects the connector terminal () and the wire (). The sealing member () is mounted on the outer periphery of the relay conductor () and arranged in the insertion hole () to close a clearance (S) between the inner periphery of the sealing member () and the outer periphery of the relay conductor () and a clearance (S) between the outer periphery of the sealing member () and the inner periphery of the insertion hole ().

Multi-part wire terminal with sealing member

A connector holding structure is provided with a plurality of connectors to be connected to a plurality of mating connectors arranged in an arrangement direction, a plurality of wires drawn out from the plurality of connectors, and a connector holding member including a plurality of connector mounting portions for respectively holding the plurality of connectors, the connector holding member collectively holding the plurality of connectors. The connector holding member includes a deflectable and deformable flexible portion between adjacent ones of the plurality of connector mounting portions.

Connector holding structure

A control circuit device for vehicle automatic transmission includes a control circuit unit having a body with a built-in control circuit for vehicle automatic transmission and tab-like terminals extending from the body while being lined in an arrangement direction. A cover covers the control circuit unit from one side in an intersection direction intersecting the arrangement direction. An insulating protection tube collectively surrounds the terminals and has partition walls to be disposed between adjacent terminals. The cover and the protection tube include locks configured to lock the cover and the protection tube to each other and positioning structures configured to position the control circuit unit. The control circuit unit is held positioned with respect to the cover and the protection tube with the cover and the protection tube locked by the locks.

Control circuit device for automatic transmission

A wire with terminal () includes a single-core wire (), a connector terminal () and a seal (). The wire () includes one conductor () and an insulation coating layer () covering the conductor (). The wire () is formed with a conductor portion () that is part of the conductor () projecting from an end of the insulation coating layer (). The connector terminal () is connected to the conductor portion () and arranged in an insertion hole () in a case (). The seal () is mounted on an outer periphery of the conductor portion () and in the insertion hole () and closes a clearance (S) between the inner periphery of the seal () and the outer periphery of the conductor portion () and a clearance (S) between the outer periphery of the sealing member () and the inner periphery of the insertion hole ().

Wire with terminal

Provided is a connector () whereof a cover () is prevented from falling off a housing (). The connector () is provided with: the housing (), which is capable of fitting to a counterpart housing () and arranged in proximity or in contact with a peripheral member such as a solenoid () when fitting to the counterpart housing (); and the cover (), which is independent from the housing () and attached to the housing () so as to cover an electric wire () drawn out from a wire outdrawing surface of this housing (). When the housing () fits to the counterpart housing (), the cover () is faced by the peripheral member in a separating direction from the housing () so that the cover () is arranged to be interposed between the housing () and the peripheral member such as the solenoid ().

Fitting structure for connector

A plurality of connector () is configured to be maintained in a state of being aligned in an aligned direction. The connectors () each include a housing () that may be angularly displaced about an axis parallel to a fitting direction with a counterpart housing (). A plurality of the housings () are aligned in a direction intersecting the fitting direction and an angular displacement direction, and each has a through portion () through which electrical wires () for aligning the housings () in the aligned direction penetrates. A relieving portion () having a shape retracting in a direction for avoiding interference with the electrical wires () when the housings () are angularly displaced is provided on an inner face of each through portion ().

Connector

A fitting work for a connector () and a counterpart connector () can be performed smoothly. The connector () includes a housing body () from which an electrical wire () connected to a terminal metal fitting () extends out from a rear face thereof; and a guide () arranged at a rear side of the housing body () and configured by having the electrical wire () arranged within a through portion () passing through in a direction intersecting a front-rear direction, the electrical wire () extending out in both directions through both end openings of the through portion (). The electrical wire () extending out in both directions is configured of the electrical wire () configuring a main line () of a wire harness.

Connector and wire harness

A connector () is avoided from becoming large sized by avoiding a guiding used upon fitting from becoming large. A counterpart housing () includes a cylindrical hood (). A housing () includes a housing body () that can be fitted in the hood (). The counterpart housing () is allowed to be angularly displaced about an axis parallel to a fitting direction of the housings (). One side of an opening edge of the hood () is configured as a counterpart arc portion () that curves in an arc shape along an angular displacement direction. One side of a front face of the housing body () in the fitting direction is configured as an arc portion () that curves in an arc shape along the angular displacement direction, and is configured capable of entering into the hood () by being guided by the counterpart arc portion ().

The present invention makes it possible to prevent the erroneous fitting of a connector () and to smoothly perform a fitting operation. A plurality of connectors () are aligned in a direction intersecting a front-rear direction. The front face of a housing () is oriented in the direction facing a counterpart housing () at fitting each connector (). The housing () is provided with a through portion () passing through the housing () in the direction intersecting the front-rear direction. A plurality of electrical wires () extended out from each connector () are densely arranged in the through portion () so that the free movement of the electrical wires is restricted.

Wire harness and connector

An incorrect fitting of a connector () is prevented, and a fitting work is enabled to be performed smoothly. A plurality of connectors (), each having a housing () capable of fitting with its counterpart housing (), is arranged in a line. Upon fitting of the housings (), a front face of each housing () is arranged so as to face a direction facing its counterpart housing (), and an aligning direction of the connectors () is set to be a direction intersecting a front-rear direction. Through portions (E) are provided in the housings (), and upon fitting of the housings (), each connector () is arranged at a position capable of facing its counterpart connector () by an aligning member () that is passed through the respective through portions (E).

A binding structure for a band for a wire harness prevents displacement of a band fastening position. A band () has a belt-shaped band section () by which electrical wires () are bound. The band section () includes a winding portion () wound around an outer periphery of the electrical wires () bundled together in a manner that the winding portion () is shifted away from a binding start point in a forward direction along a lengthwise direction of the electrical wires, and a winding portion () intersecting with the winding portion () in the forward direction and wound around the outer periphery in a manner that the winding portion () is shifted toward the binding start point in a return direction opposite to the forward direction.

Binding structure for band for wire harness

Provided are a wire harness and a connector () allowing a routing path for an electrical wire () to be set without increasing the number of components and without requiring a complicated operation. A plurality of connectors () are aligned in a direction intersecting a front-rear direction. Each connector () is provided with a housing () capable of being fitted into a counterpart housing (). The front face of the housing () is oriented in the direction facing the counterpart housing () at fitting both the housings (). The housing () is provided with a plurality of through portions (A,B) passing through the housing () in the direction intersecting the front-rear direction. Each of the plurality of through portions (A,B) has a space capable of routing an electrical wire () extended out from each connector ().

It is aimed to enable a connecting operation to smoothly proceed by preventing erroneous connection of a connector (). A connector structure includes a housing () in which a terminal fitting () is to be accommodated, a wire () to be connected to the terminal fitting () and pulled out from a wire pull-out surface () of the housing (), and an extra-length adjusting portion () provided continuously to the housing () and configured to hold the wire () pulled out from the wire pull-out surface () in a state loosened into a substantially U shape or wounded one or more turns and variably adjust the amount of loosening or winding of the wire.

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Yokkaichi, Japan

Yasuto Takeda