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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2016
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Washio, Mie, JP;
Yasuo Omori, Mie, JP;
Abstract
A joint connector includes shorting members () and a shorting member accommodating portion () for holding the shorting members (). The shorting member holding portion () includes clamping portions (and) capable of clamping the shorting members () from both sides in a clamping direction and a clamping/fixing portion for constraining these clamping portions (and) to each other to fix the clamping portions at clamping positions where the clamping portions clamp the shorting members (). At least some of the clamping portions are constraining clamping portions including shorting member constraining portions for constraining the shorting members () to restrict relative displacements of the shorting members () in a terminal projecting direction at the clamping positions.