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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10566706 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2015

Terminal connector and terminal connection method

Applicant:

Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Toshiaki Asada, Fujisawa, JP;

Yusuke Kikuchi, Fujisawa, JP;

Assignee:

NSK LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Bernard Rojas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/10 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); H02K 5/22 (2006.01); H02K 15/00 (2006.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); H01R 4/02 (2006.01); H01R 9/24 (2006.01); H01R 12/55 (2011.01); H01R 43/04 (2006.01); H02K 11/30 (2016.01); H02K 11/22 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/10 (2013.01); B62D 5/0406 (2013.01); H01R 4/029 (2013.01); H01R 9/24 (2013.01); H01R 12/55 (2013.01); H01R 43/04 (2013.01); H02K 5/225 (2013.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); H02K 15/0062 (2013.01); H01R 2201/10 (2013.01); H02K 11/022 (2013.01); H02K 11/30 (2016.01); H02K 15/0056 (2013.01); H02K 2211/03 (2013.01);
Abstract

[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide the terminal connector and the terminal connection method that are capable of properly keeping the contact area and the contact surface pressure of the electrical contact portion for a long term even if the respective terminals of the motor and the control unit are configured at a simple shape, and to provide the optimum terminal connector and terminal connection method to use for the electric power steering apparatus, the electric actuator and so on. [Means for solving the problem] A terminal connector which connects between a motor-side terminal of a motor and a unit-side terminal of a control unit for the motor, wherein the terminal connector has an electrical contact due to a formation of a junction site between the motor-side terminal and the unit-side terminal by abutting the motor-side terminal and the unit-side terminal and applying a plastic deformation with a machine work to an abutted portion.

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