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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kunihiko Arai, Owariasahi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A terminal structure for use in power feeding includes a first terminal that includes a base portion and a tip portion, that has a shape extending from the base portion to the tip portion along an axis of the first terminal, and that is insertable into and removable from a second terminal, which is tubular. At a predetermined temperature, the first terminal has a first form in which an outer dimension of the tip portion is smaller than that of the base portion when viewed in a direction of a central axis of the first terminal. When a temperature of the first terminal exceeds the predetermined temperature, the first terminal deforms into a second form in which an outer dimension of the tip portion is larger than that of the tip portion of the first form when viewed in a direction of the central axis of the first terminal.