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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2020
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Kobayashi, Mie, JP;
Hajime Kawase, Mie, JP;
Masaaki Tabata, Mie, JP;
Teruo Hara, Mie, JP;
Hajime Matsui, Mie, JP;
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie, JP;
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A joint connector for connecting a plurality of wires includes a plurality of terminals to be respectively connected to front end parts in an extending direction of the plurality of wires, a busbar to be connected to the plurality of terminals, and a housing for accommodating the plurality of terminals and the busbar inside. The busbar includes a plurality of tabs and a coupling portion coupling the plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of terminals includes a tube portion, each of the plurality of tabs being insertable into the tube portion, a sandwiching portion extending along the extending direction and configured to sandwich the wire, and a sliding portion disposed outside the sandwiching portion and movable along the extending direction. The sliding portion includes a pressurizing portion configured to pressurize the sandwiching portion toward the wire with the wire sandwiched by the sandwiching portion.