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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.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1999
Mitsuharu Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A joint connector includes a connector housing (11), which has a plurality of wire receiving chambers (12), and a plurality of openings (13) formed respectively in those portions of the connector housing opposed respectively to those portions of wires (20) (which are received respectively in the wire receiving chambers (12)) to be joined together, a cover (15) mounted through hinges (14a) on the connector housing (11) so as to open and close the openings (13), and a plurality of press-connecting joint terminals (19) which are provided on that portion of the cover (15) which can be opposed to the joint portions of the wires (20), and join a predetermined number of wires (20) together when the openings (13) are closed by the cover (15). The cover (15) comprises a first cover (16), and a second cover (17), and the plurality of press-connecting joint terminals (19), interconnected by a severable, electrically-conductive connecting portion (19), are integrally molded in the second cover (17).
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