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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Hidetaka Ito, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connection structure for power supply to a vehicle door comprising a door side connector,and a body side connector,, either one of the door side connector and the body side connector being provided with female terminals,and the other connector being provided with male terminals,, each of the female terminals including contact members,having a pair of contact portions,which are biased in a closing direction by means of a spring member,and adapted to be opened and closed in a horizontal direction, and each of the male terminal,being inserted between a pair of the contact portions. A pair of the contact portions are provided with shutters,respectively at their forward ends, and the shutters are closed when the contact portions are closed thereby to close an opening,formed in the connector,for receiving the male terminal. The connector,may be provided with openings for draining water and removing dusts. The female terminal,is rotatably supported about a support shaft,. A pair of hinge portions,of the female terminal through which a support shaft,passes are pressed by a spring tension against an electrode,in the connector, and the electrode is connected to either of a door side circuit and a body side circuit. The male terminal,may be biased by a spring in a projecting direction with a larger force than a force of inserting it into the female terminal.