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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Jun Umetsu, Hitachi, JP;
Sachio Suzuki, Hitachi, JP;
Katsuya Akimoto, Hitachi, JP;
Naoki Futakuchi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Shinya Hayashi, Hitachi, JP;
Takahiro Futatsumori, Mito, JP;
HITACHI METALS, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connector for being attached to a power-supply unit including a switching element and for mating with a mating connector of a wire harness, the connector including a connecting terminal including an end portion connected to an output terminal in a casing of the power-supply unit, a housing fixed to the casing and enclosing at least a portion of the connecting terminal, a current sensor enclosed in the housing so as to detect a magnetic field generated by an electric current flowing through the connecting terminal, and a signal line for transmitting an output signal of the current sensor.