Abstract: A female terminal (12) to be connected to an end of a wire (11) is provided with a wire connecting portion (19) including a base (22) and first and second pinching portions (14, 15) extending along an extending direction from the base (22) and configured to pinch the wire (11), and a sliding portion (18) movable along the extending direction and including first pressing portions (16A, 16B) and second pressing portions (17A, 17B) for pressing the first and second pinching portions (14, 15) toward the wire (11) by coming into contact with the first and second pinching portions (14, 15). The first pressing portions (16A, 16B) and the second pressing portions (17A, 17B) project toward the first and second pinching portions (14, 15) and are side by side at an interval in a direction intersecting the extending direction.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a plate-like conductive member connection structure and a plate-like conductive path capable of reducing the number of connecting components. A plurality of plate-like conductive members (11) having conductivity and insulating members (13) configured to cover the plate-like conductive members (11) are provided, and the plurality of plate-like conductive members (11) are connected to each other by terminal portions (12) respectively provided on the plate-like conductive members (11). According to this configuration, since the plate-like conductive members (11) can be connected without using a connecting component such as a wire, the number of connecting components can be reduced.

Abstract: A connector includes a terminal that is to be contacted with a conductive member of a wire, a housing in which the terminal is arranged, and a holding member that is fit in the housing and in contact with the terminal to hold a position of the terminal. At least one of the terminal and the housing includes a pressing portion that presses the conductive member in a direction such that the conductive member comes in contact with the terminal.

Abstract: It is aimed to realize miniaturization. A connector includes a terminal unit (50) having a terminal holding member (51) and configured to be displaced between a partial locking position and a full locking position integrally with a retainer (30), a terminal fitting (58) mounted in the terminal holding member (51) such that a draw-out direction of a wire (61) is a direction intersecting a displacing direction of the retainer (30), a stopper (25) formed in the housing (10) and facing in a direction opposite to the draw-out direction of the wire (61), and a butting portion (54) formed on the terminal holding member (51), the butting portion being not locked to the stopper (25) with the retainer (30) held at the partial locking position and being lockable to the stopper (25) by a displacement of the retainer (30) to the full locking position.

Abstract: A terminal disclosed herein is a female terminal that is contained in a housing and includes: a connection tubular part provided to be connectable to a counterpart terminal and including a bottom plate; a carrier cut part provided at an edge of the bottom plate; and a projection projecting from the carrier cut part. The carrier cut part is provided at an upper edge part opposite to a lower side corresponding to the housing side along the plate thickness of the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a bottom surface on the housing side and an upper surface opposite to the bottom surface. The projection is provided to the upper surface side of the bottom plate compared to the bottom surface thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a connector including: at least one plate-like housing body; a plurality of groove-like terminal housing chambers each opened in an upper surface of the housing body and parallelly arranged; a plurality of connection terminals provided at ends of a plurality of electrical wirings and housed and disposed in the terminal housing chambers, respectively; an electrical wiring support part supporting the plurality of electrical wirings extending from a back end side opening part of the terminal housing chambers; a sheet-like reinforced member which is placed on an upper surface of the electrical wiring support part and the plurality of electrical wirings are fixed to in a state of parallelly arranged; and a cover part overlapping with the upper surface of the housing body to cover the terminal housing chambers and sandwiching the sheet-like reinforced member between the cover part and the electrical wiring support part.

Abstract: A wiring harness includes wires (10), terminal fittings (20) connected respectively to end parts of the wires (10), and a sheet (30) to which the wires (10) and at least a part of the terminal fittings (20) along which the wires (10) are disposed are sewn by a sewing thread (T). Accordingly, the wires (10) cannot be pulled singly. Further, if the wires (10) are pulled together with the sheet (30), a pulling force is dispersed to the wire (10) and the sheet (30) so that the pulling force on the wire (10) is reduced. In addition, since at least a wire arranging portion (23) of the terminal fitting (20) along which the wire (10) is disposed is sewn to the sheet (30) by the sewing thread (T), detachment of the wire (10) from the terminal fitting (20) is prevented.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a complex electrical connection device capable of efficiently shorting and connecting wires to each other by a compact structure. The complex electrical connection device includes first and second connectors (C1, C2). The first connector (C1) includes first shorting female terminals (TS1), mutual connection female terminals (TM1) and a first connector housing (H1). The second connector (C2) includes second shorting female terminals (TS2), mutual connection male terminals (TM2), a shorting female terminal (SA) having first and second male terminal portions (31A, 32A) capable of respectively connecting the first and second shorting female terminals (TS1, TS2), and a second connector housing (H2) for holding this shorting member.

Abstract: A method to manufacture an electrical connection assembly includes: preparing a wiring material (10) that has conductors and an insulation coating, and preparing a connector (CN) including terminals (20) each having an outward projecting portion (24) with a conductor connection surface (27a) and an insulating housing (30). The method proceeds by setting solder on the conductor connection surfaces (27a) and then removing the insulation coating covering parts to be connected from surfaces of the conductors by melting or dissolving the insulation coating. The method also electrically connects the conductors of the parts to be connected to the conductor connection surfaces (27a) by the solder by heating the parts of the respective conductors to be connected together with the solder while holding a state where the conductors of the wiring material (10) are arrayed at intervals from each other in an array direction.

Abstract: A conductive member includes a conductive portion (13) in which conductive plates (12) are arranged at intervals in a plate thickness direction. An insulating portion (14) covers the conductive portion (13) and insulates between the plates (12). Each of the plates (12) has a penetrating connection hole (15) enabling electrical connection of each plate (12) to the outside. The connection holes (15) are disposed at positions displaced in a plate surface direction in the plates (12) and are exposed to the outside via open holes (17, 18) provided in the plates (12) and the insulating portion (14).

Abstract: A connector of an electrical connection assembly includes terminals (20) corresponding respectively to wires (10) arranged in a wire arrangement direction, an insulating housing and connecting members (70) applied to the terminals (20). Each terminal (20) has a wire connection surface (27a). The connecting member (70) is made of solder and is fixed to the wire connection surface (27a) to electrically connect a conductor (12) of the wire (10) and the wire connection surface (27a). A surface of the connecting member (70) has a convex-concave shape including restricting portions (73, 74) for restricting displacement of the wire (10) with respect to the wire connection surface (27a) in the wire arrangement direction, thereby ensuring high connection reliability by stabilizing relative positions of the wires and terminals in the connector.

Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing an electrical connection assembly includes preparing a connector (CN) in which each terminal (20) has a conductor connection surface (27a) exposed from an insulating housing (30), bringing parts of conductors and the conductor connection surfaces (27a) corresponding thereto into contact and connecting both while tension is applied to a wiring material (10). The method further includes fixing the wiring material (10) to the insulating housing (30) by bringing the wiring material (10) and the insulating housing (30) into contact with each other at the fixing positions separated in the longitudinal direction of the wiring material (10) from the parts to be connected and solidifying the fixing portions (34) of the insulating housing (30) after melting the fixing portions at the fixing positions.

Abstract: It is aimed to realize miniaturization. A connector includes a terminal unit (50) having a terminal holding member (51) and configured to be displaced between a partial locking position and a full locking position integrally with a retainer (30), a terminal fitting (58) mounted in the terminal holding member (51) such that a draw-out direction of a wire (61) is a direction intersecting a displacing direction of the retainer (30), a stopper (25) formed in the housing (10) and facing in a direction opposite to the draw-out direction of the wire (61), and a butting portion (54) formed on the terminal holding member (51), the butting portion being not locked to the stopper (25) with the retainer (30) held at the partial locking position and being lockable to the stopper (25) by a displacement of the retainer (30) to the full locking position.

Abstract: The present invention aims to miniaturize a housing. Disclosed is a connector including a female housing (10) having a terminal accommodating chamber (11) formed therein, a first terminal fitting (24) inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber (11), an elastically displaceable lock arm (12) formed in the female housing (10), an accommodating recess (14) formed in the female housing (10) and communicating with a deflection space (13) of the lock arm (12), a terminal holding member (41) mounted in the accommodating recess (14), and a pair of second terminal fittings (58) connected to a twisted pair wire (59) and attached to the terminal holding member (41).

Abstract: A complex electrical connection device includes first and second connectors (C1, C2). The first connector (C1) includes first shorting female terminals (TS1), mutual connection female terminals (TM1) and a first connector housing (H1). The second connector (C2) includes second shorting female terminals (TS2), mutual connection male terminals (TM2), a shorting female terminal (SA) having first and second male terminal portions (31A, 32A) capable of respectively connecting the first and second shorting female terminals (TS1, TS2), and a second connector housing (H2) for holding this shorting member. The second connector housing (H2) holds the mutual connection male terminals (TM2) at positions where the mutual connection terminals (TM1, TM2) are connectable to each other and holds the second shorting female terminals (TS2) at positions where the second shorting female terminals (TS2) are connected to the second male terminal portions (32A).

Abstract: A connector (1) includes a dielectric (10) having conductor accommodation chambers (17) laterally partitioned by a separation wall (15), inner conductors (36) individually accommodated in the conductor accommodation chambers (17), a body (11) made of synthetic resin, constituting the dielectric (10) and formed with the separation wall (15) and the conductor accommodation chambers (17), and a front wall (28) made of synthetic resin, constituting the dielectric (10) and mounted on a front part of the body (11) to close front end openings of the conductor accommodation chambers (17). The separation wall (15) is made of a material having a lower dielectric constant than the front wall (28), and the front wall (28) is made of a material having a higher mechanical strength than the separation wall (15).

Abstract: A connector terminal that is to be attached to a connector housing includes: a terminal main body unit including a wire connection section that is to be electrically connected to a core wire of a wire; and a cover unit configured to be attached to the wire connection section, and to cover the wire connection section. The wire connection section includes a locking portion configured to lock the cover unit. The cover unit includes an engagement portion configured to be engaged with the locking portion so as to lock the cover unit to the wire connection section, and a pressing portion configured to, in a state in which the engagement portion is engaged with the locking portion, sandwich and press the core wire of the wire between the pressing portion and the wire connection section.

Abstract: It is aimed to enable conductive paths in a narrow and bent space. A connector (A) includes a terminal fitting (37F, 37S, 37T) having a terminal base portion (38) and three tabs (39F, 39D, 39R) extending from the terminal base portion (38) in mutually different directions, and a housing (10) having a body portion (11) for accommodating the terminal base portion (38) and three receptacles (12F, 12D, 12R) for individually surrounding the three tabs (39F, 39D, 39R). If end parts of three conductive paths (61F, 61D, 61R) are connected to the three tabs (39F, 39D, 39R), a main line (52M) is constituted by two tabs (39F, 39R) and two conductive paths (61F, 61R) and a branch line (52S) is constituted by one tab (39D) and one conductive path (61D).

Abstract: It is aimed to simplify the shape of a short-circuit means. A joint connector (A) includes a housing (10), a plurality of terminal fittings (35F, 35S, 35T) provided in the housing (10) and each formed such that a plurality of tabs (37F, 37D, 7R) are coupled by a terminal base portion (36), and a short-circuit module (40) provided in the housing (10) and formed by arranging a plurality of short-circuit plates (42) side by side in a length direction of the tabs (37F, 37D, 37R). The short-circuit plate (42) is formed with a plurality of conduction holes (45) for allowing the tabs (37F, 37D, 37R) to pass therethrough in a contact state and non-contact holes (44) for allowing the tabs (37F, 37D, 37R) to pass therethrough in a non-contact state, and an arrangement of the plurality of conduction holes (45) differs among the plurality of short-circuit plates (42).

Abstract: A male internal conductor and a female internal conductor are reliably connected. When female-side and male-side dielectric bodies (16, 41) approach each other in an opposing positional relationship, a tab (32) of a male internal conductor (30) is inserted into a female-side dielectric body (41) and connected to a female internal conductor (42). The female-side dielectric body (41) has an opposing surface (41S) facing the male-side dielectric body (16) and formed with a female-side positioning portion (47). The male-side dielectric body (16) has an opposing surface (22S) facing the female-side dielectric body (41) and formed with a male-side positioning portion (25) which is disposed ahead of the tab (32) and which can be fitted with the female-side positioning portion (47) in a state where the tab (32) is not in contact with the female-side dielectric body (41).