Hinged Or Flexed Detent On Insulation Engaging To Secure Contact Within Coupling Part Housing Patents (Class 439/595)
  • Patent number: 8747156
    Abstract: A terminal fitting (10) includes a tubular main portion (11) into which a mating male tab (91) is insertable. A resiliently deformable contact piece (22) which is to be resiliently held in contact with the male tab 91 is formed in the main portion (11), and a contact portion (32) which receives the male tab (91) is formed fixedly at a position facing the resilient contact piece (22). A ceiling wall (19) is at a position opposite to the resilient contact piece outward of the contact portion (32). A ceiling wall lance hole (27) penetrates through the ceiling wall (19) and can receive a locking lance (64) for retaining the terminal fitting (10) in a connector (60). A clearance (33) is formed between the ceiling wall (19) and the contact portion (32) for allowing the entry of the locking lance (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 8740645
    Abstract: A terminal fitting (T) includes a locking plate (19) extending from a first side plate (17) and a stabilizer (22) projecting from a second side plate (18). A cutout (35) is formed at the extending end edge of the locking plate (19) and engages the stabilizer (22) to restrict relative displacements of the locking plate (19) and the second side plate (18) to define a first linking portion (27) that links the base plate (16) and a first contact piece (23). A second linking portion (28) links the second side plate (18) and a second contact piece (24). A restricting portion (36) is formed on the locking plate (19) and restricts displacement of the second contact piece (24) away from the first plate-like contact piece (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Hirabayashi, Michiaki Okamoto, Yutaka Noro, Daisuke Hirasawa, Yoshihiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 8727816
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of metal terminals, a connector housing and a spacer. The connector housing respectively receives the metal terminals, has a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers which are aligned in parallel therein and are partitioned with a partition wall each other, and has a first outer wall which is formed with a first opening and a second outer wall which is formed with a second opening. The spacer is inserted into the plurality of terminal accommodating chambers through the first opening so as to hold the plurality of metal terminals so that the metal terminals are prevented from withdrawal from the connector housing, and has a superposing wall which extends toward the second outer wall. The superposing wall superposes on the partition wall and a distal end portion of the superposing wall is located within the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhide Takahashi, Toshifumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8708739
    Abstract: A connector (10M; 10M) is provided with a front wall (26F; 26M) arranged to face the front end of a housing (11F; 11M), a front retainer (25F; 25M) including detecting portions (27F; 27M) to be fit into deformation spaces (14F; 14M) in an assembled state, and restrictions (41F, 42F, 43F, 44F; 41M, 42M, 43M, 44M) for restricting relative displacements of the housing (11F; 11M) and the front retainer (25F, 25M) in a direction crossing an assembling direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takeda, Daiki Hatayama
  • Patent number: 8708759
    Abstract: A terminal fitting (10) includes a tubular main portion (11) into which a mating male tab (91) is insertable from the front. A resilient contact piece (22) which is to be resiliently held in contact with the male tab (91) is resiliently deformably formed in the main portion (11), and a contact portion (32) which receives the male tab (91) is fixedly formed at a position facing the resilient contact piece (22). The contact portion (32) includes a folded part formed by folding a backward extending part of an outer wall of the main portion (11) inwardly and forwardly. A curved R surface (41) is formed on the outer surface of the folded part of the contact portion (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 8702449
    Abstract: A connector assembly including at least an insert (1), the insert including: a front part (11) and a rear part (10) made from a hard insulating material, joined together, at least one longitudinal housing (12) crossing through the front part (11) and the rear part (10) of the insert, this longitudinal housing (12) being capable of accommodating a female electrical contact (6), characterized in that the insert (1) includes at least one soft insulating material (20, 21) at least partially surrounding the female electrical contact (6) and absorbing the vibration of the female electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Souriau
    Inventors: Christophe Provost, Samuel Joubert, Pascal Ribeau, Guillaume Seclet
  • Patent number: 8678865
    Abstract: Two partial locks (34) formed on opposite ends of a retainer (30) in a width direction are engaged with a housing (10) to prevent the retainer (30) at a partial locking position from being displaced in a direction opposite to a direction toward a full locking position. The retainer (30) also has a resilient restricting portion (43) between the partial locks (34) in the width direction to engage the housing (10) when the retainer (30) is at the partial locking position and to prevent the retainer (30) from being curved and deformed to bulge out in the direction opposite to the direction toward the full locking position by being.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takumi Hiraishi
  • Patent number: 8678866
    Abstract: A retainer (50) is mounted into a housing (20). The retainer (50) can be inserted into a deformation space (26) for the locking lance (25) when a terminal fitting (80) is inserted properly into a cavity (22) and thus restricts deformation of a locking lance (25) to lock the locking lance (25). On the other hand, the retainer (50) contacts the resiliently deformed locking lance (25) to prevent any further insertion of the retainer (50) when the terminal fitting (80) is in an insufficiently inserted state in the cavity (22). First and second contact portions (31, 32) are provided at different positions of the locking lance (25) with which the retainer (50) contacts the first contact portions (31) when the terminal fitting (80) is inserted insufficiently in the cavity (22). A jig (100) contacts the second contact portion (32) to release a locked state of the terminal fitting (80).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takumi Hiraishi
  • Publication number: 20140060924
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal including a connecting portion that is connected to a plate portion formed at an end of another terminal by a fitting, and an elastic member having a lower rigidity than the plate portion and the connecting portion. The connecting portion includes a bottom portion to be in contact with the plate portion and first and second side portions provided upright from both end sides of the bottom portion in a width direction orthogonal to the fitting direction so as to interpose a contact portion with the plate portion therebetween. When the terminal is fitted to the other terminal, the elastic member is interposed between the plate portion and the first and second side portions and elastically deforms and contacts with both side surfaces of the plate portion in the width direction and with the first and second side portions in the elastically deformed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 8662923
    Abstract: An electrical plug and socket connector assembly includes an electrical plug connector and an electrical socket connector each including an electrically insulative housing and conducting terminals inserted into respective insertion slots in the electrically insulative housing, the electrically insulative housing having springy hooks suspending in top and bottom sides in each insertion slot, each conducting terminal of each of the electrical plug connector and electrical socket connector defines two side panels spaced by a gap, multiple fins extended from top and bottom edges of the side panels and suspending in top and bottom sides of the gap and hooked in the insertion slots by the springy hooks, and two contact end portions respectively forwardly extended from respective opposite ends of the two side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Aces Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kun-Shen Wu
  • Patent number: 8662922
    Abstract: A power connector adapted for electrically connecting with a cable includes an insulative housing defining a number of passageways extending therethrough and a number of contacts received in corresponding passageways. A latching arm is formed in each passageway. Each contact has a base section, a contact section extending from the base section, a retention section extending oppositely from the base section, and a side section extending perpendicularly from edges of the base section. The base section of the contact defines a latching hole receiving the latching aim of the insulative housing to thereby secure the contact in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Alltop Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Wang-I Yu, Hung-Chi Tai, Zhi-Qiang Rong
  • Patent number: 8651880
    Abstract: An electrical power connector includes an electrically insulative housing defining multiple front mating portions, multiple rear partition plates, an accommodation chamber between each two adjacent partition plates corresponding to one respective mating portion, stepped stop portions in top and bottom sides in each mating portion and springy hooks suspending in top and bottom sides in each accommodation chamber, and pairs of conducting terminals mounted in the mounting chambers and having respective front mating end portions suspending in the mating portions with respective openings and positioning rods thereof the respectively kept in engagement with the springy hooks and stepped stop portions of the electrically insulative housing. The structural design enables the conducting terminals to have the advantages of low impedance, low power loss and high power transmission efficiency during application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Aces Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kun-Shen Wu, Hao-Jan Tuan
  • Patent number: 8651901
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed having a housing having at least one row of terminal receiving passageways. Each passageway includes a locking latch. An overstress protection rib is positioned below each latch. A channel extends through a front wall of the housing and adjacent to the at least one row of terminal receiving passageways, and on the opposite side of the latch. A terminal position assurance member (TPA) has a pre-locked position with the TPA positioned forward of the latch allowing the latch to resile into the channel, and a fully locked position where the TPA is positioned underneath the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hoy Smith Beck, Jr., John Raymond Shuey
  • Patent number: 8641458
    Abstract: To provide a connector in which a lance beak part will not be broken, even though a large load is applied by a front holder. A locking lance is provided, at its distal end, with a lance beak pad which is adapted to be caught by a lock releasing jig for releasing lock of the locking lance with respect to a terminal, and a locking projection which is continued from the lance beak part and erected from a terminal end of the lance beak part. When a projected part is inserted into e deflection space in a state where the locking lance is deflected, a lower face of the projected part overrides an upper face of the lance beak part, and a distal end of the projected part comes into contact with a vertical face of the locking projection which is erected from the lance beak part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Matsumura, Tomoyoshi Fukaya, Kenji Kajikawa
  • Patent number: 8631567
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rigid-flexible printed circuit board, including providing a base substrate in which coverlays are respectively formed on two sides of a flexible copper foil laminate on both sides of which inner circuit patterns are respectively formed; layering insulation layers and copper foil layers on portions of coverlays which are to be a rigid region of the flexible copper foil laminate; forming a via hole in the rigid region, and, simultaneously, forming first windows in the coverlays in a flexible region; forming outer circuit patterns including areas adjacent to the first windows; and applying solder resist in the rigid region to expose portions of the external circuit patterns, where the outer circuit patterns formed in the areas adjacent to the first windows include additional plating portions for covering portions of the coverlays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Je Lee, Il Woon Shin, Going Sik Kim, Doo Pyo Hong, Ha Il Kim, Dong Gi An
  • Patent number: 8628344
    Abstract: A connector assembly according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first connector housing and a sliding mechanism. The first connector housing includes a first power terminal cavity and a retaining member. The sliding mechanism slidably engages the first connector housing and includes a first locking member fixed to a first signal terminal cavity. The first locking member includes a first projection. The retaining member may be configured to engage the first projection when the first connector is disconnected from the second connector such that the first signal terminal cavity is maintained in an axially retracted position relative to the first power terminal cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan D. Cole
  • Patent number: 8622769
    Abstract: A female terminal has left and right stabilizers (30) extending from one surface of a rectangular tubular main portion (21). The stabilizers (30) are formed at predetermined distances in from opposite left and right lateral edges of the surface of the main portion (21) toward a widthwise center and assume oblique postures so that both extending ends gradually come closer to each other. The extending ends of the both stabilizers (30) are located within a circumscribed circle (X) of the main portion (21), C-surfaces (35A) are formed on corner portions of the outer lateral edges of extending end surfaces (31) of the both stabilizers (30) and R-surfaces (37A) are formed on lateral edges (36) of the C-surfaces (35A) on base end sides of the stabilizers (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Mizutani, Hiroko Kato, Shinji Hirano
  • Patent number: 8591256
    Abstract: A wire to board connector assembly includes mating first and second connectors. The board (second) connector is configured for surface mounting to a circuit board and contains a plurality of surface mount terminals with a pair of contact arms defining a mating slot therebetween. The other, mating (first) connector includes a plurality of box-style terminals that are supported and restrained in place within a first connector housing. Projections are dispose in the first connector housing and extend lengthwise along the direction of the terminals and provide support for the terminals. Locking members are formed as part of the first housing and reliably engage the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kotaro Kobayashi, Shigeru Akiyama
  • Patent number: 8585446
    Abstract: A connector housing includes at least one contact part chamber. At least one inside surface of the chamber contains a draft angle. The inside surface also contains at least one rib which has no inclination or a lesser inclination than that of the draft angle and extends in a longitudinal direction similar to that of the draft angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Petra Manske, Andreas Sikora, Klaus Mahr
  • Patent number: 8588858
    Abstract: A portable terminal with a pair of housings is provided, in which a guide rib is formed in a first housing for providing a reception groove, a first hinge member is engaged with the first housing for rotating upon a first hinge axis extended along a length direction of the first housing, a second hinge member is formed in a second housing and includes a hinge housing extended along a width direction of the second housing, and an additional device is accommodated in the hinge housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Hee Shim, Sang-Joon Park, Jong-Woo Kim, Seok-Gyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20130295794
    Abstract: A terminal locking structure for locking a terminal in a terminal accommodation chamber of a connector housing, the terminal locking structure comprises: a locking lance configured to lock the terminal to prevent the terminal from coming off from the terminal accommodation chamber, the locking lance being bendable in a direction intersecting the insertion direction of the terminal into the terminal accommodation chamber; and a flexible arm bendable in the direction intersecting the insertion direction of the terminal into the terminal accommodation chamber together with the locking lance, the flexible arm being formed extending from a front end of the locking lance to the insertion opening side provided for a corresponding terminal in the terminal accommodation chamber and being connected to an inner wall of the terminal accommodation chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Shin NEMOTO
  • Patent number: 8550845
    Abstract: A connector assembly according to the present disclosure includes a connector body, a lock reinforcement, and a secondary lock. The connector body has a plurality of terminal cavities and a plurality of lock projections configured to engage a plurality of terminals to retain the terminals in the terminal cavities. The lock reinforcement is slidable relative to the connector body for engagement with a subset of the lock projections to maintain the lock projections engaged with a first subset of the terminals. The secondary lock is slidable relative to the connector body for engagement with a second subset of the terminals to retain the terminals in the terminal cavities independent from the lock projections. The secondary lock is coupled to the lock reinforcement such that moving one of the lock reinforcement and the secondary lock moves the other one of the lock reinforcement and the secondary lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Paul Osterhart
  • Patent number: 8550860
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to TPA connectors. The TPA connectors of the present disclosure can have a connector body that can include a plurality of cavities for receiving terminals. The TPA connectors can also include a retainer for locking the terminals in their seated position and for locking to the connector body to prevent unwanted removal thereof. The connector body can include posts with stop surfaces which can prevent the retainer from moving from a pre-lock position to a fully locked position by engaging contact surfaces on the locking arms of the retainer. The locking arms can be cantilevered and have outwardly directed projections to engage the posts for locking the retainer to the connector body. The locking arms can be deflected inwardly with a squeezing or pinching motion to disengage the contact surfaces from the stop surfaces of the posts and permitting the retainer to move to the fully locked position by pushing retainer towards the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Bradley M. Dick, Christopher Dillon, Matt Bailey, Scott Marceau
  • Patent number: 8512075
    Abstract: A connector is provided that can easily insert a connecting terminal into a terminal accommodating hole of a housing and assuredly connect the connecting terminal to a connecting terminal of a mate side. Under a state that a connecting terminal 2 is held in a terminal accommodating hole 30 of a housing 3, when a slider 33 is slid to the terminal accommodating hole 30 side, a circumferential engaging part 35 abuts on an abutting surface 22a to rotate the connecting terminal 2 in the circumferential direction. Thus, the abutting surface 22a is held so as to be parallel to a slide direction of the slider 33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8506328
    Abstract: A connector has a female terminal (20) with stabilizers (30) that contact restricting surfaces (64) of an edge of a terminal accommodating hole (51) at a side opposite to a side where insertion paths (60) are provided, thereby preventing any further insertion of the female terminal (20) when a female terminal (20) is inserted in a posture vertically inverted from a proper posture. Posture displacing portions (65) are provided on the restricting surfaces (64) of the terminal accommodating hole (51) and engage the stabilizers (30) of the female terminal (20) inserted in the inverted posture to displace extending postures of the stabilizers (30) to increase engaging margins with the restricting surfaces (64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Mizutani, Hiroko Kato, Shinji Hirano, Takao Hata
  • Patent number: 8485848
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for manufacturing an electrical connector. A mold is presented having a pair of opposing dies that each define a mold pocket. The mold pockets of each die can be joined to form a mold cavity. Plastic can be injection molded into the mold cavity to form an electrical connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Thomas K. Burns, Dale A. Croasmun, Francisco Salas
  • Patent number: 8475207
    Abstract: A connector includes a contact, a housing having a cavity into which the contact may be inserted formed therein, the housing retaining the contact inserted into the cavity, and a retainer piece that may be inserted into the cavity in the direction opposite to an insertion direction. The housing includes a pressing piece that moves the contact inserted into the cavity in the moving direction substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction, an abut part that the contact abuts due to the movement by the pressing piece, and a locking member that locks the contact abutted to the abut part. The retainer piece is inserted into a back-side gap formed between the contact and an inner wall surface of the housing due to the movement by the pressing piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Obata, Nobuyasu Oiri
  • Publication number: 20130143440
    Abstract: A terminal fitting is inserted into a terminal holding chamber of a front member. A guide recess is in an opposing wall face opposing a lance, of inner faces of a terminal accommodation chamber, an escape recess continuous with the guide recess is in a receiving face of the terminal holding chamber, a guide projection protruding from a position rearward of the front end of an angular tube portion and making sliding contact with a bottom face of the guide recess is in an opposing outer face of the angular tube portion. The length from the guide projection to the front end of the angular tube portion is larger than the distance between the front end of the guide recess and the rear end of the receiving face, and the height of the receiving face relative to the bottom face is smaller than the height of the opposing outer face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8419471
    Abstract: A connector includes: a housing having a plurality of cavities; and a plurality of terminal fittings that are inserted into the cavities individually and respectively, wherein a lance is formed in each of the cavities, the lance having a lock portion to be locked in a corresponding one of the terminal fittings, wherein the cavities are disposed to be aligned in a bending direction of the lances, and wherein an escape portion is provided in the terminal fitting which is inserted into the cavity disposed to be opposed to the back surface, the escape portion being formed to dent an outer surface of the terminal fitting opposed to the back surface of the lance so that at least a part of a back face portion of the lance is allowed to enter the escape portion when the lance bends elastically toward the back face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Suzuki, Toshikazu Sakurai, Yuji Minoda, Hirotomi Nemoto, Shigeki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8419485
    Abstract: A bulkhead connector assembly is provided having an outer housing that has an internal chamber. The outer housing has a sealing section configured to seal an exterior of the outer housing within an opening. A terminal housing is configured to hold a plurality of terminals. The terminal housing is received in the internal chamber. The terminal housing has primary locking mechanisms configured to secure the terminals in the terminal housing. An independent secondary lock (ISL) is separately provided from, and coupled to, the terminal housing. The ISL is configured to secure the terminals in the terminal housing and assure they are properly seated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: David Charles Stausser, David Allen Klein, John Raymond Shuey, Joel Daniel Sandburg
  • Patent number: 8414330
    Abstract: A connector includes a cylindrical body including a latching protrusion and a lance, and a terminal disposed in the cylindrical body. The latching protrusion protrudes from an inner circumferential face of the cylindrical body in a radial direction of the cylindrical body. The lance extends in an axial direction of the cylindrical body in an inclined state relative to the inner circumferential face. The latching protrusion is situated at a position shifted from that of the lance in the axial direction. The terminal includes a holding section at a middle portion thereof in the axial direction, and the holding section includes a first face contacting with the latching protrusion and a second face contacting with the lance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Yamada
  • Patent number: 8408950
    Abstract: An assembly of a female connector, including: a housing including a casing having an opening formed in front of the casing so that a male connector is inserted in the opening, an internal body that includes one or more terminal-accommodating holes formed in the internal body and protrudes from a rear side of the casing towards a front of the housing, and a plurality of first combining portions that extend from the internal body to the front of the housing, each of the plurality of first combining portions including an extension groove formed in one side of each first combining portion so as to communicate with the one or more terminal-accommodating holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Kum Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Won Jeon, Jeong-Wook Choi, O-Tae Kwon
  • Patent number: 8403702
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical connector adaptor, an electrical assembly, and a process of connecting an electrical assembly. The electrical connector adaptor includes a housing, a mechanical latch positioned on the housing, terminals arranged and disposed within the housing, and a terminal retention device configured to retain the terminals within the housing. The mechanical latch is configured to releasably secure the housing to a first electrical connector. The electrical connector adaptor permits electrical connection between the first electrical connector and a second electrical connector, the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector being otherwise incompatible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Brasil Ltda.
    Inventors: Ednei Lopes, Jose Roberto Goldschmidt, Aguinaldo Vicenza
  • Publication number: 20130065436
    Abstract: A rectangular tube (10) of a terminal fitting (T) includes a lid plate (16) extending substantially at a right angle from the extending end of a right side plate (15) and formed with a locking hole (20) extending over the entire width. A front plate (19F) is cantilevered from the right side plate (15) and arranged before the locking hole (20). A rear plate (19R) is cantilevered from the right side plate independently of the front plate (19F) and is behind and adjacent to the locking hole (20). A retracted portion (21) is formed over the entire width at the rear plate (19R), retracted inwardly of the rectangular tube (10) from the front plate (19F) to provide a height difference within the range of an engagement margin with a locking projection (34) and capable of facing a rear end of the locking projection (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Hirabayashi, Michiaki Okamoto, Yutaka Noro, Daisuke Hirasawa, Yoshihiro Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20130052853
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided with a housing forming an exterior, an inlet end, a cavity, and an outlet end. The housing has a recess formed within the exterior and at least one aperture formed through the housing within the recess for venting the cavity. A cord extends through the inlet end into the cavity. The first housing portion has a first fastener mechanism formed within the cavity. The second housing portion is provided with a second fastener mechanism sized to extend into the first housing portion cavity for engagement with the first fastener mechanism to fasten the first housing portion and the second housing portion together. A molded material is disposed within the cavity for engaging the fastened first and second fastener mechanisms for minimizing unfastening of the first and second fastener mechanisms. Retainers are provided for cords of varying thicknesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brantley Natter, Randall Riddle, Keith R. Kwasny, Marc Poulin, Juan Lopez
  • Patent number: 8376778
    Abstract: A connector includes a contact, a housing having a cavity into which the contact may be inserted formed therein, the housing retaining the contact inserted into the cavity, and a retainer piece that may be inserted into the cavity in the direction opposite to an insertion direction. The housing includes a pressing piece that moves the contact inserted into the cavity in the moving direction substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction, an abut part that the contact abuts due to the movement by the pressing piece, and a locking member that locks the contact abutted to the abut part. The retainer piece is inserted into a back-side gap formed between the contact and an inner wall surface of the housing due to the movement by the pressing piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Obata, Nobuyasu Oiri
  • Publication number: 20130017720
    Abstract: A connector (C) is formed by insert molding such that terminal fittings (10) are embedded in a housing (20). A connecting portion (10A) provided at the front end of the terminal fitting (10) for connection to a mating terminal fitting projects forward from the housing (20) and a part of the terminal fitting (10) located behind the connecting portion (10A) is embedded in the housing (20). A seal (15) is provided in close contact with an embedded portion (10C) of the terminal fitting (10) embedded in the housing (20) and a resilient portion (19) is provided at a position before the seal (15) and outside the housing (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihito Maegawa
  • Patent number: 8342880
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal electrically connected to an end of an electric wire, and a connector housing which accommodates the terminal and the electric wire. The terminal is capable of being fastened to an opposite member by means of a fastening member so that the terminal is electrically connected to the opposite member. The connector housing includes a housing arm which supports the terminal so as to be displaceable in a direction in which the fastening member is fastened to the opposite member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Kato, Tsuyoshi Mizushima, Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Patent number: 8333622
    Abstract: A terminal is used in an electrical connector and receives a matable contact member. The terminal has a receptacle contact section has a bottom wall, an upper wall, and a primary and a secondary spring beam, or member. The primary member extends from a bottom wall and is bent back into the receptacle contact section. The primary member has an upper surface facing the upper wall and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. The primary member includes a free end that is spaced from the upper wall a distance less than a thickness of the matable contact member. The secondary member is formed from the bottom wall that extends into the contact section and includes a free end disposed beneath the lower surface of the primary member in an overlapping, spaced relationship thereto remote from the free end of the primary member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Blasko, Mark D. McCall, Paul S. Lam
  • Patent number: 8317541
    Abstract: An opening (K) is formed in one side surface of a housing (1) to expose cavities (5) inside. Retaining portions (8) are formed in the cavities (5) to prevent female terminal fittings (7) accommodated from above the opening (K) from coming out backward by engaging the female terminal fittings (7). A cover member (2) includes a cover (15), which is slid along a plane direction of the opening (K) from a rear side of the housing (1). When the opening (K) is closed by the cover (15), thinned portions (36) of the cover (15) slip under locking walls (19) to prevent the cover (15) from coming out upward. Further, a lock arm (28) of the housing (1) is engaged with a locking edge of the cover member (2), whereby the cover member (2) is mounted on the connector housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20120282806
    Abstract: In an electric power connector, without requiring a special operation of a user, the electric power connector exposes an internal electric terminal at a starting time of charging, and also covers the internal electric terminal on completion of the charging so as to prevent from contacting with outside, or prevent water, dust, and the like from entering. A power supplying inlet (electric power connector) (1) has a structure of including a start-up member (3) adapted to displace by pressing a supplying nozzle (2) when connecting a supplying terminal and a receiving terminal; a shutter member (4) interlocking with the start-up member to displace between an open position exposing the receiving terminal, and a closed position covering the receiving terminal; and an urging device (5) urging the shutter member to a closed position side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Masakazu Sato
  • Patent number: 8282427
    Abstract: The stable temporarily locked state of a housing and a rear holder is kept. When the rear holder is positioned at its temporarily locked position, the front claw of the locking part for temporary locking of the rear holder slips under the locking piece for temporary locking of the housing, and holds the locking piece in cooperation with the rear claw. The temporarily locked state cannot be easily lost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8262410
    Abstract: An electrical connector sub-assembly including a housing having at least one electrical contact receiving area configured to receive an electrical contact; and a terminal position assurance (TPA) member located on a front section of the housing. The TPA member is laterally movable on the front section between an unlocked position and a locked position. The TPA member comprises two spaced sections configured to lock the electrical contact in the electrical contact receiving area at two spaced locations when the TPA member is moved to the locked position. This prevents unintentional withdrawal of the electrical contact from the electrical contact receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Campbell, Franklin A. Holub, Louis M. Carrer, Richard A. Johannes
  • Patent number: 8251743
    Abstract: Terminal insert holes 61 are provided in a spacer 60 inserted into an inner housing. In each of the terminal insert holes 61, a lance 62 is provided. The lance is arranged in an obliquely upper position relative to the vertical direction and the transverse direction seen from a central part of the terminal insert hole 61. A bending direction of each lance is set to a direction substantially corresponding to the oblique direction. Further, in the spacer 60, an engaging protrusion part 63 is provided as a mainly terminal engaging part. Thus, the spacer is pushed in to a mainly engaged position from a temporarily engaged position to shift a temporary engagement by the lance to a main engagement by the engaging protrusion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Youji Kutsuna
  • Patent number: 8231409
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connector comprising including a housing for electrical contacts having a plugging face, and a front grid to be mounted onto the plugging face of the housing according to a plugging axis, the housing comprising including a series of locking members that lock the contacts in place, the front grid comprising: including mounting arrangements arranged for allowing the mounting of the front grid onto the housing from an open position into a closed position only if the contacts are locked in place in the housing, and at least one retractable stop member arranged for stopping the plugging of the counterpart connector with the connector as long as the front grid is not in the closed position, wherein the or each retractable stop member is arranged such that its retraction in the closed position of the front grid can be caused by a sole force exerted thereon in a direction substantially parallel to the plugging axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Lebrun, Philippe Daudin
  • Patent number: 8226436
    Abstract: A terminal fitting (30) includes a main portion (31) substantially in the form of a rectangular tube formed with a locking hole (42) open in an outer surface. The terminal fitting (30) is inserted into a cavity (12) formed in a housing 10 made of synthetic resin and retained by engaging the locking hole (42) with a locking lance (13) in the form of a cantilever extending along an inner wall of the cavity (12). Restrictions (44) are formed in the main portion (31) and contact the locking lance (13) to prevent any further entering movement of the locking lance (13) when the locking lance (13) enters the main portion (31) in an undesirable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masakazu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8226442
    Abstract: An electronic module adapted to be removably, operably connected to an electronic device. The electronic module includes a housing; at least one electronic component in the housing; and a plurality of electrical contact areas. The housing has a general electronic card shape with relatively large top and bottom sides and relatively thin side edges between the top and bottom sides. The plurality of electrical contact areas are located on a first one of the side edges. The electrical contact areas are connected to the at least one electronic component such that, when the electronic module is operably connected to the electronic device, the electrical contact areas on the first side edge are adapted to electrically couple the at least one electronic component to the electronic device along the first side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Matti Uusimaki, Timo T. Laitinen
  • Patent number: 8210873
    Abstract: A waterproof connector has a deformation space (35) for a locking lance (30) that opens in the front surface of a housing (10). A wall surface (41) of a base end part of the locking lance (30) is located at a back side of the deformation space (35). In the process of inserting a terminal fitting (90) into a cavity (26), the locking lance (30) is resiliently deformed toward the deformation space (35) with a base end thereof as a support. When the terminal fitting (90) is inserted properly into the cavity (26), the locking lance (30) resiliently returns to retain the terminal fitting (90) in the cavity (26). A recess (42) is formed in the wall surface (41) of the base end portion of the locking lance (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Chikusa
  • Publication number: 20120149240
    Abstract: A connector (10) has a housing (11) with a cavity (13) and a terminal fitting (30) accommodated inside the cavity (13). A locking strip (37B) projects out on the terminal fitting (30). An inner surface of the cavity (13) has an erroneous insertion prevention part (22A) that engages the locking strip (37B) when the terminal fitting (30) is inserted into the cavity (13) in a posture erroneous in an orientation about an axis thereof, thus preventing erroneous insertion of the terminal fitting (30) into the cavity (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 8167666
    Abstract: A terminal crimping method and a crimping tool are provided, thereby suppressing the generation of friction at an anvil and a crimper and also suppressing the generation of an upthrust portion at the upper part of a wire barrel to which a conductor of a covered electrical wire is crimped. The crimping tool includes an anvil having a placement groove on which a female-type terminal is mounted, and a crimper that crimps a conductor barrel of the female-type terminal mounted on the anvil. The placement groove includes a first pressing portion that presses the effective crimping portion and a second pressing portion that presses the extension, and the bottom surface of the second pressing portion is formed as an inclined surface expanding and opening toward a receptacle side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Jun Koga, Ryuichi Komiyama