US 11,894,645 B2
Terminal assembly structure
Takuya Sano, Shizuoka (JP); Tomoki Matsukawa, Shizuoka (JP); and Koudai Yamamoto, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/835,512.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-097852 (JP), filed on Jun. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0399655 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 4/18 (2006.01); H01R 11/12 (2006.01); H01R 9/18 (2006.01); H01R 4/30 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/18 (2013.01) [H01R 4/305 (2013.01); H01R 9/18 (2013.01); H01R 11/12 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal assembly structure comprising:
a terminal having a crimp portion configured to crimp and connect to a core wire of an electric wire and a fastening portion configured to be fastened by a fastening member; and
a holder having a base configured to mount the terminal when fastening the terminal to the holder, wherein
the holder has a plurality of ribs extending in a fastening direction of the fastening member and arranged around the fastening portion of the terminal when the fastening portion is set and positioned onto the base,
the plurality of ribs are reinforcement ribs integrally projecting from an inner circumferential surface of a peripheral wall of the holder toward a side where the base is arranged,
the plurality of ribs comprises:
a plurality of guide ribs configured to abut on both side parts on the fastening portion of the terminal and to guide the terminal into the holder; and
a plurality of abutment ribs configured to abut on a tip with arcuate shape of the fastening portion of the terminal, and
the fastening portion is configured to be set and positioned onto the base from an opposite side with respect to a side where an abutment rid of the plurality of abutment ribs is provided when mounting onto the base.