US 11,705,656 B2
Connecter terminal structure
Masahiro Nakagawa, Makinohara (JP); Syoichi Nomura, Makinohara (JP); Hideki Mizuno, Kakegawa (JP); and Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Kakegawa (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/539,087.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-200281 (JP), filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0173541 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/17 (2006.01); H01R 13/04 (2006.01); H01R 13/422 (2006.01); H01R 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/17 (2013.01) [H01R 13/04 (2013.01); H01R 13/422 (2013.01); H01R 13/10 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connecter terminal structure comprising:
a male housing of a male connecter;
a male terminal accommodated in the male housing, the male terminal having a bar shape and comprising a first electrical contact portion;
a stepped shaft portion formed at a tip end of the first electrical contact portion of the male terminal;
a hood portion formed in the male housing and surrounding the first electrical contact portion;
an annular terminal spring comprising a coil spring having conductivity and being bent in an annular shape with both end portions being joined, the annular terminal spring being externally fitted to the stepped shaft portion;
an insulating cap fixed to a tip end of the stepped shaft portion and configured to hold the annular terminal spring;
a female housing of a female connecter;
a female terminal accommodating portion formed in the female housing and configured to be fitted into the hood portion; and
a female terminal accommodated in the female terminal accommodating portion and comprising a second electrical contact portion, the second electrical contact portion having a tubular shape to allow the first electrical contact portion to be inserted therein,
wherein the stepped shaft portion includes a cap locking groove,
wherein the insulating cap comprises a fixing claw provided on an inner periphery of the insulating cap, and
wherein the fixing claw is configured to be locked to the cap locking groove.