US 12,224,511 B2
Terminal fitting and connector
Yasunori Asano, Mie (JP); and Yutaka Kobayashi, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/615,345
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed May 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/020880
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/255651, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-111753 (JP), filed on Jun. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224028 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 12/55 (2011.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/55 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6315 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a terminal fitting; and
a housing for disposing the terminal fitting,
the terminal fitting including:
a first fitting including:
a terminal connecting portion to be connected to a mating terminal fitting; and
a second fitting including:
a base portion extending in a front-rear direction;
a resilient portion provided on a front end portion of the base portion and including a bearing portion;
an extending portion extending downward from a rear end portion of the base portion; and
a board connecting portion provided on an end portion of the extending portion, extending in the front-rear direction, and to be connected to a circuit board,
wherein:
the first fitting is provided with a shaft portion to be fit into the bearing portion of the resilient portion of the second fitting,
the first fitting is rotatably coupled to the second fitting such that relative positions of the terminal connecting portion and the board connecting portion are displaceable with respect to each other, and
the housing includes a supporting portion for rotatably supporting the first and second fittings.