US 11,942,737 B2
Joint connector
Hiroki Kobayashi, Mie (JP); Hajime Kawase, Mie (JP); Masaaki Tabata, Mie (JP); Teruo Hara, Mie (JP); and Hajime Matsui, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/598,477
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/012899
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/196480, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-063732 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0190534 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 31/08 (2006.01); H01R 4/28 (2006.01); H01R 13/42 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 31/08 (2013.01) [H01R 4/28 (2013.01); H01R 13/42 (2013.01); H01R 13/629 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A joint connector for connecting a plurality of wires, comprising:
a lower housing;
an upper cover assembled with the lower housing;
a plurality of terminals respectively connected to front end parts in an extending direction of the plurality of wires; and
a busbar connected to the plurality of terminals,
wherein:
the busbar disposed in the lower housing includes a plurality of tabs,
each of the plurality of terminals disposed in the lower housing includes a tube portion, each of the plurality of tabs being inserted into the tube portion, a sandwiching portion extending along the extending direction and configured to sandwich one of the plurality of wires, and a sliding portion disposed outside the sandwiching portion, movable along the extending direction and including a pressurizing portion configured to pressurize the sandwiching portion toward the wire with the one of the plurality of wires sandwiched by the sandwiching portion, and
a terminal holding portion projecting downward from the upper cover is engaged with the terminals.