US 12,272,902 B2
Terminal module and connector
Takayuki Uchiyama, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,792.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-095566 (JP), filed on Jun. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393395 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/15 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 4/18 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/629 (2013.01) [H01R 13/15 (2013.01); H01R 13/24 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 4/18 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal module to be electrically connected to a mating connector by being fit to the mating connector relatively approaching along a first direction from one side to another side, comprising:
a case having a ceiling wall and a pair of side walls extending toward the one side from the ceiling wall;
a resilient member to be accommodated into the case, the resilient member being stretchable along the first direction;
a first terminal to be supported on the pair of side walls while being biased toward the one side by the resilient member, the first terminal being movable toward the another side by being pressed by the mating connector;
a second terminal located away from the first terminal toward the another side, the second terminal extending in the first direction; and
a flexible conductor for electrically connecting the first terminal and the second terminal,
wherein the flexible conductor includes a reformed portion that is reformed to be contracted in the first direction when the first terminal moves toward the another side, and
in an unconnected state before the terminal module is fit to the mating connector, a resilient force toward the another side generated in the flexible conductor is smaller than a resilient force toward the one side generated in the resilient member.