US 11,984,681 B2
Male connector, and accommodating device comprising same
Nobuo Shigemizu, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/279,244
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/038075
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/067395, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-181945 (JP), filed on Sep. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0006223 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/05 (2006.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/543 (2021.01); H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 50/227 (2021.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/055 (2013.01) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/543 (2021.01); H01R 13/112 (2013.01); H01R 13/5227 (2013.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 50/227 (2021.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A male connector comprising a plurality of male terminals connected to a plurality of female terminals, wherein the plurality of female terminals and the plurality of male terminals are connected and transmit electric power or a signal,
the male connector further comprising a support configured to support the plurality of male terminals disposed at intervals in an arrangement direction,
wherein the plurality of male terminals protrude upward from an upper surface of the support, and
the upper surface of the support is provided with a wall and an inclined portion,
the wall is located at one end in a crossing direction that crosses a plane that contains the arrangement direction and a protruding direction in which the plurality of male terminals protrude on the upper surface and the wall extends along at least part of the plurality of male terminals,
the inclined portion has a difference in height in the crossing direction in a manner so that the one end in the crossing direction is higher and the inclined portion slopes down from the one end to another end in the crossing direction,
a gap is formed between the plurality of male terminals facing each other in the arrangement direction,
the gap is formed by
two adjacent male terminals of the plurality of male terminals in the arrangement direction and
the wall closing the one end in the crossing direction,
the gap includes an opening at the other end in the crossing direction, and
the inclined portion in the gap slopes down from the wall to the opening.