US 11,984,682 B2
Connector assembly
Eul-Yong Chae, Seoul (KR); and Min-Gun Jeong, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,785.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0165821 (KR), filed on Nov. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0170638 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/642 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/11 (2013.01) [H01R 4/4863 (2013.01); H01R 13/6272 (2013.01); H01R 13/642 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly, comprising:
a female connector having a pair of female terminals inserted into a housing of which one side is open; and
a male connector including a male terminal inserted between the pair of female terminals to come into contact with the pair of female terminals,
wherein one end of a female terminal of the pair of female terminals is fixed to an inner surface of the housing,
wherein another end of the female terminal is disposed to extend toward an open side of the housing,
wherein a displacement of the other end occurs toward the one end due to the male connector,
wherein the male connector further includes a male terminal guide configured to surround an outer circumference of the male terminal,
wherein, when the male connector is inserted into the housing, the male terminal guide presses the other end of the female terminal, and
wherein a displacement of the female terminal occurs relative to a central axis of the housing when the male terminal guide presses the other end of the female terminal.