US 12,074,405 B2
Terminal block set including terminal blocks connected to each other
Hirotoshi Ishii, Moriyama (JP); Tadahiko Ogawa, Ritto (JP); Aiki Kora, Osaka (JP); Takashi Sakaguchi, Takatsuki (JP); and Yuki Kuniyasu, Kusatsu (JP)
Assigned to OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/312,716
Filed by OMRON Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/047838
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/121969, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-234669 (JP), filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0021135 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 9/26 (2006.01); H01R 9/24 (2006.01); H01R 31/08 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 9/26 (2013.01) [H01R 9/2408 (2013.01); H01R 9/2458 (2013.01); H01R 9/2675 (2013.01); H01R 31/08 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal block set in which a plurality of terminal blocks are coupled along a first direction, each of the terminal blocks including a housing that includes a first wall portion provided on a first side in the first direction and a second wall portion provided on a second side in the first direction, the terminal block comprising:
a first terminal block and a second terminal block adjacent to the first terminal block as the plurality of terminal blocks; and
a C-shaped coupling member that sandwiches, and couples and holds the first wall portion of the housing of the first terminal block and the second wall portion of the housing of the second terminal block, wherein
the coupling member includes:
a pair of plate-shaped arm portions that extend such that a plate surface of the pair of arm portions faces each other and is elastically deformable in a direction away from each other; and
a connecting portion that connects the pair of arm portions,
each of the pair of arm portions includes a coupling protrusion provided at an end portion farther from the connecting portion in an extending direction thereof, the coupling protrusion protruding in a direction approaching each other, and
each of the first wall portion of the first terminal block and the second wall portion of the second terminal block includes a first accommodation hole and a second accommodation hole in which the coupling protrusions of the pair of arm portions are accommodated, respectively.