US 12,080,968 B2
Joint connector
Hiroki Kobayashi, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/767,038
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/029773
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/079587, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-193603 (JP), filed on Oct. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376428 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/514 (2006.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01); H01R 31/08 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/514 (2013.01) [H01R 13/506 (2013.01); H01R 31/085 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A joint connector, comprising:
connecting members each including a plurality of terminals to be connected to wires and a conductive member for making the plurality of terminals conductive with each other; and
a plurality of housings for respectively accommodating the connecting members,
wherein:
the plurality of housings are stacked along a stacking direction,
at least one housing constituting the plurality of housings includes:
a placing portion, the connecting member being placed on the placing portion; and
a lid portion for at least partially covering the connecting member placed on the placing portion to hold the connecting member in the housing,
a first housing serving as one of the housings and a second housing serving as one of the housings are stacked on each other, and
a first lid portion serving as the lid portion relating to the first housing and a second lid portion serving as the lid portion relating to the second housing are provided with a stacked state holding portion for holding a stacked state of the first and second housings.