US 12,444,877 B2
Connection direction conversion connector and wire harness
Daisuke Sugiyama, Makinohara (JP); Masanobu Higashitani, Makinohara (JP); Tomoaki Hayakawa, Makinohara (JP); and Yasukazu Chikamatsu, Makinohara (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/446,561.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-146218 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0088604 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/405 (2006.01); H01R 13/6592 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/5219 (2013.01) [H01R 13/405 (2013.01); H01R 13/5216 (2013.01); H01R 13/6592 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection direction converting connector comprising:
a body connector; and
an attachment member to which the body connector is connected in a first connection direction, and to which a connection target is connected in a second connection direction that crosses the first connection direction, so that the attachment member relays connection of the body connector to the connection target,
wherein the attachment member includes:
an attachment terminal formed in a bent shape including a first portion extending in the first connection direction and a second portion extending in the second connection direction, the first portion being connected to a connector terminal of the body connector, the second portion being connected to a terminal portion of the connection target;
an attachment housing containing a connection portion where the first portion and the connector terminal are connected to each other, and holding the attachment terminal such that the second portion protrudes;
a shell formed in a bottomed tubular shape, the shell containing, through an opening, at least an accommodation portion of the attachment housing for containing the connection portion so as to allow the second portion to be connected to the terminal portion, the body connector being connected to a surrounding wall of the shell, the connection target being fixed to a side of the shell formed with the opening; and
a frame-shaped seal member configured to seal between: a frame-shaped housing-side opposing surface of the attachment housing that surrounds the accommodation portion and faces the shell; and a frame-shaped shell-side opposing surface of the shell that faces the housing-side opposing surface.