US 12,136,792 B2
Terminal block assembled to metal case
Hayato Iizuka, Shizuoka (JP); and Yasuhiro Otsuta, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,070.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-102837 (JP), filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0407246 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 9/24 (2006.01); H01R 4/30 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 9/2425 (2013.01) [H01R 4/30 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal block, comprising:
a busbar connected to a device;
a collar through which a fastening member is inserted;
a housing integrally molded with the busbar and the collar; and
a capacitor comprising a casing and a ground terminal protruding from the casing, the capacitor connected to the busbar,
wherein the housing holds the casing in a state where the ground terminal faces the collar so that the ground terminal and the collar can be fastened together to a metal case by the fastening member,
wherein the busbar has a first terminal portion fastened together with a terminal of the device by a bolt and a nut,
wherein the housing comprises a main body having an accommodating portion that houses the casing and a nut holder which is housed in the accommodating portion together with the casing and engages with the main body, and
wherein the nut holder comprises a support portion that supports the nut so that the nut faces the first terminal portion and a lid portion that closes an inlet of the accommodating portion.