US 12,142,863 B2
Branch connector having shorting plate connected to a pair of terminal fittings
Makoto Yamamura, Mie (JP); and Yuka Koizumi, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/767,048
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/031616
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/079604, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-192721 (JP), filed on Oct. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0302618 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 12/75 (2011.01); H01R 11/01 (2006.01); H01R 11/09 (2006.01); H01R 13/422 (2006.01); H01R 13/11 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/75 (2013.01) [H01R 11/01 (2013.01); H01R 11/09 (2013.01); H01R 13/4223 (2013.01); H01R 13/11 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A branch connector, comprising:
two pair of terminal fittings fixed to a divided portion at an intermediate position of a conductive path;
a terminal holder that holds the two pair of terminal fittings;
two shorting plates disposed respectively along both outer surfaces of the terminal holder that face each other, the two shorting plates being connected to the two pair of terminal fittings, respectively; and
a branch housing in a form of a rectangular tube that covers the two shorting plates,
wherein:
the two pair of terminal fittings and the terminal holder are accommodated in the branch housing,
the two shorting plates are held on an inner surface of the branch housing, and
two branch-side terminals are connectable to the two pair of terminal fittings, respectively.