US 12,476,404 B2
High-voltage connector
Yuta Kanematsu, Mie (JP); Junichi Mukuno, Mie (JP); and Yusuke Yamada, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/792,253
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/001946
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/149748, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-007746 (JP), filed on Jan. 21, 2020; application No. 2020-144901 (JP), filed on Aug. 28, 2020; and application No. 2020-189174 (JP), filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079068 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/05 (2006.01); H01R 13/115 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H01R 13/26 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/05 (2013.01) [H01R 13/115 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/648 (2013.01); H01R 13/26 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A high-voltage connector, comprising:
a terminal fitting including a terminal body portion in the form of a flat plate to be overlapped on a mating terminal in the form of a flat plate in a plate thickness direction; and
a resilient contact portion integrally provided to the terminal body portion, the resilient contact portion being at least partially inclined to an overlapping side with the mating terminal,
wherein:
the terminal fitting includes a fixing portion to be fixed to a connector housing having a terminal insertion hole into which the terminal body portion is inserted,
a squeezable rib is provided to project from one facing inner surface of the terminal insertion hole toward another facing inner surface,
the terminal body portion is sandwiched and positioned between the squeezable rib and the other facing inner surface,
the fixing portion is provided to be continuous with a rear end of the terminal body portion and extends orthogonally to the terminal body portion,
the resilient contact portion is provided by cutting and raising in the terminal body portion,
the resilient contact portion is provided with a first inclined portion inclined to the overlapping side with the mating terminal toward a tip of the terminal body portion,
a second inclined portion inclined to a side opposite to the overlapping side with the mating terminal toward the tip of the terminal body portion is provided on a side of the resilient contact portion closer to the tip than the first inclined portion,
the resilient contact portion includes a top part where a projecting amount in the plate thickness direction from the frame-like portion is maximum,
the first inclined portion is inclined to the overlapping side with the mating terminal in the plate thickness direction from the rear end of the resilient contact portion toward the top part, and
the second inclined portion is inclined to a side opposite to the overlapping side with the mating terminal from the top part toward a front end of the resilient contact portion.