公开(公告)号：US5816856A

公开(公告)日：1998-10-06

申请号：US778490

申请日：1997-01-03

Applicant: Shashidhar M. Kamath ,  Seiji Kozono

Inventor： Shashidhar M. Kamath ,  Seiji Kozono

IPC: H01R13/422 ,  H01R13/436 ,  H01R13/40

CPC classification number: H01R13/4365 ,  H01R13/4223

Abstract: A spacer for an electrical connector which detects the presence of electrical terminals inserted into terminal accommodating chambers in the connector and which locks the terminals in the chambers only when the terminals are fully inserted. The spacer preferably has a lock arm for each chamber. Each lock arm has a stop which holds the spacer in a pre-set position by abutting against the chamber. As the terminal is inserted into the chamber, the terminal contacts the lock arm and deflects it to a position where the stop no longer engages the chamber. The spacer can only be moved to a full-lock position when all terminals are completely inserted into the chambers. Each lock arm preferably includes a terminal-detecting projection which rides along a surface of the terminal until it reaches an engagement aperture in the surface of the terminal. The projection is then securely received by the engagement aperture as the lock arm returns to an at rest position.

Abstract translation: 用于电连接器的间隔件，其检测插入到连接器中的端子容纳室中的电端子的存在，并且仅当端子完全插入时将端子锁定在腔室中。 间隔件优选地具有用于每个室的锁定臂。 每个锁定臂具有通过抵靠腔室将间隔件保持在预置位置的止挡件。 当端子插入腔室中时，端子接触锁定臂并将其偏转到不再与腔室接合的位置。 当所有端子完全插入腔室时，间隔件只能移动到完全锁定位置。 每个锁定臂优选地包括终端检测突起，该突起沿着终端的表面骑行，直到其到达终端的表面中的接合孔。 然后当锁定臂返回到静止位置时，突起被接合孔牢固地接收。

公开(公告)号：US06786747B1

公开(公告)日：2004-09-07

申请号：US10238679

申请日：2002-09-11

Applicant: Shashidhar M. Kamath

Inventor： Shashidhar M. Kamath

IPC: H01R2900

CPC classification number: H01R13/7032 ,  H01R13/6273 ,  H01R13/631 ,  H01R2201/26

Abstract: A connector assembly has mating first and second electrical connectors and a holder in which the mated connectors are adjustable in an axial direction. The holder secures the first connector in a first position wherein electrical terminals within the first connector are engaged with shorting contacts in the holder. The first connector is held in this position while the second connector is pushed into the holder and mated with the first connector, causing terminals within the second connector to be brought into electrical connection with the terminals in the first connector and releasing the first connector from the holder securement. Further pushing of the second connector into the holder locks the connectors together and moves the mated connectors as a unit to a second position within the holder. Simultaneously, parts of the first connector force the shorting contacts out of electrical connection with the terminals. These parts exert a wiping action on the shorting contacts. When the connectors need to be separated the first and second connectors are moved as a unit back to the first position. The shorting contacts are reengaged with the terminals in the first connector before the connectors are electrically disconnected.

Abstract translation: 连接器组件具有配合的第一和第二电连接器和保持器，其中配合的连接器可在轴向方向上调节。 支架将第一连接器固定在第一位置，其中第一连接器内的电端子与保持器中的短路触点接合。 第一连接器保持在该位置，而第二连接器被推入保持器并与第一连接器配合，使第二连接器内的端子与第一连接器中的端子电连接，并将第一连接器从 持有人固定。 将第二连接器进一步推入保持器将连接器锁定在一起并将配合的连接器作为一个单元移动到保持器内的第二位置。 同时，第一连接器的部件迫使短路触点与端子电连接。 这些部件对短路触点施加擦拭动作。 当连接器需要分离时，第一和第二连接器作为一个单元移动回到第一位置。 在连接器电气断开之前，短路触点与第一连接器中的端子重新接合。

公开(公告)号：US6083023A

公开(公告)日：2000-07-04

申请号：US185388

申请日：1998-11-03

Applicant: Shashidhar M. Kamath

Inventor： Shashidhar M. Kamath

IPC: H01R13/629 ,  H01R13/62

CPC classification number: H01R13/62922 ,  H01R12/87

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a male connector body having a set of fixed male terminals and a female connector body having a set of female terminals having flexible, parallel contact arms. A pair of clamp bars are movably mounted to a housing which is attached to the female connector body so as to position the clamp bars adjacent the respective outer surfaces of the flexible arms. Actuation pins project from opposite ends of the clamp bars to engage channels in the housing and permit movement of the bars toward one another. The ends of the pins distal from the clamp bars project beyond the opposite ends of the housing so that they may engage cam slots formed on the male connector body as the bodies are inserted into mating engagement with one another. Movement of the male and female connectors into mating engagement inserts the male terminals between the contact arms of respective female terminals with no sliding contact therebetween until the last few millimeters of travel, at which point engagement between the clamp bar pins and the cam slots forces the clamp bars toward one another to urge the contact arms into contact with the male terminals.

Abstract translation: 电连接器组件包括具有一组固定公端子的阳连接器主体和具有一组具有柔性平行接触臂的阴端子的阴连接器主体。 一对夹杆可移动地安装到壳体上，该壳体附接到阴连接器主体，以便将夹持杆定位成邻近柔性臂的相应外表面。 致动销从夹紧杆的相对端突出以接合壳体中的通道并且允许杆朝向彼此移动。 销的远离夹紧杆的端部突出超过壳体的相对端，使得当主体被插入彼此配合接合时，它们可以接合形成在阳连接器主体上的凸轮槽。 公连接器和母连接器移动成配合接合将阳端子插入在相应阴端子的接触臂之间，其间没有滑动接触，直到最后几毫米的行程，此时夹杆销和凸轮槽之间的接合迫使 夹紧杆朝向彼此推动接触臂与阳端子接触。

公开(公告)号：US06293833B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-25

申请号：US09755477

申请日：2001-01-05

Applicant: Shashidhar M. Kamath

Inventor： Shashidhar M. Kamath

IPC: H01R1122

CPC classification number: H01R13/113 ,  H01R13/193

Abstract: A female spring contact for a female wire harness terminal of the type used in automotive wire harness connectors. The female spring contact has a deflectable spring ramp adapted to be deflected downwardly under an initial insertion force by an inserted male terminal. The female spring contact includes a secondary spring arm formed from a cantilevered portion of the ramp and located below the spring ramp to be responsive to a final stage of spring ramp deflection corresponding to the completion or near-completion of male terminal insertion to increase the final spring force exerted by the spring ramp on the inserted terminal. The initial insertion force required by the inserted terminal remains unaffected by the secondary spring arm, and in one embodiment is actually reduced by the structure of the secondary spring arm. In another embodiment the secondary spring arm is adapted to be forced upwardly through an aperture in the spring ramp to provide an additional electrical contact against the inserted terminal near the end of terminal insertion.

Abstract translation: 用于汽车线束连接器类型的母线束端子的母弹簧触点。 母弹簧触头具有可偏转的弹簧斜面，其适于在插入的阳端子的初始插入力下向下偏转。 母弹簧触点包括由斜面的悬臂部分形成的并且位于弹簧斜面下方的次弹簧臂，以响应于对应于阳端子插入的完成或接近完成的弹簧斜坡偏转的最后阶段，以增加最终 由弹簧斜坡施加的弹簧力在插入的端子上。 插入端子所需的初始插入力保持不受第二弹簧臂的影响，并且在一个实施例中实际上通过第二弹簧臂的结构来减小。 在另一个实施例中，次弹簧臂适于被向上推动穿过弹簧斜面中的孔，以在端子插入端附近提供抵靠插入端子的附加电接触。

公开(公告)号：US6079998A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-27

申请号：US221812

申请日：1998-12-29

Applicant: Shashidhar M. Kamath

Inventor： Shashidhar M. Kamath

IPC: H01R12/88 ,  H01R13/15

CPC classification number: H01R12/88

Abstract: A first connector has a series of movable terminals having bifurcated ends comprising first and second prongs spaced apart from one another and a pair of parallel, rotatable cam members disposed on either side of the first prongs to sandwiching them therebetween. The cam members are elliptical in cross section and are connected with one another by intermeshing gears to rotate in unison. A second connector has a series of fixed terminals and a pair of actuation arms extending parallel with the terminals and having toothed ends. As the first and second connectors are moved into engagement with one another, the fixed terminals are inserted between the first and second prongs and the toothed ends engage the gears, rotating the cam members so they deflect the movable terminals to bring the second prongs into contact with the fixed terminals. Contact between the two sets of terminals is delayed until the last few millimeters of travel of the first and second connectors as they are mated, thus substantially reducing the frictional resistance resulting from contact between the terminals.

Abstract translation: 第一连接器具有一系列可移动端子，其具有分叉端部，包括彼此间隔开的第一和第二插脚以及一对平行的，可旋转的凸轮构件，其设置在第一插脚的任一侧以将它们夹在它们之间。 凸轮构件的横截面为椭圆形，并通过啮合齿轮相互连接以一致地旋转。 第二连接器具有一系列固定端子和与端子平行延伸并具有齿端的一对致动臂。 当第一和第二连接器彼此接合时，固定端子插入在第一和第二插脚之间，并且齿端接合齿轮，使凸轮部件旋转，从而使可动端子偏转以使第二插脚接触 与固定终端。 两组端子之间的接触被延迟直到第一和第二连接器配合的最后几毫米的行程，从而大大降低了由端子之间的接触引起的摩擦阻力。

公开(公告)号：US06804122B1

公开(公告)日：2004-10-12

申请号：US10639307

申请日：2003-08-12

Applicant: Richard P. Wong ,  Shashidhar M. Kamath

Inventor： Richard P. Wong ,  Shashidhar M. Kamath

IPC: H05K710

CPC classification number: H01R12/721 ,  H01R13/113

Abstract: A terminal body for use in combination with a circuitboard having edge conductor pads and being formed from a stamped metal blank so as to provide a first main longitudinally extending spring contact which is curved back on itself and inwardly toward the center of the terminal and a pair of stabilizing contacts which oppose and straddle the main contact. All of the contacts are sufficiently resilient to permit the circuitboard of thickness T to be inserted between them, the stabilizing contacts ensuring a firm grip on the circuitboard and non-intermittent contact between the main terminal contact and the circuitboard pad.

Abstract translation: 一种终端主体，其与具有边缘导体焊盘的电路板组合使用并且由冲压的金属坯件形成，以便提供第一主纵向延伸的弹簧接触件，该第一主纵向延伸弹簧接触件自身向内弯曲并且朝向端子的中心向内弯曲， 稳定接触的对象并跨过主接触点。 所有触点都具有足够的弹性，以允许将厚度为T的电路板插入它们之间，稳定触点确保牢固地抓住电路板，并且在主端子触点和电路板焊盘之间进行非间歇性接触。

公开(公告)号：US06783380B1

公开(公告)日：2004-08-31

申请号：US10458820

申请日：2003-06-11

Applicant: Shashidhar M. Kamath ,  Bryan D. Cole ,  David Kwang

Inventor： Shashidhar M. Kamath ,  Bryan D. Cole ,  David Kwang

IPC: H01R1364

CPC classification number: H01R13/62905

Abstract: An insertion-force reducing connector assembly and method for mating multi-terminal male and female connectors of the type used in automotive wiring harnesses. The female connector is movably retained in a frame-like holder by a self-actuating force reducing link that automatically couples a male connector inserted into the holder to the female connector with an insertion/withdrawal ratio in which the female connector moves away from the male connector in the terminal-mating direction more slowly than the male connector is inserted, thus allowing the connectors to be coupled over a longer than normal terminal-mating distance and reducing the insertion force needed to mate the terminals. The method includes the steps of coupling the female connector to the holder and subsequently mating the male connector to the female connector in the holder.

Abstract translation: 一种用于汽车线束中使用的类型的多端子公母连接器的插入力减小连接器组件和方法。 阴连接器通过自动致动力减小连接件可移动地保持在框架状支架中，该自动致动力减小连接件以插入/取出比例将插入到保持器中的插入式插头插入到母连接器中，其中母连接器从男性 端子配合方向上的连接器比阳连接器插入更慢，从而允许连接器在比正常的端子匹配距离长的情况下耦合，并且减小了使端子配合所需的插入力。 该方法包括以下步骤：将阴连接器连接到保持器并随后将阳连接器与保持器中的阴连接器配合。