Hinged connector feature for terminal retainment and position assurance for high mating cycle applications

    公开(公告)号:US12034245B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US17838422

    申请日:2022-06-13

    IPC分类号: H01R13/50 H01R13/426

    CPC分类号: H01R13/501 H01R13/426

    摘要: An electrical connector having a housing with positioning projections extending from a first surface. A terminal receiving cavity is provided in the housing. An opening is provided in the first surface and extends to the terminal receiving cavity. A terminal is positioned in the terminal receiving cavity. The terminal has a facing securing face. A terminal retainer is movably mounted to the first surface of the housing. The terminal retainer has a terminal retention projection and retainer positioning projections. As the terminal retainer is moved to a second position, the terminal retention projection cooperates with the securing face of the terminal to prevent movement of the terminal and the retainer positioning projections of the terminal retainer cooperate with the positioning projections of the housing to prevent the movement of the terminal retainer in a direction which is in line with a longitudinal axis of the housing.

    Locking Connector System
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230335935A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US18343056

    申请日:2023-06-28

    申请人: Onanon, Inc.

    摘要: A locking connector system for releasably locking a first connector in mechanical engagement with a second connector. The locking connector system generally includes a first connector including a female coupler and a second connector including a male coupler, with the first and second connectors being adapted to mechanically connect to each other. The first connector includes an adjustable latch which selectively engages with a catch portion on the male coupler to lock the connectors together. The latch may be pressed downwardly, such as by use of a connected button, to release the latch from the catch portion and disconnect the connectors. The first connector is adapted to provide audible, visual, and tactile feedback to confirm when the latch engages with the catch portion.

    CONNECTOR
    4.
    发明公开
    CONNECTOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230307862A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-28

    申请号:US18042257

    申请日:2021-08-06

    摘要: A connector includes a housing defining a terminal holding chamber extending in a prescribed direction, a terminal member inserted to the terminal holding chamber along a prescribed insertion direction, and a retainer attached to the housing by being inserted to the housing along a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction so as to engage with a locking portion of the terminal member and thereby prevent the terminal member from coming off, wherein the terminal member is a bent article made of a plate material including a protruding portion having a top portion on one side in the direction along which the retainer is inserted to the housing, and the protruding portion has an end surface facing in the insertion direction of the terminal member and constituting the locking portion.

    Electrical connector with modular housing for accommodating various contact layouts

    公开(公告)号:US11721929B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-08

    申请号:US17394337

    申请日:2021-08-04

    摘要: The disclosure relates to an electrical connector having an electrical contact assembly housed within a cavity of a connector shell. The contact assembly includes a contact housing with a core extending in an axial direction and a plurality of fins radiating outwardly from the core, each of the fins separating adjacent housing-receiving cavities from one another. In an assembled configuration, a first plurality of electrical contacts is housed within a first housing receiving cavity and a second plurality of electrical contacts is housed within a second housing receiving cavity, where the first and second plurality of electrical contacts are different in type and structure from one another such that the electrical connector accommodates multiple contact layouts to improve overall functionality.

    HIGH CURRENT TERMINAL ASSEMBLY, ELECTRIC MACHINE AND BATTERY INCLUDING SUCH A HIGH CURRENT TERMINAL ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20230216230A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US17927924

    申请日:2020-05-28

    发明人: Morgan RYMAN

    摘要: The invention relates to a High current terminal assembly including a conductor terminal (12), said conductor terminal (12) being operatively arranged to be mounted in an orifice (10a) in a housing wall (10), and a mounting module (14a; 14b) for mounting the conductor terminal (12) to the housing wall (10), said mounting module (14a; 14b) including:



    a collar structure (16) configured to abut to a first side of said housing wall (10) surrounding said orifice (10a), and
    an insertion part (18) configured to be inserted into the orifice (10a) of the housing wall (10), wherein a remote end of the insertion part (18) in the insertion direction is provided with first snap-fitting structures (18a) engaging a second side of said housing wall (10) opposite to the first side of the housing wall, wherein a first end of said conductor terminal (12) is configured to be inserted into an opening of said mounting module (14a; 14b) such that engagement of first snap-fitting structures (18a) with the a second side said housing wall (10) is locked by the insertion of said first end of said conductor terminal (12).

    CONNECTOR RETAINER
    8.
    发明公开
    CONNECTOR RETAINER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230163523A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18055638

    申请日:2022-11-15

    IPC分类号: H01R13/627 H01R13/426

    摘要: A connector retainer attached to a connector device includes a cover, a locking arm, an engagement arm, and an engagement claw. The cover has a surface being flat and extending in a direction parallel to an engagement direction in which a first and second connectors of the connector device are engaged. The cover is configured to cover an outer surface of an engagement maintaining mechanism for maintaining the engagement state of the connectors. The locking arm projects from the surface of the cover in a direction crossing the engagement direction. The engagement arm projects from the surface of the cover in the direction crossing the engagement direction. The engagement claw is disposed at a tip end of the engagement arm, and is configured to engaged with a projection of the second connector.

    CONNECTOR
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230011865A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17858667

    申请日:2022-07-06

    申请人: Molex, LLC

    发明人: Sho KITAZAWA

    摘要: PROBLEM
    Enabling a high degree of freedom of displacement of movable housing, reliably maintaining a mated state, size reduction, simple configuration, a small number of components, simplified manufacturing, low cost, and high reliability.
    RESOLUTION MEANS
    The fixed housing includes a long wall portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the connector and a short wall portion extending in the width direction of the connector and connected to the long wall portion. The movable housing includes a long wall portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the connector and a short wall portion extending in the width direction of the connector and connected to the long wall portion. The power supply terminal includes a fixed-side retained portion retained on the short wall portion of the fixed housing, a movable-side retained portion retained on the movable housing, and a bent portion connected to the fixed-side retained portion and the movable-side retained portion. The movable-side retained portion includes a first retained portion retained on the short wall portion and a second retained portion retained on the long wall portion.

    ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220384979A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17501645

    申请日:2021-10-14

    IPC分类号: H01R13/426 H01R13/24

    摘要: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electrical connecting assembly and an electrical connector. The electrical connecting assembly comprises two electrical connecting parts and a connecting part. Each of the electrical connecting parts comprises a main body comprising an electrical contacting component. The connecting part comprises a securing component. Two sides of the connecting part extend toward one direction and are connected with the two electrical connecting parts. The two electrical connecting parts are disposed symmetrically across the connecting part. A first electrical connector head comprises an electrical plugging member and the electrical connecting assembly assembled to the electrical plugging member. A second electrical connector head comprises an electrical connecting notch in which the electrical plugging member having the electrical connecting assembly is assembled. The electrical contacting component of the electrical connecting assembly abuts against two inner sidewall surfaces of the electrical connecting notch.