Patent Grant
10944197
This is the U.S. national stage of application No. PCT/JP2018/040864, filed on Nov. 2, 2018. Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) and 35 U.S.C. § 365(b) is claimed from Japanese Application No. 2017-225147 filed Nov. 22, 2017, the disclosure of which is also incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a connector terminal and a connector including the connector terminal.
PTL 1 discloses a contact pin of a connector formed by punching and bending a metal plate into a predetermined shape. This contact pin extends linearly and includes a pin-shaped contact terminal portion provided on a front end side, a body portion provided in a middle, and a connection terminal portion provided on a rear end side.
In the contact pin, a pair of lances protruding to left and right are provided on the body portion at intervals of 180 degrees around a center line extending in an extension direction of the contact pin. In addition, each of the lances is locked to a corresponding one of a pair of hollow locking portions formed on an inner peripheral surface serving as a contact holding hole of an insulator to be held in the contact holding hole of the insulator.
PTL 1: JP H08-055649 A
Only when the contact pin is inserted into the contact holding hole in a predetermined orientation around an axis, each of the lances is locked to a corresponding one of the hollow locking portions. This may cause, depending on the orientation of the contact pin when the contact pin is inserted into the contact holding hole, the contact pin to fail to be held in the contact holding hole and to fall off from the insulator.
It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a connector terminal that can reduce falling off from a housing, and a connector including the connector terminal.
A connector terminal as an example of the present disclosure that can be held in a holding portion of a connector having a housing that can be held in a holding portion of a connector having a housing, which has insulation properties and in which the holding portion is provided, and that can connect an electric wire, the connector terminal comprising:
a terminal body extending along a center line;
a contact portion provided at a first end portion of the terminal body in an extension direction of the terminal body;
a lance portion provided at a second end portion of the terminal body in the extension direction of the terminal body; and
a connection portion that is disposed between the contact portion and the lance portion and that can connect a conductor portion of the electric wire from the lance portion side, wherein
the lance portion includes at least three positioning lances, which are provided at intervals around the center line, that can be locked to a locking portion of the housing in an extension direction of the center line, and that position the connector terminal in the holding portion in the extension direction of the center line,
the at least three positioning lances include a first positioning lance, a second positioning lance and a third positioning lance, the second positioning lance and the third positioning lance being arranged on both sides of the first positioning lance in a circumferential direction with respect to the center line, and
when viewed from the extension direction of the center line, an angle formed by a first imaginary straight line connecting the center line and the first positioning lance and a second imaginary straight line connecting the center line and the second positioning lance is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line, and an angle formed by the first imaginary straight line and a third imaginary straight line connecting the center line and the third positioning lance is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line.
A connector as an example of the present disclosure includes:
the connector terminal; and
the housing including the holding portion in which the connector terminal is held.
According to the connector terminal, the lance portion is provided at the second end portion in the extension direction of the terminal body, so that when the connector terminal is held in the holding portion of the housing, the lance portion is lastly held in the holding portion. This makes it possible to realize the connector terminal that is easily held in the holding portion of the housing and allows confirmation of whether each of the positioning lances is locked to the locking portion of the housing to be easily made as compared with the contact pin having a pair of lances provided on a body portion provided in a middle of the contact pin disclosed in PTL 1.
The connector terminal includes at least three positioning lances, that is, the first positioning lance, the second positioning lance, and the third positioning lance, that position the connector terminal in the holding portion of the connector terminal in the extension direction of the center line. When viewed from the extension direction of the center line, the angle formed by the first imaginary straight line connecting the center line and the first positioning lance and the second imaginary straight line connecting the center line and the second positioning lance is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line of the terminal body, and the angle formed by the first imaginary straight line and the third imaginary straight line connecting the center line and the third positioning lance is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line of the terminal body. This allows, as compared with the contact pin having a pair of lances arranged at intervals of 180 degrees or more around the center line disclosed in PTL 1, the connector terminal to be easily locked to the locking portion of the housing regardless of the orientation of the connector terminal around the center line when the connector terminal is held in the holding portion. This in turn makes it possible to realize the connector terminal that can reduce falling off of the connector terminal from the housing.
Since the connector includes the connector terminal, it is possible to realize the connector that can prevent the connector terminal from falling off from the housing and that is easily assembled.
Hereinafter, a description will be given of an example of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that, in the following description, terms representing specific directions or positions (for example, terms including “up”, “down”, “right”, and “left”) will be used as necessary, but the use of these terms is intended to facilitate understanding of the present disclosure with reference to the drawings, and the technical scope of the present disclosure is not limited by the meanings of the terms. Further, the following description shows merely an example in nature and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, applications of the present disclosure, or uses of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the drawings are schematic drawings, and ratios between dimensions are not necessarily equal to the actual ratios.
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Specifically, the position restriction portion 31 is configured to restrict the position through contact between the outer peripheral surface of the annular band portion 34 and the inner peripheral surface 13 of the housing 10 when the socket terminal 20 is held in the holding portion 11.
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That is, each of the resilient contact portions 33 has a cantilever structure, and a proximal end portion 37 that is one end portion of the resilient contact portion 33 in the extension direction of the resilient contact portion 33, is connected to the terminal body 21. Each of the resilient contact portions 33 has a distal end portion 36 that is not connected to the terminal body 21, is located adjacent to the center line CL1 as compared with the proximal end portion 37 connected to the terminal body 21 in the width direction of the terminal body 21, and is swingable in the width direction of the terminal body 21.
A bent portion 38 that is bent away from the center line CL1 in the width direction of the terminal body 21 is provided at the distal end portion 36 of each of the resilient contact portions 33 adjacent to the position restriction portion 31. The bent portion 38 allows the plug terminal 120 inserted through the annular band portion 34 of the position restriction portion 31 to be smoothly inserted between the pair of resilient contact portions 33 without collision with the distal end portions 36 of the pair of resilient contact portions 33 when the plug terminal 120 is inserted into the holding portion 11.
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Note that, according to this embodiment, a straight line connecting centers in a thickness direction (denoted as D1 and D2 in
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Specifically, the positioning lances 41, 42 and 43 are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction on a circumference of a circle centered on the center line CL1 when viewed from the extension direction of the center line CL1 (that is, θ1=θ2=θ3=120 degrees). Therefore, regardless of the orientation of the socket terminal 20 around the center line CL1 when the socket terminal 20 is held in the holding portion 11, the socket terminal 20 can be locked to the cutout portions 12 of the housing 10.
Note that the first imaginary straight line L1, the second imaginary straight line L2, and the third imaginary straight line L3 are each a straight line passing through the center line CL1 and any portion of a corresponding one of the positioning lances 41, 42 and 43 when viewed from the extension direction of the center line CL1. That is, as shown in
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When the cover portion 3 is formed, resin that is the material of the cover portion 3 may flow into the resin positioning portion 50 from a side adjacent to the lance portion 40 toward the contact portion 30 to form a resin-filled portion 60 extending from the lance portion toward the contact portion 30. The guide wall portion 51 is configured to guide the resin flowing from the side adjacent to the lance portion 40 toward the contact portion 30 to the positioning wall portion 52, and the positioning wall portion 52 is configured to position the resin-filled portion 60.
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A description will be given below of a process of forming the resin positioning portion 50 with reference to
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First, a cut is made around a center point CP located on a center line CL3 in the short-side direction of the first member 201 to form a slit 521 having an approximately arc shape, while recesses 551, 552 are formed, extending toward the center line CL3 of the first member 201, on outer side surfaces 204, 205 of the second member 202 and the third member 203 away from the center line CL3 of the first member 201, respectively.
The slit 521 is provided with a projecting portion 522 that projects in a direction away from the center point CP along the center line CL3. A part of the first member 201 surrounded by the projecting portion 522 constitutes the locking protrusion portion 54. On the opposite side of the projecting portion 522 in the radial direction with respect to the center point CP, no slit 521 is formed. The opposite side of the projecting portion 522 constitutes the uncut portion 56 of the positioning wall portion 52. Each of the recess portions 551, 552 is provided on an imaginary straight line L5 connecting both ends of the slit 521, and the two recess portions 551, 552 constitutes one locking recess portion 55.
Subsequently, a part of the first member 201 surrounded by the slit 521 is bent and raised approximately perpendicular to a plate surface of the first member 201 to form the positioning wall portion 52, while the second member 202 and the third member 203 are bent and raised along an outer peripheral surface around the center point CP of the positioning wall portion 52 to be joined to each other in a state that the outer surfaces 204, 205 face each other, thereby forming the guide wall portion 51.
At this time, the recess portions 551, 552 are connected with their openings facing each other to form the locking recess portion 55, and the locking protrusion portion 54 of the positioning wall portion 52 is held and locked inside the locking recess portion 55.
Note that the positioning wall portion 52 has an outer shape larger than the through hole 53 inside the guide wall portion 51 when viewed from the extension direction of the center line CL1 of the socket terminal 20. This reliably seals a space between the guide wall portion 51 and the positioning wall portion 52 inside the guide wall portion 51.
According to the socket terminal 20, the lance portion 40 is provided at the other end portion 212 in the extension direction of the terminal body 21, so that when the socket terminal 20 is held in the holding portion 11 of the housing 10, the lance portion 40 is lastly held in the holding portion 11. This makes a sliding distance between the inner peripheral surface 13 of the holding portion 11 of the housing 10 and each of the positioning lances 41, 42 and 43 when the socket terminal 20 is held in the holding portion 11 short as compared with the contact pin disclosed in PTL 1 having a pair of lances provided on a body portion provided in a middle of the contact pin, thereby each of the positioning lances 41, 42 and 43 being locked to the locking portion 12 of the housing 10 at a position closer to the user. This in turn makes it possible to realize the socket terminal 20 that can be easily held in the holding portion 11 of the housing 10 and that allows confirmation of whether each of the positioning lances 41, 42 and 43 is locked to the locking portion 12 of the housing 10 to be easily made.
The socket terminal 20 has at least three positioning lances, that is, the first positioning lance 41, the second positioning lance 42, and the third positioning lance 43, that position the socket terminal 20 in the holding portion 11 of the connector 1 in the extension direction of the center line CL1. The angle θ1 formed by the first imaginary straight line L1 connecting the center line CL1 and the first positioning lance 41 and the second imaginary straight line L2 connecting the center line CL1 and the second positioning lance 42 is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line CL1 of the socket terminal 20, and the angle θ3 formed by the first imaginary straight line L1 and the third imaginary straight line L3 connecting the center line CL1 and the third positioning lance 43 is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line CL1 of the terminal body 21. This allows, as compared with the contact pin having a pair of lances arranged at intervals of 180 degrees or more around the center line disclosed in PTL 1, the socket terminal 20 to be easily locked to the locking portion 12 of the housing 10 regardless of the orientation of the socket terminal 20 around the center line CL1 when the socket terminal 20 is held in the holding portion 11. This in turn makes it possible to realize the socket terminal 20 that can reduce falling off of the socket terminal 20 from the housing 10.
The positioning lances 41, 42 and 43 are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction on the circumference of the circle centered on the center line CL1 when viewed from the extension direction of the center line CL1. This in turn makes it possible to realize the socket terminal 20 that can more reliably reduce falling off from the housing 10.
The terminal body 21 has the electric wire guide surface 24 configured to guide the electric wire 2 in the extension direction of the center line CL1 when the conductor portion 5 of the electric wire 2 is connected to the connection portion 22. The electric wire guide surface 24 allows the electric wire 2 to smoothly move in the extension direction of the center line CL1, which in turn allows the conductor portion 5 of the electric wire 2 to be easily connected to the connection portion 22.
The terminal body 21 has the pair of electric wire clamp portions 23 capable of clamping the insulation portion 6 of the electric wire 2 when the conductor portion 5 of the wire 2 is connected to the connection portion 22. The pair of electric wire clamp portions 23 can reduce a load applied to the conductor portion 5 of the electric wire 2 when the conductor portion 5 is connected to the connection portion 22.
Since the connector 1 includes the socket terminal 20, it is possible to realize the connector 1 that prevents the socket terminal 20 from falling off of the socket terminal 20 from the housing 10 and that is easily assembled.
In the socket terminal 20, the resin positioning portion 50 has the guide wall portion 51 with a tubular shape having the through hole 53 extending along the center line CL1, and the positioning wall portion 52 formed by cutting and raising part of the terminal body 21 and configured to close the through hole 53 in the extension direction of the center line CL1 inside the guide wall portion 51. The positioning wall portion 52 has the locking protrusion portion 54 protruding from the positioning wall portion 52 toward the outside of the resin positioning portion 50, and the guide wall portion 51 has the locking recess portion 55 that locks the locking protrusion portion 54 to restrict the position of the positioning wall portion 52 relative to the guide wall portion 51. This allows the positioning wall portion 52 to prevent the resin-filled portion 60 from being formed in the contact portion 30 even when, for example, resin flows from a side adjacent to the lance portion 40 into the resin positioning portion 50 when molding the cover portion 3 of the resin, which in turn makes it possible to suppress a reduction in connectivity of the socket terminal 20 due to the resin.
The guide wall portion 51 has a cylinder shape having the through hole 53 with a columnar shape, the positioning wall portion 52 has a disk shape, and the locking protrusion portion 54 and the uncut portion 56 of the positioning wall portion 52 are arranged on opposite sides of the positioning wall portion 52 in the radial direction with respect to the center of the disk shape. This makes it possible to more reliably restrict the position of the positioning wall portion 52 relative to the guide wall portion 51.
Since the connector 1 includes the socket terminal 20, it is possible to realize the connector 1 that is high in connectivity.
In the socket terminal 20, the contact portion 30 has the position restriction portion 31 configured by the annular band portion 34 provided at the tip of the terminal body 21 adjacent to the one end portion 211 and extending in the circumferential direction on the inner peripheral surface 13 of the housing 10 constituting the holding portion 11. Since the position restriction portion 31 restricts the position of the contact portion 30 in the direction orthogonal to the extension direction of the holding portion 11 when the socket terminal 20 is held in the holding portion 11, it is possible to prevent the one end portion 211 of the terminal body 21 from ratting. This in turn makes it possible to increase contact reliability of the socket terminal 20 with respect to the plug terminal 120.
The bent portion 38 that is bent away from the center line CL1 in the width direction of the terminal body 21 is provided at the distal end portion 36 of the resilient contact portion 33 adjacent to the position restriction portion 31. This bent portion 38 allows, when the plug terminal 120 is inserted into the holding portion 11, the resilient contact portion 33 to resiliently deform with ease in the width direction of the terminal body 21 and in the direction away from the center line CL1.
The contact portion 30 has the pair of resilient contact portions 33 provided at the one end portion and the other end portion in the width direction of the terminal body 21 and arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line CL1. This allows the pair of resilient contact portions 33 to clamp the plug terminal 120 inserted into the holding portion 11, which in turn makes it possible to further increase the contact reliability of the socket terminal 20 with respect to the plug terminal 120.
The position restriction portion 31 is configured to restrict the position through contact between the outer peripheral surface of the annular band portion 34 and the inner peripheral surface 13 of the housing 10 when the position restriction portion 31 is held in the holding portion 11. This makes it possible to more reliably prevent the one end portion 211 of the terminal body 21 from ratting.
Since the connector 1 includes the socket terminal 20, it is possible to realize the connector 1 that is high in contact reliability.
Note that the locking portion of the housing 10 is not limited to the cutout portion 12 and may be capable of locking to the lance portion 40 of the socket terminal 20 in the extension direction of the center line CL1 of the socket terminal 20.
It is not limited to the configuration where the locking portion includes four cutout portions 12 each associated with a corresponding one of the holding portions 11, but the locking portion 12 may include, for example, two cutout portions 12 each associated with a corresponding one of two adjacent holding portions 11.
It is not limited to the configuration where the position restriction portion 31 of the contact portion 30 is provided at the tip of the terminal body 21 adjacent to the one end portion 211. The position restriction portion 31 may be provided at any position between the tip of the terminal body 21 adjacent to the one end portion 211 and the resin positioning portion 50.
It is not limited to the configuration where the annular band portion 34 of the position restriction portion 31 has an approximately uniform width W, but the annular band portion 34 may have a plurality of different widths. That is, the annular band portion 34 may have any shape as long as the annular band portion 34 can restrict, with its outer peripheral surface, the position of the contact portion 30 in the direction orthogonal to the extension direction of the holding portion 11.
The resilient contact portion 33 may come into contact with the plug terminal 120 inserted into the holding portion 11 to resiliently deform in the width direction of the terminal body 21 and away from the center line CL1. For example, the shape of the resilient contact portion 33 is not limited to a flat plate shape, but may be a plate shape curved along the annular band portion 34 of the position restriction portion 31, and the proximal end portion 37 may be connected to the resin positioning portion 50 rather than the terminal body 21.
Further, it is not limited to the configuration where the resilient contact portion 33 is provided as a pair on both sides in the width direction of the terminal body 21, but the resilient contact portion 33 may be provided at least at one end portion in the width direction of the terminal body 21.
Further, it is not limited to the configuration where the resilient contact portions 33 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line CL1, but the resilient contact portions 33 may be arranged asymmetrically with respect to the center line CL1.
According to the embodiment, the first positioning lance 41 is the first positioning lance, the second positioning lance 42 is the second positioning lance, and the third positioning lance 43 is the third positioning lance, but it is not limited to this configuration. For example, the first positioning lance 41 may be the second positioning lance, the second positioning lance 42 may be the third positioning lance, and the third positioning lance 43 may be the first positioning lance.
The lance portion 40 may have at least three positioning lances 41, 42 and 43. For example, the lance portion 40 may have fourth positioning lances in addition to the first to third positioning lances 41, 42 and 43.
The electric wire clamp portion 23, the electric wire guide surface 24, and the resin positioning portion 50 may be eliminated in accordance with the design of the socket terminal 20 or the like.
The guide wall portion 51 of the resin positioning portion 50 may have a tubular shape, and the shape is not limited to a cylinder shape.
The positioning wall portion 52 may be capable of closing the through hole 53 inside the guide wall portion 51. That is, the shape of the positioning wall portion 52 is not limited to a disk shape, but may be a different shape, and the positioning wall portion 52 may be provided at any position inside the guide wall portion 51 in the extension direction of the center line CL1 of the socket terminal 20.
It is not limited to the configuration where the positioning wall portion 52 is formed by cutting and raising from a side adjacent to the lance portion 40 toward the contact portion 30, but as shown in
The locking protrusion portion 54 of the positioning wall portion 52 may be provided at the cut and raised portion of the positioning wall portion 52, and it is not limited to the configuration where the locking protrusion portion 54 and the uncut portion 56 of the positioning wall portion 52 are arranged on opposite sides of the positioning wall portion 52 in the radial direction from the center of the positioning wall portion 52.
It is not limited to the configuration where the positioning wall portion 52 is formed by cutting and raising part of the terminal body 21. If possible, the positioning wall portion 52 may be formed by cutting and raising part of the guide wall portion 51 or may be formed by cutting and raising part the terminal body 21 and part of the guide wall portion 51.
In the embodiment, the socket terminal 20 as an example of the connector terminal and the socket connector 1 including the socket terminal 20 have been described, but the present disclosure without the contact portion 30 is applicable to the plug terminal 120 shown in
Although the various embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, a description will be given in conclusion of various aspects of the present disclosure. Note that the following description will be given as an example with the reference numerals attached.
A connector terminal 20 according to a first aspect of the present disclosure that can be held in a holding portion 11 of a connector 1 having a housing 10, which has insulation properties and in which the holding portion 11 is provided, and that can connect an electric wire 2, the connector terminal 20 comprises:
a terminal body 21 extending along a center line CL1;
a contact portion 30 provided at a first end portion 211 of the terminal body 21 in an extension direction of the terminal body 21;
a lance portion 40 provided at a second end portion 212 of the terminal body 21 in the extension direction of the terminal body 21; and
a connection portion 22 that is disposed between the contact portion 30 and the lance portion 40 and that can connect a conductor portion 5 of the electric wire 2 from the lance portion 40 side, wherein
the lance portion 40 includes at least three positioning lances 41, 42 and 43, which are provided at intervals around the center line CL1, that can be locked to a locking portion 12 of the housing 10 in an extension direction of the center line CL1, and that position the connector terminal 20 in the holding portion 11 in the extension direction of the center line CL1,
the at least three positioning lances 41, 42 and 43 include a first positioning lance 41, a second positioning lance 42 and a third positioning lance 43, the second positioning lance 42 and the third positioning lance 43 being arranged on both sides of the first positioning lance 41 in a circumferential direction with respect to the center line CL1, and
when viewed from the extension direction of the center line CL1, an angle θ1 formed by a first imaginary straight line L1 connecting the center line CL1 and the first positioning lance 41 and a second imaginary straight line L2 connecting the center line CL1 and the second positioning lance 42 is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line CL1, and an angle θ3 formed by the first imaginary straight line L1 and a third imaginary straight line L3 connecting the center line CL1 and the third positioning lance 43 is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line CL1.
In the connector terminal 20 according to the first aspect, the lance portion 40 is provided at the other end portion 212 in the extension direction of the terminal body 21. This makes a sliding distance between the inner peripheral surface 13 of the holding portion 11 of the housing 10 and each of the positioning lances 41, 42 and 43 when the connector terminal 20 is held in the holding portion 11 short as compared with the contact pin having a pair of lances provided on a body portion provided in a middle of the contact pin disclosed in PTL 1, thereby causing each of the positioning lances 41, 42 and 43 to be locked to the locking portion 12 of the housing 10 at a position closer to the user. This in turn makes it possible to realize the connector terminal 20 that can be easily held in the holding portion 11 of the housing 10 and that allows confirmation of whether each of the positioning lances 41, 42 and 43 is locked to the locking portion 12 of the housing 10 to be easily made.
Further, in the connector terminal 20 according to the first aspect, the angle θ1 formed by the first imaginary straight line L1 and the second imaginary straight line L2 is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line CL1 of the connector terminal 20, and the angle θ3 formed by the first imaginary straight line L1 and the third imaginary straight line L3 is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line CL1 of the terminal body 21. This allows, as compared with the contact pin having a pair of lances arranged at intervals of 180 degrees or more around the center line disclosed in PTL 1, the connector terminal 20 to be easily locked to the locking portion 12 of the housing 10 regardless of an orientation of the connector terminal 20 around the center line CL1 when the connector terminal 20 is held in the holding portion 11. This in turn makes it possible to realize the connector terminal 20 that can reduce falling off from the housing 10.
In the connector terminal 20 according to a second aspect the present disclosure, wherein
the first positioning lance 41, the second positioning lance 42, and the third positioning lance 43 are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction on a circumference of a circle centered on the center line CL1 when viewed from the extension direction of the center line CL1.
With the connector terminal 20 according to the second aspect, it is possible to realize the connector terminal 20 that can more reliably reduce falling off of the connector terminal 20 from the housing 10.
In the connector terminal 20 according to a third aspect of the present disclosure, wherein
the terminal body 21 includes an electric wire guide surface 24 provided at the other end portion 212 of the terminal body 21 to guide movement of the electric wire 2 in the extension direction of the center line CL1 when the conductor portion 5 of the electric wire 2 is connected to the connection portion 22, and
the first positioning lance 41 is disposed on the electric wire guide surface 24.
With the connector terminal 20 according to the third aspect, the electric wire guide surface 24 allows the electric wire 2 to smoothly move in the extension direction of the center line CL1, which in turn allows the conductor portion 5 of the electric wire 2 to be easily connected to the connection portion 22.
In the connector terminal 20 according to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, wherein
the terminal body 21 includes a pair of electric wire clamp portions 23 that are provided between the connection portion 22 and the other end portion 212 of the terminal body 21, that extend around the center line CL1 from the first and the second end portions of the terminal body 21 in a width direction intersecting the extension direction of the center line CL1, and that can clamp the insulation portion 6 of the electric wire 2 when the conductor portion 5 of the electric wire 2 is connected to the connection portion 22.
With the connector terminal 20 according to the fourth aspect, the pair of electric wire clamp portions 23 can reduce a load applied to the conductor portion 5 of the electric wire 2 when the conductor portion 5 is connected to the connection portion 22.
A connector 1 according to a fifth aspect of the present disclosure comprises:
the connector terminal 20; and
the housing 10 including the holding portion 11 in which the connector terminal 20 is held.
With the connector 1 according to the fifth aspect, since the connector 1 includes the connector terminal 20, it is possible to realize the connector 1 that makes the connector terminal 20 less prone to fall off from the housing 10 and that is easily assembled.
Note that suitably combining any of the various embodiments or any of the various modifications makes it possible to achieve effects possessed by each of the embodiments or the modifications. Further, combinations of the embodiments, combinations of the modifications, or combinations of the embodiments and the modifications are possible, and combinations of features in different embodiments or modifications are also possible.
While the present disclosure has been fully described in connection with the preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made. Unless such changes and modifications depart from the scope of the present disclosure as set forth in the accompanying claims, the changes and modifications should be construed as being included within the scope of the present disclosure.
The connector terminal according to the present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a machine tool for automobile.
Further, the connector according to the present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a machine tool for automobile.
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