JP2012099249A - Joint connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a joint connector which can be manufactured inexpensively and decomposed easily.SOLUTION: A joint connector 1A comprises: a housing 2A composed of two separated housings 20A each having an identical shape and housing a plurality of female terminals; a bus bar 4 for electrically connecting the female terminals with each other; and fixing means for fixing the separated housings 20A to each other. The bus bar 4 includes: a body portion 41; and a plurality of male terminal portions 42 extending from two side of the body portion 41 which oppose to each other, and connecting with the respective female terminals. The separated housings 20A each include: a plurality of terminal housing portions 21; and bus bar housing portions 23 which communicate with the terminal housing portions 21, in which opening portions 23a are formed on the opposite side of the terminal housing portions 21, and which houses a half of the body portion 41. The fixing means is protrusions 43 provided on the male terminal portions 42. The protrusions 43 engage with the separated housings 20A so that the separated housings 20A are fixed to each other.

Description

  The present invention relates to a joint connector for electrically connecting a plurality of female terminals to each other.

  FIG. 28 is a perspective view showing a conventional joint connector. FIG. 29 is an exploded view of the joint connector shown in FIG. The joint connector 201 electrically connects the plurality of female terminals 5 attached to the terminals of the plurality of electric wires 6 to each other. The joint connector 201 includes a housing 202 made of synthetic resin, and a bus bar 204 insert-molded in the housing 202.

  The housing 202 includes a plurality of terminal accommodating portions 221 that respectively accommodate a plurality of female terminals 5, and a plurality of locking arms that respectively prevent the female terminals 5 accommodated in the terminal accommodating portions 221 from coming off. Is provided.

  The bus bar 204 is provided with a plate-shaped main body portion 241 and a plurality of male terminal portions 242 that extend from two opposite sides of the main body portion 241 and are electrically connected to the respective female terminals 5. Yes. That is, the joint connector 201 is a double insertion type joint connector in which the female terminals 5 are inserted from both directions (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-86801 A

  The conventional joint connector 201 described above has the following problems. That is, the joint connector 201 described above has a problem that it is very difficult to disassemble because the bus bar 204 is insert-molded in the housing 202. Further, since the joint connector 201 described above is a double insertion type, there is a problem that the shape in the housing is complicated, and a special molding die is required, which is costly. Furthermore, since the joint connector 201 described above is a double insertion type, it is not possible to insert a jig for releasing the locking arm to the female terminal 5 into the terminal accommodating portion 221 when disassembling, There is a problem that it is very difficult to pull out the female terminal 5 out of the housing 202.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a joint connector that can be manufactured at low cost and can be easily disassembled.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is a joint connector comprising: a housing that houses a plurality of female terminals; and a bus bar that electrically connects the plurality of female terminals to each other. And a plurality of male terminal portions that extend from two opposite sides of the main body portion and are electrically connected to the female terminals, and the housing has the same shape. Each of the divided housings contains the plurality of female terminals, and communicates with the plurality of terminal accommodating portions arranged in the width direction of the female terminals, and the plurality of terminal accommodating portions. In addition, an opening is formed on the opposite side of the terminal accommodating portion, and a bus bar accommodating portion that accommodates half of the main body portion is provided, and the divided housings are opposed to each other. It is a joint connector, characterized in that comprises a fixing means for fixing in a state in which the Align.

  The invention described in claim 2 is the invention described in claim 1, wherein the fixing means is a protrusion provided on each of the plurality of male terminal portions, and these protrusions are locked to the divided housing. Thus, the divided housings are fixed to each other.

  The invention described in claim 3 is the invention described in claim 1, wherein the fixing means is the plurality of male terminal portions, and the male terminal portions are press-fitted into the divided housing, so that the division is performed. The housings are fixed to each other.

  The invention described in claim 4 is the invention described in claim 1, further comprising a pair of spacers of the same shape that are respectively attached to the two divided housings and prevent the female terminals from being detached, The means is a lock arm provided in each of the pair of spacers, and the divided housings are fixed by locking the lock arm of the spacer attached to one of the divided housings to the other divided housing. It is characterized by this.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the fixing means includes a first locking portion that is locked to one of the divided housings and a first locking portion that is locked to the other divided housing. A panel clamp provided with two locking portions, and the divided housings are fixed by the first locking portion and the second locking portion of the panel clamp being locked to the two divided housings. It is characterized by this.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, the two divided housings are provided with a hood that overlaps a part of the other divided housing. It is characterized by this.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the bus bar is provided with a plate-like main body portion and a plurality of male terminals extending from two opposite sides of the main body portion and electrically connected to the female terminals. And the housing is constituted by two divided housings having the same shape, and each of the divided housings accommodates the plurality of female terminals and is arranged in the width direction of the female terminals. A terminal housing portion and a bus bar housing portion that communicates with the plurality of terminal housing portions and has an opening formed on the opposite side of the terminal housing portion and accommodates half of the main body portion; Since the fixing means for fixing the opening with the openings facing each other is provided, a special molding die is not required although it is a double insertion type, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Further, since the two divided housings have the same shape, the development cost of the molding die can be suppressed. Further, since the two divided housings fixed to each other can be separated, the divided housing and the bus bar can be separated. Further, by separating the two divided housings, an unlocking jig for unlocking the locking arm to the female terminal can be inserted into the terminal accommodating portion from the opening. The female terminal can be easily pulled out. Therefore, a joint connector that can be manufactured at low cost and can be easily disassembled can be provided.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, the fixing means is a protrusion provided on each of the plurality of male terminal portions, and the protrusions are locked to the divided housings to fix the divided housings to each other. Therefore, a joint connector having a simple structure can be provided.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, the fixing means is the plurality of male terminal portions, and the divided housings are fixed by press-fitting the male terminal portions into the divided housing. A joint connector having a simple structure can be provided.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the apparatus further comprises a pair of spacers of the same shape that are respectively attached to the two divided housings to prevent the female terminals from being detached, and the fixing means includes the pair of spacers. Since the divided housings are fixed by locking the lock arm of the spacer attached to one divided housing to the other divided housing, Development costs can be reduced and a joint connector with a simple structure can be provided.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, the fixing means is provided with a first locking portion that locks to one of the divided housings and a second locking portion that locks to the other divided housing. Since the divided housings are fixed by the panel clamps, and the first and second locking portions of the panel clamps are locked to the two divided housings, the joint connector has a simple structure. Can be provided.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the hood that overlaps a part of the other divided housing is provided in the two divided housings, it is possible to prevent foreign matter from entering the divided housings.

1 is a perspective view showing a joint connector according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the joint connector shown in FIG. 1. It is explanatory drawing explaining the assembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 1, and is a figure which shows a mode that a bus bar is accommodated in two division | segmentation housings. It is explanatory drawing explaining the assembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 1, and is a figure which shows a mode that a female terminal is inserted in two division | segmentation housings shown by FIG. It is an exploded view of the other joint connector comprised by the component of the joint connector shown by FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the manufacturing method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 5, and is a figure which shows a mode that the bus bar shown by FIG. 2 is cut | disconnected. FIG. 6 is an explanatory view for explaining a method of assembling the joint connector shown in FIG. 5, and shows a state in which the bus bar divided into two is accommodated in one divided housing shown in FIG. 2. It is explanatory drawing explaining the assembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 5, and is a figure which shows a mode that a female terminal is inserted in one division | segmentation housing shown by FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the joint connector concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 10 is an exploded view of the joint connector shown in FIG. 9. It is explanatory drawing explaining the assembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 9, and is a figure which shows a mode that a bus bar is accommodated in two division | segmentation housings. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of assembling the joint connector shown in FIG. 9, and shows a state where the bus bar shown in FIG. 11 is accommodated in two divided housings. It is explanatory drawing explaining the assembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 9, and is a figure which shows a mode that a female terminal is inserted in two division | segmentation housings shown by FIG. It is an exploded view which shows the joint connector concerning the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the assembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 14, and is a figure which shows a mode that each spacer is temporarily latched by each division | segmentation housing. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of assembling the joint connector shown in FIG. 14, and shows how the bus bar is housed in the two divided housings shown in FIG. 15. It is explanatory drawing explaining the assembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 14, and is a figure which shows a mode that a female terminal is inserted in two division | segmentation housings shown by FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the assembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 14, and is a figure which shows a mode that each spacer shown by FIG. 17 is finally latched. FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of assembling the joint connector shown in FIG. 14 and showing a state in which each spacer shown in FIG. 18 is fully locked and assembly of the joint connector is completed. It is explanatory drawing explaining the disassembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 14, and is a figure which shows the state before disassembly of a joint connector. It is explanatory drawing explaining the disassembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 14, and is a figure which shows a mode that each spacer shown by FIG. 20 is moved from a temporary locking state to a temporary locking state. It is explanatory drawing explaining the decomposition | disassembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 14, and is a figure which shows the state by which two division | segmentation housings shown by FIG. 21 were isolate | separated. It is explanatory drawing explaining the disassembly method of the joint connector shown by FIG. 14, and is a figure which shows a mode that the latch release jig | tool is inserted in one division | segmentation housing shown by FIG. FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of disassembling the joint connector shown in FIG. 14, and the locking of the locking arm to the female terminal is released by the locking releasing jig shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows a mode that it pulls out of a housing. It is a perspective view which shows the joint connector concerning the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing along the AA line in FIG. FIG. 26 is an exploded view of the joint connector shown in FIG. 25. It is a perspective view which shows the conventional joint connector. FIG. 29 is an exploded view of the joint connector shown in FIG. 28.

(First embodiment)
A joint connector according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  A joint connector 1A of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 electrically connects a plurality of female terminals 5 (see FIG. 4) respectively attached to terminals of a plurality of electric wires 6 (see FIG. 4). is there. The joint connector 1A includes a housing 2A, a pair of spacers 3 made of synthetic resin attached to the housing 2A, two bus bars 4 obtained by pressing a metal plate, etc., and a fixing means 43. It is equipped with.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the bus bar 4 includes a rectangular plate-like main body 41 and a plurality of male terminals that extend from two opposite sides of the main body 41 and are electrically connected to the respective female terminals 5. Terminal portion 42 is provided. The plurality of male terminal portions 42 are formed in a rod shape, and are arranged in parallel at intervals. Each male terminal portion 42 is provided with a pair of protrusions 43 as the fixing means.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the housing 2A is composed of two divided housings 20A having the same shape. The divided housing 20A is made of synthetic resin. The divided housing 20 </ b> A accommodates a plurality of female terminals 5 and a plurality of terminal accommodating portions 21 arranged in the width direction of the female terminals 5, and disconnection of each female terminal 5 accommodated in each terminal accommodating portion 21. A plurality of locking arms each for stopping and a bus bar housing portion 23 communicating with the plurality of terminal housing portions 21 and having an opening 23a on the opposite side to the terminal housing portions 21 and housing half of the main body portion 41. And an insertion hole 25 into which the spacer 3 is inserted.

  Further, the divided housing 20A is provided with a plurality of terminal accommodating portions 21 arranged in the width direction of the female terminals 5 in two upper and lower stages. Further, the divided housing 20A is provided with a bus bar accommodating portion 23 communicated with the plurality of upper terminal accommodating portions 21 and a bus bar accommodating portion 23 communicated with the plurality of lower terminal accommodating portions 21 in the upper and lower two stages. It has been.

  Half of the bus bar 4 described above is inserted into the bus bar accommodating portion 23 and the terminal accommodating portion 21 of one divided housing 20A, and the other half is inserted into the bus bar accommodating portion 23 and the terminal accommodating portion 21 of the other divided housing 20A. The At this time, the bus bar 4 is inserted into each divided housing 20A from each opening 23a. One of the two bus bars 4 is inserted into the upper bus bar accommodating portion 23 and the terminal accommodating portion 21 of each divided housing 20A, and the other one is accommodated in the lower bus bar of each divided housing 20A. Inserted into the portion 23 and the terminal accommodating portion 21. That is, the two divided housings 20A constitute the housing 2A in a state where the openings 23a face each other. The bus bar 4 is attached to the divided housings 20A by a pair of protrusions 43 provided on the male terminal portions 42 being engaged with the divided housings 20A. That is, the projection 43 fixes the two divided housings 20A with the openings 23a facing each other.

  In the joint connector 1A configured as described above, the pair of spacers 3 are inserted into the insertion holes 25 of the respective divided housings 20A, and the bus bar 4 is accommodated in the two divided housings 20A as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the female terminal 5 is inserted and assembled into the terminal accommodating portion 21 of each divided housing 20A from the side opposite to the opening 23a. Each female terminal 5 inserted into each terminal accommodating portion 21 is fitted to each male terminal portion 42 and is electrically connected to the male terminal portion 42. That is, the joint connector 1A is a double insertion type joint connector into which the female terminals 5 are inserted from both directions.

  Further, when disassembling the joint connector 1A assembled in the above-described order, first, the divided housings 20A are separated by pulling or the like, and a rod-shaped locking release jig is inserted from the opening 23a into the bus bar housing portion 23 and the terminal housing. The locking arm is released from the split housing 20A by inserting it into the portion 21 and releasing the locking of the locking arm to the female terminal 5 by protruding the locking arm at the tip of the locking releasing jig. Then, the spacer 3 is removed from the divided housing 20A, and finally the bus bar 4 is pulled out from one or the other divided housing 20A.

  As described above, the joint connector 1A according to the present invention includes the two divided housings 20A having the same shape and the fixing means for fixing the divided housings 20A, that is, the protrusions 43 of the bus bar 4. However, a special molding die is not required, and the manufacturing cost can be suppressed. Further, since the two divided housings 20A have the same shape, the development cost of the molding die can be suppressed. Further, since the joint connector 1A of the present invention can separate the two divided housings 20A fixed to each other, the divided housing 20A and the bus bar 4 can be separated. Further, by separating the two divided housings 20A, an unlocking jig for unlocking the locking arm to the female terminal 5 can be inserted into the terminal accommodating portion 21 from the opening 23a. Thus, the female terminal 5 can be easily pulled out from the divided housing 20A. Therefore, the joint connector 1A that can be manufactured at low cost and can be easily disassembled can be provided.

  Further, the joint connector 1A according to the present invention has a simple structure because the divided housings 20A are fixed to each other by the projections 43 as the fixing means provided in each of the plurality of male terminal portions 42 being engaged with the divided housings 20A. It can be.

  FIG. 5 is an exploded view of another joint connector constituted by the components of the joint connector 1A of the present invention described above. This joint connector 101 includes one divided housing 20 </ b> A described above and two bus bars 104. As shown in FIG. 6, the two bus bars 104 are obtained by cutting the bus bar 4 described above along the dotted line.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the joint connector 101 having the above configuration is assembled by inserting the bus bar 104 divided into two into one divided housing 20A. In the joint connector 101, as shown in FIG. 8, the female terminal 5 is inserted into the terminal accommodating portion 21 from the side opposite to the opening 23a. That is, the joint connector 101 is a joint connector in which the female terminal 5 is inserted only from one side direction.

  Thus, the joint connector 1 </ b> A of the present invention is composed of highly versatile parts that can constitute another type of joint connector 101.

(Second Embodiment)
A joint connector according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 13, the same components as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the joint connector 1 </ b> B includes a housing 2 </ b> B, two bus bars 4, and fixing means 43.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the housing 2B is composed of two divided housings 20B having the same shape. The divided housing 20B is made of synthetic resin. The split housing 20B includes a plurality of terminal accommodating portions 21, a plurality of locking arms that respectively prevent the female terminals 5 accommodated in the terminal accommodating portions 21, a bus bar accommodating portion 23, and a counterpart. A hood 26 having a U-shaped cross section that overlaps a part of the divided housing 20B is provided.

  The hood 26 is provided at the end of the divided housing 20B on the opening 23a side. The hood 26 overlaps the end of the counterpart split housing 20B on the opening 23a side.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the two divided housings 20 </ b> B are fixed in a state where the openings 23 a are opposed to each other by the bus bar 4 to constitute the housing 2 </ b> B. In addition, in the state where the two divided housings 20B are fixed to each other, the hood 26 described above overlaps the end of the counterpart divided housing 20B on the opening 23a side. As a result, the mating portion between the divided housings 20 </ b> B is completely covered with the hood 26.

  In the joint connector 1B having the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 13, the female terminal 5 is inserted into the terminal accommodating portion 21 of each divided housing 20B from the side opposite to the opening 23a, as in the joint connector 1A described above.

  Thus, in the joint connector 1B of the present invention, the hood 26 that overlaps a part of the other divided housing 20B is provided in each of the two divided housings 20B, so that foreign matter can enter into these divided housings 20B. Can be prevented.

(Third embodiment)
A joint connector according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 24, the same components as those in the first and second embodiments described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the joint connector 1C includes a housing 2C, a pair of synthetic resin spacers 103 attached to the housing 2C, two bus bars 4 ′, and fixing means 42 and 134. Yes.

  The bus bar 4 ′ has the same configuration as the bus bar 4 described in the first embodiment except that the protrusion 43 is not provided.

  The housing 2C is composed of two divided housings 20C having the same shape. The divided housing 20C is made of synthetic resin. The split housing 20C includes a plurality of terminal accommodating portions 21, a plurality of locking arms that respectively prevent the female terminals 5 accommodated in the terminal accommodating portions 21, a bus bar accommodating portion 23, and the spacer. 103 is inserted into the insertion hole 125, the pair of temporary locking portions 28 to which the spacer 103 is temporarily locked, the pair of final locking portions 29 to which the spacer 103 is permanently locked, and the other split housing 20C. And a locking hole 27 for locking a lock arm 134 (described later) of the spacer 103.

  The divided housing 20 </ b> C is provided with a plurality of terminal accommodating portions 21 arranged in the width direction of the female terminal 5 in two upper and lower stages. Also, the divided housing 20C is provided with a bus bar accommodating portion 23 communicating with the plurality of upper terminal accommodating portions 21 and a bus bar accommodating portion 23 communicating with the plurality of lower terminal accommodating portions 21 in two upper and lower stages. It has been.

  Half of the bus bar 4 ′ described above is inserted into the bus bar housing part 23 and the terminal housing part 21 of one divided housing 20 </ b> C, and the other half is inserted into the bus bar housing part 23 and the terminal housing part 21 of the other divided housing 20 </ b> C. Is done. At this time, the bus bar 4 'is inserted into each divided housing 20C from each opening 23a. That is, the two divided housings 20C constitute the housing 2C in a state where the openings 23a face each other. The bus bar 4 'is attached to the divided housings 20C by the male terminal portions 42 being press-fitted into the respective divided housings 20C. That is, the male terminal portion 42 fixes the two divided housings 20C with the openings 23a facing each other.

  The pair of spacers 103 are respectively attached to the two divided housings 20C to prevent the female terminals 5 from being detached, and are formed in the same shape. The spacer 103 passes the holding portion 131 for holding the female terminal 5 accommodated in each of the plurality of lower terminal accommodating portions 21 and the female terminal 5 accommodated in each of the plurality of upper terminal accommodating portions 21. A through hole 132, a pair of attachment portions 133, and a lock arm 134 are provided.

  The pair of mounting portions 133 are temporarily locked to the pair of temporary locking portions 28 of the divided housing 20 </ b> C and are finally locked to the pair of final locking portions 29. Further, “temporarily latching to the temporary latching portion 28” means that the temporary latching portion 28 is latched with a smaller latching force than when the main latching portion 29 is permanently latched.

  The lock arm 134 is formed in an elongated plate shape, and a locking projection 135 that locks in the locking hole 27 of the divided housing 20 </ b> C is provided at a distal end portion thereof.

  In such a spacer 103, the locking projection 135 of the lock arm 134 is engaged with the other divided housing 20C in a state where the pair of mounting portions 133 are fully locked to the pair of main locking portions 29 of the one divided housing 20C. Lock to the stop hole 27. Thus, the two divided housings 20C are fixed to each other.

  That is, in the joint connector 1 </ b> C, both the male terminal portion 42 and the lock arm 134 constitute “fixing means”.

  When assembling the joint connector 1C having the above-described configuration, first, as shown in FIG. 15, the pair of attachment portions 133 of each spacer 103 is temporarily locked to the pair of temporary locking portions 28 of each divided housing 20C. Next, as shown in FIG. 16, the bus bar 4 'is accommodated in the two divided housings 20C, and the divided housings 20C are fixed to each other. Next, as shown in FIG. 17, the female terminal 5 is inserted into the terminal accommodating portion 21 of each divided housing 20C from the side opposite to the opening 23a. Next, as shown in FIG. 18, the spacers 103 are pushed into the divided housings 20 </ b> C, and the pair of mounting portions 133 are finally locked to the pair of main locking portions 29 of the divided housings 20 </ b> C, and the lock arms The locking projections 135 of 134 are locked in the locking holes 27 of the divided housings 20C. Thus, the joint connector 1C is assembled as shown in FIG.

  Further, when disassembling the joint connector 1C shown in FIG. 20 assembled in the above-described order, first, as shown in FIG. The pair of attachment portions 133 that are permanently locked to the portion 29 are temporarily locked to the pair of temporary locking portions 28, and the locking protrusions 135 of the lock arm 134 are removed from the locking holes 27. Next, as shown in FIG. 22, the divided housings 20C are separated by pulling them. Then, as shown in FIG. 23, the rod-shaped locking release jig 8 is inserted into the bus bar housing portion 23 and the terminal storage portion 21 from the opening 23 a, and the locking arm is protruded at the tip of the locking release jig 8. Thus, the locking of the locking arm to the female terminal 5 is released, and the female terminal 5 is pulled out of the divided housing 20C as shown in FIG. Then, the spacer 103 is removed from the divided housing 20C, and finally the bus bar 4 'is pulled out from one or the other divided housing 20C.

  Thus, since the joint connector 1C of the present invention includes the male terminal portion 42 and the lock arm 134 as fixing means, the divided housings 20C can be fixed more reliably. In addition, since the pair of spacers 103 have the same shape, the development cost of a molding die for these spacers 103 can be suppressed.

(Fourth embodiment)
A joint connector according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIGS. 25 to 27, the same components as those in the first to third embodiments described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted.

  25 and 27, the joint connector 1D includes a housing 2D, a pair of spacers 3, two bus bars 4 ', a male terminal portion 42 as fixing means, and a panel clamp 9 as fixing means. And. Further, since the male terminal portion 42 as the fixing means has the same configuration as that of the third embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  The housing 2D is composed of two divided housings 20D having the same shape. The divided housing 20D is made of synthetic resin. Further, the divided housing 20D includes a plurality of terminal accommodating portions 21, a plurality of locking arms that respectively prevent the female terminals 5 accommodated in the terminal accommodating portions 21, a bus bar accommodating portion 23, and a panel clamp. 9, a U-shaped frame portion 11 that positions and positions a later-described plate portion 91 inside, an overlapping portion 12 that is connected to the frame portion 11 and positions the plate portion 91 between the outer wall of the divided housing 20D, A convex portion 13 (see FIG. 26) that protrudes from the surface of the overlapping portion 12 to the outer wall side of the divided housing 20D is provided.

  The panel clamp 9 fixes the housing 2D to a panel or the like, and includes a plate portion 91 formed in a plate shape and a press-fit portion 93 press-fitted into a hole in the panel or the like. At both ends of the plate portion 91, a first locking portion 92a locked to the convex portion 13 of one divided housing 20D and a second locking portion locked to the convex portion 13 of the other divided housing 20D. 92b is provided. The first locking portion 92 a and the second locking portion 92 b are through holes that penetrate the plate portion 91. The press-fit portion 93 includes a standing portion 94 that is erected in a rod shape from the plate portion 91, and a pair of elastic deformation pieces 95 that extend from the tip of the standing portion 94 toward the plate portion 91. The press-fit portion 93 is press-fitted into a hole in the panel or the like by the pair of elastic deformation pieces 95 being elastically deformed, and is attached to the hole in the panel or the like by restoring the pair of elastic deformation pieces 95 to a state before the deformation. It is done.

  As shown in FIG. 26, the panel clamp 9 is positioned between the outer wall of each divided housing 20D and each overlapping portion 12 while the plate portion 91 is positioned inside the frame portion 11 of each divided housing 20D. The divided housings 20D are fixed to each other by the first locking portions 92a and the second locking portions 92b being locked to the convex portions 13 of the divided housings 20D.

  Thus, since the joint connector 1D of the present invention includes the male terminal portion 42 and the panel clamp 9 as fixing means, the divided housings 20D can be fixed more reliably.

  In addition, embodiment mentioned above only showed the typical form of this invention, and this invention is not limited to embodiment. That is, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1A, 1B, 1C, 1D Joint connector 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D Housing 4, 4 'Bus bar 5 Female terminal 9 Panel clamp (fixing means)
20A, 20B, 20C, 20D Divided housing 21 Terminal accommodating portion 23 Bus bar accommodating portion 23a Opening portion 41 Body portion 42 Male terminal portion (fixing means)
43 Protrusion (fixing means)
134 Lock arm (fixing means)

Claims (6)

In a joint connector comprising a housing that houses a plurality of female terminals, and a bus bar that electrically connects the plurality of female terminals to each other,
The bus bar is provided with a plate-like main body portion and a plurality of male terminal portions extending from two opposite sides of the main body portion and electrically connected to the female terminals,
The housing is composed of two divided housings having the same shape,
Each of the divided housings accommodates the plurality of female terminals and a plurality of terminal accommodating portions arranged in the width direction of the female terminals, and communicates with the plurality of terminal accommodating portions and opposite to the terminal accommodating portions. An opening is formed, and a bus bar housing portion that houses half of the main body portion is provided,
A joint connector comprising a fixing means for fixing the divided housings with the openings facing each other. The said fixing means is the protrusion provided in each of these several male terminal parts, The said divided housings are fixed when these protrusions latch to the said divided housing. Joint connector. The joint connector according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means is the plurality of male terminal portions, and the divided housings are fixed to each other by press-fitting the male terminal portions into the divided housing. A pair of spacers of the same shape that are respectively attached to the two divided housings and prevent the female terminals from coming off;
The fixing means is a lock arm provided in each of the pair of spacers, and the divided housings are fixed by locking the lock arm of the spacer attached to one of the divided housings to the other divided housing. The joint connector according to claim 1, wherein: The fixing means is a panel clamp provided with a first locking portion that locks to one of the divided housings and a second locking portion that locks to the other divided housing, and the first of the panel clamps. 2. The joint connector according to claim 1, wherein the divided housings are fixed by the locking portions and the second locking portions being locked to the two divided housings. The joint connector according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a hood is provided on the two divided housings so as to overlap a part of the other divided housing.

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