JP6996601B2 - Terminal modules, connectors, and mating structures - Google Patents

Description

The techniques disclosed herein relate to terminal modules , connectors, and mating structures .

For example, when making an electrical connection in an automobile or the like, there is known a method of making an electrical connection by abutting and contacting opposing contacts. In such a method, if foreign matter adheres between the contacts, conduction failure occurs, which is not preferable. Therefore, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-274290 (Patent Document 1 below), foreign matter between the contacts is removed by sliding them against each other when the contacts are abutted against each other.

Specifically, in the power feeding device of JP-A-2002-274290 (Patent Document 1 below), the female junction has an end plate facing inside the case and a coil spring sandwiched and compressed between the end plates. It is provided. A leaf spring member having an elastic force is provided on the end plate on the side exposed to the outside. This leaf spring member is provided with an inclined free end portion that is easily elastically deformed by being bent after extending outward from the end plate, and is provided with a mail-side contact and a female-side contact (free end). By sliding both contacts with each other when they come into contact with each other, foreign matter between the contacts is eliminated.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-274290

However, the above configuration cannot be applied as it is in the case of high current applications. This is because, in the case of high current applications, the leaf spring member becomes thicker and more rigid, so that the end plate made of the insulating material is deformed by the pressing force from the leaf spring member, or in the worst case, This is because there is a risk of damage.

The terminal modules disclosed herein include a metal case having a ceiling wall, a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, and a pair of retaining pieces, and a coil spring sandwiched between the ceiling wall and the bottom wall. , The ceiling wall and the bottom wall are arranged to face each other, and the pair of side walls are provided so as to project from the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall toward the bottom wall side in a facing state. The pair of retaining pieces are arranged so as to face each other in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the pair of side walls face each other, and are provided so as to project from the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall toward the bottom wall in a state of facing each other. The retaining pieces are alternately arranged side by side on the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall, and the ceiling wall, the pair of side walls, and the pair of retaining pieces form a spring receiving portion that receives the end portion of the coil spring on the ceiling wall side. It was assumed that it was done.

In this way, since the spring receiving portion for receiving the end portion of the coil spring is provided in the metal case, the spring receiving portion is not deformed or damaged by being pressed by the coil spring. The terminal module can be applied for high current applications.

As a method of supporting the coil spring, there is also a method of fixing the guide rod to the ceiling wall of the case and passing the guide rod through the coil spring. The cost of the terminal module is high because of the cost such as caulking processing cost. In that respect, according to the above-mentioned terminal module, it is possible to reduce the parts cost of the guide rod and the processing cost of fixing the guide rod to the case.

The terminal module disclosed by the present specification may have the following configuration.
The bottom wall constitutes an electrical contact member that is electrically connected to the mating contact, and is connected to the mating contact at an initial position supported by a support portion provided on the pair of side walls. It is possible to move between the connection position displaced to the ceiling wall side, and the bottom wall at the connection position may be arranged on the support portion side of the protruding end of the retaining piece.
According to such a configuration, when the bottom wall is electrically connected to the contact on the other side, the bottom wall is displaced from the initial position to the ceiling wall side to reach the connection position, but the bottom wall is a retaining piece. Since it is arranged on the support portion side of the protruding end of the ceiling, the bottom wall does not interfere with the protruding end of the retaining piece.

The retaining piece has a base end portion that is arranged between a pair of notches provided on the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall so as to bulge outward from the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall and the base. It may have a form extending straight from the end portion to the bottom wall side, and may be composed of a flat portion constituting the spring receiving portion.
According to such a configuration, the clearance formed between the coil spring and the retaining piece can be made smaller than that in the case where the retaining piece is not provided with the flat surface portion.

The side wall may have a form of being knocked out inward of the case, and may have a structure of having a knocked-out portion constituting the spring receiving portion.
According to such a configuration, the clearance formed between the coil spring and the side wall can be made smaller than that in the case where the side wall is not provided with the punching portion.

According to the techniques disclosed herein, the cost of terminal modules for high current applications can be reduced.

Perspective view of the terminal module in the embodiment Front view of terminal module Side view of terminal module Rear view of terminal module Top view of terminal module Bottom view of the terminal module FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA. BB line sectional view in FIG. Front view of the terminal module with the bottom wall in the connection position Cross-sectional view showing the state before mating the connector and the mating connector Cross-sectional view showing the state after mating the connector and the mating connector

<Embodiment>
The embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings of FIGS. 1 to 11. The terminal module 10 of the present embodiment is electrically connected to the mating terminal 90 by being abutted against the mating terminal 90. In the following description, the upper side in FIG. 10 will be referred to as the upper side, and the lower side in FIG. 10 (the other side terminal 90 side) will be referred to as the lower side. Further, the left side in FIG. 3 is the front side, and the right side (braided line 45 side) in FIG. 3 is the rear side.

As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal module 10 of the present embodiment includes a case 20 and a coil spring 40 housed inside the case 20 in a compressed state. The case 20 has an electric contact member 50 urged toward the opening 27 side of the case 20 by a coil spring 40, and the electric contact member 50 can be electrically connected to the external connection member 70 via the braided wire 45. It is connected to the.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the case 20 has a pair of left and right side walls 23 extending downward from both side edges of the ceiling wall 21 and facing each other and parallel to each other, and a side wall 23. It is configured to include a pair of front walls 25 extending at right angles from the leading edge of the lower end portion, and an electrical contact member 50. Of the case 20, the box portion composed of the ceiling wall 21, the pair of left and right side walls 23, and the front wall 25 is made by pressing a metal plate material such as SUS material, and is open in the front-rear direction and downward. The lower opening is the opening 27 through which the mating terminal 90 can enter. The electrical contact member 50 is arranged on the back side (upper side) of the opening 27.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, each side wall 23 is composed of a side view rectangular upper end portion 23A and a side view rectangular lower end portion 23B, and the rear end of the lower end portion 23B is the upper end. It has a shape protruding rearward from the rear end of the portion 23A. The dimension in the front-rear direction of the upper end portion 23A of the side wall 23 is slightly larger than the external dimension of the coil spring 40, and is the same as the dimension in the front-rear direction of the ceiling wall 21. On the other hand, the front-rear dimension of the lower end portion 23B is larger than the front-rear dimension of the upper end portion 23A by the size of the connection portion between the connection piece portion 61 and the braided wire 45, which will be described later, of the electric contact member 50. The upper surface of the rear end portion of the lower end portion 23B is a contact portion 31 that abuts on the positioning portion 65 described later of the electrical contact member 50.

A guide portion 33 is provided at the lower end portion 23B of the side wall 23. The guide portion 33 is an inner wall of a through hole provided in the side wall 23, and the position of the upper end portion is rearward (laterally displaced with respect to the approach direction of the mating terminal 90) than the position of the lower end portion of the guide portion 33. The front end and the rear end are tilted because they are displaced in the direction of the wall. That is, the front end portion and the rear end portion of the guide portion 33 are parallel to each other and have a linear shape extending in an oblique direction with respect to the approach direction of the mating terminal 90. The second overhanging portion 55 of the electrical contact member 50 is in sliding contact with the front end portion of the guide portion 33, so that when the electrical contact member 50 moves upward, it also moves rearward.

A pair of folded portions 35 are provided at both front and rear ends of the guide portion 33. The folded-back portion 35 is provided by being folded back 180 degrees to the outside so as to overlap the outer surface of the side wall 23. Of the guide portions 33, the position where the folded portion 35 is provided is in sliding contact with the second overhanging portion 55. On both the upper and lower sides of the pair of folded portions 35, elongated hole-shaped portions having a larger size in the front-rear direction than between the folded portions 35 are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front wall 25 is formed by being bent at a right angle from the front edge of the lower end portion 23B of one side wall 23 toward the front edge of the other side wall 23, and has a narrow portion. It consists of 25A and a wide portion 25B. The dimension between the pair of narrow portions 25A is the same as or slightly larger than the width dimension (dimension in the left-right direction) of the first overhanging portion 53 of the electric contact member 50, and the first overhanging portion 53 can move in the vertical direction. It is said that. On the other hand, the dimension between the pair of wide portions 25B is smaller than the dimension between the pair of narrow portions 25A. Therefore, the lower surface of the first overhanging portion 53 comes into contact with the upper end portions of the pair of wide portions 25B, so that the first overhanging portion 53 (bottom wall 51) does not fall downward from the pair of wide portions 25B. It is supported by a pair of wide portions 25B. The upper end position of the wide portion 25B is slightly above the lower end position of the folded portion 35 of the guide portion 33, and the second overhanging portion 53 is supported by the pair of wide portions 25B. 55 is not located below the folded portion 35 of the guide portion 33.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the coil spring 40 is formed by winding a metal wire such as SUS in a coil shape, and is sandwiched between the ceiling wall 21 and the bottom wall 51 of the electric contact member 50 in a compressed state. Has been done. The upper and lower ends of the coil spring 40 are urged against the ceiling wall 21 and the bottom wall 51 of the electric contact member 50 in a state of being in contact with each other for approximately one round in the winding direction. The electric contact member 50 is urged downward by the urging force of the coil spring 40, and the lower surface of the first overhanging portion 53 is pressed against the pair of wide portions 25B. As a result, the bottom wall 51 of the electric contact member 50 is sandwiched between the pair of wide portions 25B and the lower end portions of the coil spring 40.

The electric contact member 50 is made by pressing a metal plate material such as a copper alloy, and is formed by bending at a bottom wall 51 arranged facing the ceiling wall 21 of the case 20 and a rear end portion of the bottom wall 51. It has a connecting piece portion 61, and has an L-shaped side view as a whole. Further, the plate thickness of the electric contact member 50 is set according to the current capacity required for the terminal module 10, and has a rigidity that is not deformed by the urging force of the coil spring 40. The plate thickness of the electrical contact member 50 is larger than the plate thickness of the ceiling wall 21 and the pair of side walls 23 constituting the case 20.

The bottom wall 51 is a flat plate having a rectangular shape in a plan view, and the lower surface of the bottom wall 51 is a contact surface that comes into contact with the mating contact 93. The bottom wall 51 is exposed to the outside of the case 20 through the opening 27. The upper surface of the bottom wall 51 is a spring receiving surface that receives the lower end of the coil spring 40. The front-rear dimension of the bottom wall 51 is larger than the front-rear dimension of the coil spring 40, and slightly larger than the front-rear dimension of the ceiling wall 21.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a first overhanging portion 53 is provided on the leading edge of the bottom wall 51 so as to project forward. The first overhanging portion 53 is arranged between the pair of narrow portions 25A of the front wall 25. The end of the first overhanging portion 53 projects forward from the front wall 25. Further, a pair of second overhanging portions 55 are provided on both the left and right sides of the bottom wall 51 so as to project from the left and right sides. The second overhanging portion 55 is inserted into the guide portion 33, and the end portion of the second overhanging portion 55 projects outward from the outer surface of the folded-back portion 35. The front-rear dimension of the second overhanging portion 55 is the same as or slightly smaller than the front-rear dimension of the lower end position of the guide portion 33.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the connecting piece portion 61 is formed by being bent at a right angle upward from the trailing edge of the bottom wall 51. The rear surface of the connecting piece portion 61 (the surface on the side away from the coil spring 40) is the connecting surface 63 to which the braided wire 45 is connected. A pair of positioning portions 65 that abut on the contact portion 31 of the case 20 and position the connecting piece portion 61 so as not to move downward are provided at the upper end portion of the connecting piece portion 61. The pair of positioning portions 65 project outward from the outer surface of the side wall 23.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the external connection member 70 is formed by pressing a metal plate material such as a copper alloy and is formed in a flat plate shape. The external connecting member 70 is arranged on the outside of the case 20 and extends in the vertical direction (the rising direction of the connecting piece portion 61). Further, the external connection member 70 is provided with an external connection surface 71 to which the braided wire 45 is connected and a long hole-shaped bolt hole 73.

The braided wire 45 is made by knitting a conductive metal wire such as copper. As shown in FIG. 7, both end portions 47 of the braided wire 45 are connected to the connection surface 63 of the connection piece portion 61 and the external connection surface 71 of the external connection member 70 by resistance welding. Both ends 47 are in a state where the rigidity is slightly increased by resistance welding. The intermediate portion 49 between both end portions 47 of the braided wire 45 is a straight line having a slight extra length. When the electrical contact member 50 and the external connecting member 70 move relatively, the intermediate portion 49 bends and deforms. Therefore, when the electrical contact member 50 moves to the external connection member 70 side, the braided wire 45 bends and deforms so that the electrical contact member 50 can move freely.

As shown in FIG. 10, the terminal module 10 of the present embodiment is housed inside the connector housing 80. The connector housing 80 is configured by combining an upper split body 80U and a lower split body 80L made of synthetic resin divided into upper and lower parts. The connector 15 is composed of the terminal module 10 and the connector housing 80.

In the upper split body 80U of the connector housing 80, the rear end portion of the upper wall projects upward, and the projecting portion serves as a lead-out portion 81 in which the external connection surface 71 of the external connection member 70 is housed. Further, the lower split body 80L of the connector housing 80 is provided with a housing opening 85 that allows entry of the mating terminal 90. The housing opening 85 is provided at substantially the same position as the opening 27 of the terminal module 10, and the electrical contact member 50 can be exposed to the lower side so that the fitting portion 97 can enter.

The mating side connector C fitted to the connector 15 includes a mating side terminal 90 and a mating side housing 95 made of synthetic resin. As shown in FIG. 10, the mating terminal 90 is made of a conductive metal, and a plate-shaped member extending in the vertical direction is bent forward at a substantially right angle to form a substantially L-shape. On the upper surface of the portion of the mating terminal 90 facing the electric contact member 50, a mating contact 93 extending in the front-rear direction is formed by tapping from the lower surface side. The two mating contacts 93 have a bead-like protruding shape, and when the connector 15 and the mating connector C are fitted, they are arranged so as to fit within the diameter circle of the coil spring 40 in a plan view.

Further, the mating terminal 90 is held in the mating housing 95 by insert molding. The mating side housing 95 is provided with a fitting portion 97 that can enter into the housing opening 85, and the mating side terminal 90 is held by the mating portion 97. A flange portion 99 is provided at the lower edge position of the fitting portion 97 so as to project outward. By contacting the flange portion 99 with the lower surface of the connector housing 80, it is possible to prevent the mating terminal 90 from entering beyond the predetermined position.

As shown in FIG. 1, a spring receiving portion 26 for receiving the upper end portion of the coil spring 40 is provided at the upper end portion of the case 20. The spring receiving portion 26 is composed of a ceiling wall 21, a pair of side walls 23, and a pair of retaining pieces 24. The pair of retaining pieces 24 are provided on a pair of peripheral edges that are not provided with a pair of side walls 23 among the four peripheral edges of the ceiling wall 21. The retaining piece 24 has a base end portion 24A which is arranged between a pair of notches 22 provided on the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall 21 so as to bulge outward from the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall 21 to the outside of the case 20. It is composed of a flat surface portion 24B having a form that extends straight toward the bottom wall 51 side after entering the case 20 from the base end portion 24A. The flat surface portion 24B of the retaining piece 24 constitutes a spring receiving portion 26 that receives the side portion of the coil spring 40.

The bottom wall 51 constitutes an electrical contact member 50 that is electrically connected to the mating contact 93, and is an initial position supported by the wide portion 25B and the contact portion 31 of the front wall 25 (position of the bottom wall 51 in FIG. 2). ) And the connection position displaced toward the ceiling wall 21 side (position of the bottom wall 51 in FIG. 9) by being connected to the contact side 93 on the other side. The bottom wall 51 at the connection position is arranged below the protruding end (lower end) of the retaining piece 24. Therefore, when the bottom wall 51 reaches the connection position from the initial position due to the fitting of the connector 15 and the mating side connector C, the bottom wall 51 does not interfere with the protruding end of the retaining piece 24.

Further, the side wall 23 has a punching portion 28 in the form of being punched inward of the case 20. The knock-out portion 28 constitutes a spring receiving portion that receives the side portion of the coil spring 40. As shown in FIG. 2, the punching portion 28 and the flat surface portion 24B of the retaining piece 24 are arranged at substantially the same height position in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 7, the clearance between the flat surface portion 24B of the retaining piece 24 and the side portion of the coil spring 40 is set to about 0.5 mm. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the clearance between the punching portion 28 and the side portion of the coil spring 40 is also set to about 0.5 mm.

As shown in FIG. 7, the flat surface portion 24B of the retaining piece 24 on the right side of the drawing is provided so as to be inserted into the inside of the case 20, so that the connecting piece portion 61 of the electrical contact member 50 and the retaining piece 24 interfere with each other. It is possible to avoid it. If the retaining piece is provided by extending downward from the base end portion 24A as it is, the inclination of the folded portion 35 of the guide portion 33 is reduced in order to avoid interference between the connection piece portion 61 of the electrical contact member 50 and the retaining piece. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the amount of displacement of the electrical contact member 50 in the front-rear direction. In that respect, in the present embodiment, by providing the flat surface portion 24B on the retaining piece 24, it is possible to sufficiently secure the amount of displacement of the electrical contact member 50 by the guide portion 33 in the front-rear direction.

The present embodiment has the above-mentioned configuration, and the operation thereof will be described subsequently. First, in order to fit the mating connector C to the connector 15, as shown in FIG. 10, the fitting portion 97 of the mating connector C is fitted into the housing opening 85 of the connector 15 and the opening 27 of the case 20 from below. Fit. Then, the mating contact 93 of the mating terminal 90 begins to come into contact with the lower surface of the bottom wall 51 of the electrical contact member 50. When the fitting portion 97 of the mating side connector C is fitted into the opening portion 27 of the case 20 as it is, the electric contact member 50 is lifted upward by the mating side contact 93 and the coil spring 40 is further compressed. .. At that time, since the second overhanging portion 55 of the bottom wall 51 is guided diagonally upward by the guide portion 33, the lower surface (contact) of the bottom wall 51 and the mating contact 93 slide in the front-rear direction, and the contact between the contacts. Foreign matter is removed.

When the mating of the mating connector C and the connector 15 is completed in this way, as shown in FIG. 11, the flange portion 99 comes into contact with the opening edge portion of the housing opening 85, and the intermediate portion 49 of the braided wire 45 is bent and deformed. do. Further, although the lower end portion of the coil spring 40 is slightly displaced backward with the movement of the bottom wall 51, the side portion of the coil spring 40 comes into contact with the flat surface portion 24B, so that the coil spring 40 is excessively moved. It is suppressed to be in a tilted posture. Therefore, the urging force of the coil spring 40 does not decrease and the contact pressure does not decrease, and the electric contact member 50 and the mating terminal 90 are electrically connected with sufficient contact pressure.

As described above, according to the terminal module 10 of the embodiment, since the spring receiving portion 26 for receiving the end portion of the coil spring 40 is provided in the metal case 20, the spring receiving portion 26 is pressed by the coil spring 40. The terminal module 10 can be applied to a large current application without being deformed or damaged.

As a method of supporting the coil spring 40, there is also a method of fixing the guide rod to the ceiling wall of the case and passing the guide rod through the coil spring 40. The cost of the terminal module is high because costs such as caulking processing costs are incurred. In that respect, according to the terminal module 10 described above, it is possible to reduce the parts cost of the guide rod and the processing cost of fixing the guide rod to the case.

The bottom wall 51 constitutes an electrical contact member 50 that is electrically connected to the mating contact 93, and has an initial position supported by a support portion (wide portion 25B, contact portion 31) provided on the pair of side walls 23. By being connected to the mating contact 93, it is possible to move between the connection position displaced toward the ceiling wall 21 side, and the bottom wall 51 at the connection position is closer to the support portion side than the protruding end of the retaining piece 24. It may be arranged.
According to such a configuration, when the bottom wall 51 is electrically connected to the mating contact 93, the bottom wall 51 is displaced from the initial position to the ceiling wall 21 side to reach the connection position, but the bottom is reached. Since the wall 51 is arranged on the support portion side with respect to the protruding end of the retaining piece 24, the bottom wall 51 does not interfere with the protruding end of the retaining piece 24.

The retaining piece 24 has a base end portion 24A which is arranged between a pair of notches 22 provided on the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall 21 so as to bulge outward from the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall 21 to the outside of the case 20. It may be configured to extend straight from the base end portion 24A to the bottom wall 51 side and to be composed of a flat surface portion 24B constituting the spring receiving portion 26.
According to such a configuration, the clearance formed between the coil spring 40 and the retaining piece 24 can be made smaller than when the flat surface portion 24B is not provided on the retaining piece 24.

The side wall 23 has a form of being punched out inward of the case 20, and may have a structure of having a punched-out portion 28 constituting the spring receiving portion 26.
According to such a configuration, the clearance formed between the coil spring 40 and the side wall 23 can be made smaller than that in the case where the side wall 23 is not provided with the punching portion 28.

<Other embodiments>
The techniques disclosed herein are not limited to the embodiments described above and in the drawings, and include, for example, various embodiments such as:
(1) In the above embodiment, the bottom wall 51 at the connection position is arranged below the lower end of the retaining piece 24, but as an embodiment in which a relief hole is provided in the bottom wall and the retaining piece 24 is inserted into the relief hole. May be good.

(2) In the above embodiment, the flat surface portions 24B of the pair of front and rear retaining pieces 24 are both inside the case 20, but the flat surface portions of the retaining pieces on the left side of FIG. 11 are arranged on the outside of the case 20. It may be the one that is.

(3) Although the side wall 23 is provided with a punching portion 28 in the above embodiment, a flexible piece may be provided by folding back a part of the side wall 23.

(4) Although the above embodiment illustrates the mating contact 93 protruding in a bead shape, a plurality of mating contacts protruding in a spherical shape may be provided.

10 ... Terminal module 20 ... Case 21 ... Ceiling wall 22 ... Notch 23 ... Side wall 24 ... Cut-out piece 24A ... Base end 24B ... Flat part 25 ... Front wall 25B ... Wide part (support part)
26 ... Spring receiving part 28 ... Launching part 31 ... Contact part (support part)
40 ... Coil spring 50 ... Electrical contact member 51 ... Bottom wall 93 ... Opposite contact

Claims (7)

A terminal module that can be electrically connected to a mating terminal that has a mating contact.
A metal case with a ceiling wall, a pair of side walls, and a pair of retaining pieces.
An electrical contact member arranged between the pair of side walls and electrically connected to the mating contact.
It is equipped with a coil spring, which is a metal wire wound in a coil shape.
The coil spring is sandwiched between the ceiling wall and the electrical contact member, and is sandwiched between the ceiling wall and the electrical contact member.
The ceiling wall faces the electrical contact member and
The pair of side walls includes a support portion capable of supporting the electric contact member, and in a state facing each other, protrudes from the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall toward the electric contact member.
When the direction in which the pair of side walls face each other is the first direction,
The pair of retaining pieces project from the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall toward the electrical contact member, and face each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
The side walls and the retaining pieces are arranged alternately on the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall.
The ceiling wall, the pair of side walls, and the pair of retaining pieces function as a spring receiving portion for receiving the end portion of the coil spring on the ceiling wall side.
The electrical contact member can be moved to a first position and a second position.
The second position is a position closer to the ceiling wall than the first position, and is a position closer to the support portion than the protruding end of the retaining piece.
The electrical contact member is supported by the support portion at the first position.
A terminal module in which the electrical contact member moves from the first position to the second position when connected to the mating contact. When the direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction is the third direction,
When the electrical contact member moves from the first position to the second position, the electric contact member moves from one side to the other side in the third direction as it moves from one side to the other side in the second direction. The terminal module according to claim 1. Each of the pair of side walls has a guide portion that regulates the moving direction of the electrical contact member.
The terminal module according to claim 2, wherein the guide portion can linearly regulate the moving direction of the electric contact member from the first position to the second position. Further, with an external connecting member arranged on the outside of the case,
A metal braided wire that electrically connects the electrical contact member and the external connecting member is provided.
One end of the braided wire is attached to the electrical contact member and
The other end of the braided wire is attached to the external connecting member and
The terminal module according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the braided wire is flexible and deformable in response to the movement of the electrical contact member. A connector that can be fitted with a mating connector that has a mating terminal.
The terminal module according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
With a housing covering the case,
The terminal module can be electrically connected to the other terminal.
The housing has a housing opening that allows entry of the mating terminal.
The electrical contact member is a connector that moves from the first position to the second position as the connector fits into the mating connector. A fitting structure having a connector and a mating connector that can be fitted with the connector.
The connector comprises the terminal module according to claim 2 or 3, and a housing covering the case.
The mating connector comprises a mating terminal that can be electrically connected to the terminal module.
The housing is a housing opening that opens in the mating direction between the connector and the mating connector, and has a housing opening that allows entry of the mating terminal.
The electrical contact member moves from the first position to the second position as the connector fits into the mating connector.
The mating terminal has a mating structure having a mating contact that protrudes toward the electrical contact member and comes into contact with the electrical contact member in a fitted state in which the connector and the mating connector are mated. .. The terminal module is
Further, with an external connecting member arranged on the outside of the case,
A metal braided wire that electrically connects the electrical contact member and the external connecting member is provided.
One end of the braided wire is attached to the electrical contact member and
The other end of the braided wire is attached to the external connecting member and
The fitting structure according to claim 6, wherein the braided wire is flexible and deformable in response to the movement of the electrical contact member.

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