WO2019065275A1 - コネクタ - Google Patents

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WO2019065275A1
WO2019065275A1 PCT/JP2018/033985 JP2018033985W WO2019065275A1 WO 2019065275 A1 WO2019065275 A1 WO 2019065275A1 JP 2018033985 W JP2018033985 W JP 2018033985W WO 2019065275 A1 WO2019065275 A1 WO 2019065275A1
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清水　徹
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AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
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Priority to CN201880059206.8A priority patent/CN111095684B/zh
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/15—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure
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    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/15—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure
    • H01R13/187—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure with spring member in the socket
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/04—Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets
    • H01R13/05—Resilient pins or blades
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/10—Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/10—Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
    • H01R13/11—Resilient sockets
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/26—Pin or blade contacts for sliding co-operation on one side only

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  • the technology disclosed by the present specification relates to a connector.
  • the terminal metal fitting which was equipped with the connector and used the metal ball as a contact part connected with the other party conductive member is known (refer patent document 1).
  • the terminal fitting includes a pair of resilient contact pieces which are disposed to face each other and whose tips are turned inward.
  • the folded back portion of each elastic contact piece has an elongated hole extending along the insertion direction of the mating conductive member, and a metal ball is disposed inside the elongated hole.
  • the metal ball rolls along the elongated hole according to the movement of the mating conductive member, thereby reducing the insertion resistance and causing sliding wear at the contact portion between the terminal fitting and the mating conductive member. It can be reduced.
  • the connector disclosed by the present specification is a connector housing having a terminal accommodating chamber that is open on one side and can receive the mating terminal in the inside, and is housed in the terminal accommodating chamber and electrically connected to the mating terminal
  • a contact holding portion for holding the contact, the contact holding portion being in contact with the contact at an end close to the one surface of both end portions of the movement path of the contact, the contact holding portion being in contact with the contact
  • a restricting wall is disposed which restricts the movement of the contact toward the one surface, and a compression coil spring which holds the contact toward the restricting wall is held by the contact holder. Cage When the length of the compression coil spring in the state where the contactor is urged to abut against the restriction wall is set as the initial length, the difference between the initial length of the compression coil spring and the close contact length is the mating terminal Is greater than half the movement distance from the insertion start position where the contact portion abuts against the contact wall to the insertion completion position where insertion to the connector housing is completed.
  • the terminal fitting includes a base and a plurality of contact pieces extending from the base, and the connector housing holds the same number of contacts as the plurality of contact pieces, and one of the contacts One contact may be in contact with the piece.
  • the plurality of contact pieces can be bent and deformed independently of each other, all the contacts can be made even if there is a difference in the size of the plurality of contacts due to manufacturing tolerances. It can be reliably brought into contact with the terminal fitting.
  • the contact piece may be a leaf spring portion that biases the contact element toward the mating terminal.
  • the terminal fitting, the contact, and the mating terminal can be contacted at a constant contact pressure by the biasing force of the contact piece, and the electrical connection between the terminal fitting and the mating terminal can be secured.
  • the terminal fitting itself has a function as a spring, there is no need to separately provide a member for biasing the contact toward the mating terminal, and the configuration of the connector can be simplified.
  • the connector may be provided with a biasing member which is accommodated in the terminal accommodation chamber and urges the terminal fitting toward the contact.
  • the biasing member may be an obliquely wound coil spring having a coil shape wound a plurality of times so that the wire is inclined in one direction with respect to the axis.
  • the terminal fitting, the contact, and the mating terminal can be brought into contact with each other with a constant contact pressure by the biasing force of the biasing member, and the electrical connection between the terminal fitting and the mating terminal can be secured. it can.
  • the connector may be provided with a buffer member disposed inside the terminal storage chamber and interposed between the terminal fitting, the mating terminal, or the biasing member and the connector housing.
  • the buffer member receives the stress from the terminal fitting, the mating terminal or the biasing member due to the spring action of the contact piece or the biasing member, thereby suppressing the creep deformation of the connector housing. be able to.
  • the terminal fitting may have a groove extending along the movement path of the contact.
  • FIG. 1 Front view of connector of Embodiment 1 Top view of the female terminal of Embodiment 1
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the rolling movement of the contactor in connection with the insertion of the male terminal in the connector of Embodiment 1, taken along the line BB in FIG. 3.
  • Front view of connector of Embodiment 3 Top view of female terminal of Embodiment 3 Sectional drawing which cut
  • FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view taken along line DD Sectional drawing which disconnected the connector of Embodiment 4 in the same position as the AA line of FIG. 3 Sectional drawing which cut
  • the connector 1 of this embodiment includes a connector housing 10 made of synthetic resin, a female terminal Tf1 (corresponding to a terminal fitting) held by the connector housing 10, a diagonally wound coil spring 30 (corresponding to a biasing member), and three contacts.
  • the elements C, C, C and three compression coil springs Sc, Sc, Sc are provided.
  • the female terminal Tf1 is a flat member made of a conductive material such as metal, and is connected to the male terminal Tm (corresponding to the mating terminal) via the contactor C.
  • the contactor C is a sphere made of a conductive material such as metal as shown in FIGS. 4 and 8.
  • the compression coil spring Sc has a general shape in which the wire is wound around the axis a plurality of times, and has a slightly smaller outer diameter than the contact C. ing.
  • the connector housing 10 is made of synthetic resin and, as shown in FIG. 1, includes a housing main body 11 and a contact holder 21 (corresponding to a contact holding portion) assembled to the housing main body 11.
  • the housing body 11 has a terminal accommodating chamber 14 partitioned by a pair of opposing inner walls (a spring receiving wall 12 and a male terminal receiving wall 13). As shown in FIG. 8, the terminal storage chamber 14 has an opening (terminal insertion port 16) on one surface (terminal insertion surface 15) of the plurality of outer surfaces of the housing main body 11.
  • the contact holder 21 is made of synthetic resin and, as shown in FIG. 3, comprises a holder body 22 and a cap 26.
  • the holder main body 22 is a rectangular plate-like member having a thickness slightly smaller than the diameter of the contact C, and as shown in FIG. 7, one of the front and back faces is opposite to the male terminal Tm.
  • the surface 22F1 and the other surface form a female terminal facing surface 22F2 facing the female terminal Tf1.
  • the holder body 22 has three contact accommodating portions 23A, 23B and 23C.
  • the contact holder 23A located at one end (left end in FIG. 3) of the three contact holders 23A, 23B, 23C extends perpendicularly from the end surface (cap attachment surface 22E) constituting one side of the holder main body 22.
  • Each side wall 24A is a curved surface which is recessed in the direction away from the opposite side wall 24A as shown in FIG. 4, and the curved shape follows the shape of the arc forming the surface of the contact C. is there.
  • the contact accommodating portion 23C located at the other end is the same as the contact accommodating portion 23A. Further, the contact accommodating portion 23B in the middle is the same as the contact accommodating portion 23A except for the position of the back wall 25B.
  • the distance from the cap mounting surface 22E of the back wall 25B is longer than the distance from the cap mounting surface 22E of the back walls 25A, 25C of the contact accommodating portions 23A, 23C, as shown in FIG.
  • the cap 26 is a strip-shaped cap body 27 extending along the cap mounting surface 22E, and a strip-like restricting portion 28A extending from the cap body 27 and entering into the three contact accommodating portions 23A, 23B, 23C. , 28B, 28C.
  • the middle restricting portion 28B is longer than the other two restricting portions 28A and 28C.
  • one compression coil spring Sc and one contact C are held between the pair of side walls 24A and 24A in the inside of the contact accommodating portion 23A.
  • the contactor C and the compression coil spring Sc are prevented from coming off by the restricting portion 28A as shown in FIG.
  • the compression coil spring Sc is disposed adjacent to the back wall 25A, and the contactor C is disposed adjacent to the restricting portion 28A.
  • the internal space of the contact accommodating portion 23A is a moving path of the contact C, and the contact C can move in a rolling manner along the pair of side walls 24A, 24A.
  • the extending end of the restricting portion 28A is a restricting wall 29A that restricts the movement of the contact C in the direction closer to the terminal insertion surface 15 by abutting on the contact C.
  • One end of the compression coil spring Sc is in contact with the contactor C, and the other end is in contact with the back wall 25A, and the contactor C is urged toward the restriction wall 29A.
  • the contact C is slightly outward from the male terminal facing surface 22F1 and the female terminal facing surface 22F2 as shown in FIG. Projected into
  • one compression coil spring Sc and one contact C are held in the other two contact housings 23A and 23C.
  • the distance from the cap mounting surface 22E of the back wall 25B is from the distance from the cap mounting surface 22E of the back walls 25A, 25C of the contact storage portions 23A, 23C.
  • the restricting portion 28B is longer than the other two restricting portions 28A and 28C.
  • the contact C accommodated in the middle contact accommodating portion 23B is disposed farther from the cap attachment surface 22E than the contacts C accommodated in the other two contact accommodating portions 23A and 23C. There is.
  • the diagonally wound coil spring 30 has a coil shape in which the wire 31 is wound a plurality of times. Unlike the general coil spring 100, the diagonally wound coil spring 30 is wound such that the wire 31 is inclined in one direction with respect to the coil axis A (corresponding to the axis).
  • the diagonally wound coil spring 30 having such a configuration falls down so that the winding is further inclined with respect to the coil axis A, and the height dimension of the spring It deforms so that (the dimension in the direction perpendicular to the coil axis A) becomes smaller.
  • the diagonally wound coil spring 30, the female terminal Tf1, and the contact holder 21 overlap in this order and are accommodated inside the terminal accommodation chamber 14, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
  • the diagonally wound coil spring 30 is disposed in contact with the spring receiving wall 12.
  • the female terminal Tf 1 is disposed parallel to the spring receiving wall 12 and abuts on the diagonally wound coil spring 30.
  • the contact holder 21 is disposed parallel to the female terminal Tf1 so that the female terminal facing surface 22F2 faces the female terminal Tf1, and the three contacts C, C, C protruding from the female terminal facing surface 22F2 are It is in contact with the female terminal Tf1.
  • the contact holder 21 is mounted such that the side on which the cap 26 is mounted faces the terminal insertion surface 15.
  • the contactor C can move in a rolling manner in a direction approaching or separating from the terminal insertion surface 15.
  • the restriction wall 29A is located at an end near the terminal insertion surface 15 among both ends of the movement path of the contact C, and the contact C moves further in the direction closer to the terminal insertion surface 15 Is supposed to regulate.
  • the male terminal Tm is a member made of a conductive material such as metal, and as shown in FIGS. 5, 7 and 8, a flat terminal connection portion Tc electrically connected to the female terminal Tf1. Is equipped.
  • the movement at the time of the male terminal Tm insertion will be described by taking the contactor C accommodated in the contactor accommodation portion 23A as an example.
  • the contacts C accommodated in the contact accommodating portions 23B and 23C are the same as the contacts C accommodated in the contact accommodating portion 23A, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
  • the terminal connection portion Tc When the male terminal Tm is inserted into the connector housing 10, as shown in FIG. 8, the terminal connection portion Tc enters the inside of the terminal accommodating chamber 14 along the male terminal receiving wall 13 from the terminal insertion port 16. , Contact C. As the terminal connection portion Tc moves further inward, the contactor C rolls and moves inward according to the movement of the terminal connection portion Tc. Thereby, the insertion resistance of the terminal connection portion Tc can be reduced.
  • the contact C can not be further rolled before the insertion operation of the terminal connection portion Tc is completed, the reduction effect of the insertion resistance can not be obtained.
  • sliding wear may occur between the contactor C and the terminal connection portion Tc.
  • the distance that allows the rolling movement of the contact C is sufficiently larger than the insertion stroke of the terminal connection portion Tc with respect to the connector housing 10. The details will be described below.
  • the contactor C In the state where the male terminal Tm is not inserted, as described above, the contactor C is held at the initial position (the position shown in the upper view of FIG. 8) in contact with the restriction wall 29A.
  • the compression coil spring Sc When an external force directed to the back wall 25A is applied to the contactor C, in the contactor C, the compression coil spring Sc is compressed until the windings are in close contact with each other between the contactor C and the back wall 25A. It can roll toward the back wall 25A.
  • the maximum length at which the contact C can move from the initial position toward the back wall 25A is the length of the compression coil spring Sc in the state where the contact C is biased until coming into contact with the restriction wall 29A (initial length And the contact length of the compression coil spring Sc (the length of the compression coil spring Sc when the load is applied and compressed until the windings adhere to each other).
  • the movement distance Dc of the contactor C accompanying the insertion of the male terminal Tm is about half of the insertion stroke of the male terminal Tm.
  • the movement distance Dc of the contact C is a position where the terminal connection portion Tc enters the inside of the terminal accommodation chamber 14 and abuts on the contact C at the initial position (insertion start position: shown in the upper view of FIG. This is approximately half the movement distance Dt from the position) to the normal insertion completion position of the terminal connection portion Tc (the position shown in the lower part of FIG. 8). This can be derived from the relationship between the travel distance of the sheave when the moving pulley does work and the pulling distance of the string.
  • the moving distance of the moving pulley is half the length of pulling the string when the moving pulley lifts the suspended load.
  • the movement distance Dc of the contact C is half the movement distance Dt of the terminal connection portion Tc.
  • the terminal connection portion Tc is disposed in contact with the male terminal receiving wall 13, and the contactor C is the terminal connection portion. It will be in the state pinched
  • the contactor C and the female terminal Tf1 are pressed toward the spring receiving wall 12, so that the winding of the diagonally wound coil spring 30 is further inclined with respect to the coil axis A.
  • the spring is deformed so as to reduce the height dimension of the spring (dimension in the direction perpendicular to the coil axis A). Then, due to the elastic restoring force of the diagonally wound coil spring 30, the contactor C contacts the female terminal Tf1 and the terminal connection portion Tc with a constant contact pressure, and the female terminal Tf1 and the male terminal Tm are electrically connected. Ru.
  • the contact C accommodated in the middle contact accommodating portion 23B is farther from the cap attachment surface 22E than the contacts C accommodated in the other two contact accommodating portions 23A and 23C. positioned.
  • the three contacts C, C, C are not arranged in the same straight line, thereby preventing the female terminal Tf1 and the terminal connection portion Tc from being inclined with respect to the contact holder 21.
  • the postures of the female terminal Tf1 and the terminal connection portion Tc can be stabilized.
  • the connector 1 includes the connector housing 10 having the terminal insertion chamber 16 in the terminal insertion surface 15 and capable of receiving the male terminal Tm therein, and the terminal housing 10 A female terminal Tf1 accommodated in the chamber 14 and electrically connected to the male terminal Tm, and a contactor C accommodated in the terminal accommodation chamber 14 and in contact with the female terminal Tf1 are provided.
  • the connector housing 10 is provided with a contact holder 21 which holds the contact C so as to be capable of rolling movement in a direction approaching and separating from the terminal insertion surface 15.
  • the contactor holder 21 holds a compression coil spring Sc that biases the contact C toward the restriction wall 29A.
  • the length of the compression coil spring Sc in a state in which the contactor C is urged to abut against the restriction wall 29A is the initial length
  • the difference between the initial length and the close contact length of the compression coil spring Sc is the male terminal Tm. Is larger than half of the movement distance from the insertion start position where the contact portion C abuts against the restriction wall 29A to the insertion completion position where the insertion to the connector housing 10 is completed.
  • the connector 1 includes a diagonally wound coil spring 30 which is accommodated in the terminal accommodation chamber 14 and biases the female terminal Tf1 toward the contactor C and the male terminal Tm.
  • the female terminal Tf1, the contactor C, and the male terminal Tm can be brought into contact with each other with a constant contact pressure by the biasing force of the diagonally wound coil spring 30, and the electrical connection between the female terminal Tf1 and the male terminal Tm Connection can be secured.
  • the connector 40 of this embodiment is different from that of the first embodiment in that a metal case 50 (corresponding to a buffer member) is assembled inside the housing main body 11.
  • the metal case 50 is a rectangular cylindrical member made of metal and is accommodated inside the terminal accommodation chamber 14 and disposed so as to surround the female terminal Tf1, the contact holder 21, and the obliquely wound coil spring 30. There is.
  • One of the four walls constituting the square tube of the metal case 50 is a spring buffer wall 51 that abuts against the spring receiving wall 12, and the other wall parallel to this is a male terminal holder
  • the terminal buffer wall 52 is in contact with the wall 13.
  • the diagonally wound coil spring 30 is disposed in contact with the spring buffer wall 51.
  • the terminal connection portion Tc When the male terminal Tm is inserted into the connector housing 10, the terminal connection portion Tc enters the inside of the metal case 50 along the terminal buffer wall 52 and contacts the contacts C, C, C. In a state where the male terminal Tm is inserted to the normal position with respect to the connector housing 10, the diagonally wound coil spring 30 abuts on the spring buffer wall 51, and the terminal connection portion Tc abuts on the terminal buffer wall 52. As in the first embodiment, the insertion of the terminal connection portion Tc causes the diagonally wound coil spring 30 to fall such that the winding is further inclined with respect to the coil axis A, so that the height dimension of the spring (coil axis It deforms so that the dimension in the direction perpendicular to A becomes smaller. Then, due to the elastic restoring force of the diagonally wound coil spring 30, the contactor C contacts the female terminal Tf1 and the terminal connection portion Tc with a constant contact pressure, and the female terminal Tf1 and the male terminal Tm are electrically connected. Ru.
  • the spring buffer wall 51 receives the contact pressure from the diagonally wound coil spring 30, and the terminal buffer wall 52 receives the contact pressure from the terminal connection portion Tc.
  • the connector housing 10 directly contacts the contact pressure from the diagonally wound coil spring 30 and the male terminal Tm.
  • Embodiment 3 The third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 to 16.
  • the present embodiment differs from the first embodiment in the shape of a female terminal Tf2 (corresponding to a terminal fitting).
  • the connector 60 according to the present embodiment includes the metal case 50 as in the second embodiment.
  • the female terminal Tf2 of the present embodiment includes an elongated rectangular plate-like base 61 and three contact pieces 62, 62, 62 connected from the base 61.
  • Each contact piece 62 is an elongated plate-like portion extending perpendicularly from one of the two long sides of the base 61.
  • the three contact pieces 62, 62, 62 are arranged in parallel at equal intervals.
  • the female terminal Tf2 is disposed such that the base portion 61 is located at the back end of the terminal storage chamber 14, and the three contact pieces 62, 62, 62 face the direction from the back end of the terminal storage chamber 14 toward the terminal insertion surface 15. It is done. As shown in FIG. 15, one contact C is in contact with one contact piece 62. Further, three diagonally wound coil springs 30, 30, 30 are disposed inside the terminal accommodation chamber 14. As shown in FIG. 15, one diagonally wound coil spring 30 is in contact with one contact piece 62.
  • the other configuration is the same as that of the first and second embodiments, so the same reference numerals are given to the same components as the first and second embodiments and the description will be omitted.
  • the diagonally wound coil springs 30, 30, 30 fall so that the winding is further inclined with respect to the coil axis A, and the height dimension of the spring It deforms so that (the dimension in the direction perpendicular to the coil axis A) becomes smaller.
  • each of the three contacts C, C, C is fixed to each of the three contact pieces 62, 62, 62 and the terminal connection portion Tc by the elastic restoring force of the diagonally wound coil springs 30, 30, 30.
  • Contact is made with a contact pressure, and the female terminal Tf2 and the male terminal Tm are electrically connected.
  • the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 to 21.
  • the present embodiment is characterized in that the connector 70 does not include the diagonally wound coil spring, and the female terminal Tf3 (corresponding to the terminal fitting) is provided with the contact pieces 72, 72, 72 in the form of leaf springs. It is different from
  • the connector 70 according to the present embodiment includes the metal case 50 as in the second embodiment.
  • the female terminal Tf3 of the present embodiment includes an elongated rectangular plate-like base 71 and three contact pieces 72, 72, 72 connected from the base 71.
  • Each contact piece 72 is an elongated leaf spring-like portion extending perpendicularly from one of the two long sides of the base 71, and most of the side close to the base 71 is the base 71 as shown in FIG. Inclined gently with respect to the plate surface, the remaining part near the free end forms a mountain shape extending generally parallel to the base 71.
  • the three contact pieces 72, 72, 72 are arranged in parallel at equal intervals.
  • the female terminal Tf3 is located at the back end of the terminal accommodating chamber 14 while the base 71 abuts on the spring buffer wall 51, and the three contact pieces 72, 72, 72 correspond to the terminal accommodating chamber 14. It is disposed so as to face in the direction from the back end to the terminal insertion surface 15.
  • the contact pieces 72, 72, 72 are arranged such that the tops of the peaks face the contact holder 21, and one contact C is in contact with one contact piece 72.
  • the other configuration is the same as that of the first and second embodiments, so the same reference numerals are given to the same components as the first and second embodiments and the description will be omitted.
  • the contacts C, C, C and the contact pieces 72, 72, 72 are pressed toward the spring buffer wall 51, and the contact pieces 72, 72, The flexure 72 deforms so as to approach the spring buffer wall 51. Then, by the elastic restoring force of the contact pieces 72, 72, 72, each of the three contacts C, C, C has a constant contact pressure with each of the three contact pieces 72, 72, 72 and the terminal connection portion Tc. Thus, the female terminal Tf3 and the male terminal Tm are electrically connected. As described above, since the contact pieces 72, 72, 72 have a function as a plate spring, the diagonally wound coil spring is not necessary, and the configuration of the connector 70 can be simplified.
  • the female terminal Tf4 (corresponding to the terminal fitting) may have a V-shaped groove 80 (corresponding to the groove) extending along the path of the rolling movement of the contact C.
  • the contact C accommodated in the middle contact accommodating portion 23B is farther from the cap attachment surface 22E than the contacts C accommodated in the other two contact accommodating portions 23A and 23C.
  • the arrangement of the plurality of contacts is not limited to that in the above embodiment, and if at least three contacts do not line up in the same straight line, the attitudes of the terminal fitting and the mating terminal are set. It can be stabilized.
  • the position of the contact C is shifted by shifting the position of the back wall 25B of the contact storage portion 23B in the middle from the other, but for example, a compression coil stored in a specific contact storage portion By making the length of the spring different from the others, it is possible to shift the position of the contact.
  • the biasing member is the diagonally wound coil spring 30, but the type of biasing member is not limited to that in the above embodiment, and may be, for example, a leaf spring. .
  • the buffer member is the metal case 50.
  • the configuration of the buffer member is not limited to the above embodiment, for example, between the obliquely wound coil spring and the connector housing It may be a metal plate disposed between the male terminal and the connector housing. Further, the connectors of the third and fourth embodiments may not have the buffer member.
  • the contact holder 21 is provided separately from the housing main body 11, but the contact holding portion may be provided integrally with the housing main body.
  • Terminal insertion surface (one surface) 16 Terminal insertion port (opening) 21: Contact holder (contact holder) 29A: Restriction wall 30: Diagonally wound coil spring (biasing member) 50: Metal case (buffer member) 61 ... base 62 ... contact piece 80 ... V-shaped groove (groove) C: Contact Sc: Compression coil spring Tf1, Tf2, Tf3, Tf4: Female terminal (terminal fitting) Tm ... Male terminal (other terminal)

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