Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ground terminal
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Application No.: US16069031Application Date: 2017-02-06
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Publication No.: US10446954B2Publication Date: 2019-10-15
- Inventor: Tatsurou Sakai
- Applicant: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. , SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. , SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Mie JP Mie JP Osaka
- Assignee: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.,SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.,SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.,SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.,SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Mie JP Mie JP Osaka
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2016-036408 20160226
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/004268 WO 20170206
- International Announcement: WO2017/145729 WO 20170831
- Main IPC: H01R11/12
- IPC: H01R11/12 ; G01L5/00 ; H01R4/34 ; H01R4/64 ; G01L5/24

Abstract:
A ground terminal with a novel structure is provided that enables reliable detection of loosening of a terminal. A ground terminal that is bolted to ground a ground wire of a vehicle-mounted device to a negative terminal of a battery, the ground terminal including: a connection portion that has a bolt insertion hole into which a bolt used for the bolting is inserted. A piezoelectric element is provided surrounding the bolt insertion hole of the connection portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190036244A1 GROUND TERMINAL Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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