Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spherical terminal with guide groove
- Patent Title (中): 带导槽的球形端子
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Application No.: US12733534Application Date: 2008-06-24
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Publication No.: US08172625B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Tomokazu Kashiwada , Sho Miyazaki , Shiro Nishida , Masaharu Suetani , Kiyoshi Hasegawa
- Applicant: Tomokazu Kashiwada , Sho Miyazaki , Shiro Nishida , Masaharu Suetani , Kiyoshi Hasegawa
- 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: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2007-236838 20070912; JP2008-126265 20080513
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/061439 WO 20080624
- International Announcement: WO2009/034761 WO 20090319
- Main IPC: H01R4/48
- IPC: H01R4/48

Abstract:
In a pair of mutually connectable terminals, one terminal is provided with a joint having a spherical surface formed on the outer circumferential surface, and the other terminal is provided with a hole into which the joint can be fitted. At least one of the joint and the hole is formed in a plate member which can be displaced elastically in the fitting direction of the joint and the hole. When the pair of terminals are connected, the joint touches the circumferential edge of the hole to displace the plate member elastically. When the joint is fitted in the hole, the plate member is reset elastically and holds the spherical surface of the joint under such a state as the spherical surface is pressed against the edge of the hole.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100173538A1 TERMINAL Public/Granted day:2010-07-08
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