JPH0590868U - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] In an electrical connector in which a plurality of conductor assemblies are housed and held in an insulating housing, the conductor assemblies can be insulated from each other with a simple structure that is easy to assemble. [Structure] At least one of the two housing halves (14a) which are joined to each other to form a two-divided insulating housing (4) is separated from each other in the insulating housing (4). A plurality of space portions 22a, 22 having an opening portion 20 that opens to the mating surface
A partition wall portion 18 that forms b, 22c, and 22d together with the other housing half is provided, and each conductor assembly 6a, 6b, 6c, and 6d is
The space portions 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d are housed in the space portions 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d, and are insulated from each other by the partition wall portion 18.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric connector in which a plurality of conductor assemblies are housed and held in a two-part insulation housing, and more particularly to a structure of an insulation housing for insulating each conductor assembly from each other.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 In recent years, a terminal to be connected to a mating terminal is held by a conductive terminal holder to which a conductive path body that forms a conductive path is held to form a conductive body assembly. An electrical connector has been devised which is housed in a two-part insulation housing consisting of two housing halves.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In such an electrical connector, a plurality of conductor assemblies housed in an insulating housing must be insulated from each other. As a conventional general method for insulating each conductor assembly from each other, a spacer is provided in the insulating housing to secure a space between the conductor assemblies, or each conductor body is insulated with an insulating tape or the like. Although methods such as coating with a material can be considered, these insulation methods have a problem that the work of assembling the electrical connector is troublesome and it takes a lot of time for assembly.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an electric connector that can insulate a plurality of conductor assemblies from each other with a simple structure that is easy to assemble.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above problems, an electric connector according to the present invention has a conductive terminal holder that holds a terminal connected to a mating terminal and a conductive path body that is connected to the terminal holder and forms a conductive path. An electrical connector in which a plurality of conductor assemblies are formed and housed in a two-part insulation housing composed of two housing halves joined to each other. At least one of the partition walls forms a plurality of space parts, which are separated from each other in the insulating housing and each have an opening opening on a mating surface of the other side of the insulating housing, together with the other housing half. The plurality of conductor assemblies are housed in the plurality of spaces and are insulated from each other by the partition wall. It

The two-part insulation housing is an insulation housing configured so that the insulation housing can be divided into two housing halves, and therefore each housing half is a single housing. It may be formed of one member or may be composed of a plurality of members that can be further divided.

[0007]

[Action and effect]

 According to the electrical connector of the present invention, at least one of the two housing halves is provided with a partition wall portion which forms a plurality of space portions having the above-mentioned configuration in the insulating housing together with the other housing half. Since the plurality of conductor assemblies are housed in the plurality of spaces and are insulated from each other by the partition wall, the electrical connector has a simple structure that is easy to assemble, and each conductor is electrically connected. It is possible to insulate the conductor assemblies from each other while eliminating the troublesome work of insulating the body assemblies from each other.

[0008]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the electrical connector according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a front view of the whole, and FIG. 1 (b) is a front view of only one housing half. 2 is a diagram showing the other housing half of the electrical connector according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 (a) is a plan view, FIG. 2 (b) is a front view, and FIG. 3 is a counterpart of the electrical connector according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a view corresponding to a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 1 (a) showing a sectional configuration of a fitting portion of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the electrical connector 2 according to the present embodiment has an insulating housing 4 in which four conductor assemblies 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d are housed and held.

As shown in FIG. 3, each of the conductor assemblies 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d has a conductive structure that holds a plurality of terminals 8 connected to mating terminals (not shown) in two rows. It has a terminal holder 10 and a conductive path body 12 which is connected to each terminal holder 10 by one or two and forms a conductive path. The housing 4 and the like are omitted in FIG. In the present embodiment, a so-called bus bar formed of a conductive metal (for example, copper) in a rod shape is used as each of the conductive path members 12, and each conductive path member 12 has one end portion of each of the terminals. It is connected to each terminal holder 10 by being screwed to the holder 10.

On the other hand, the insulating housing 4 is configured in a two-part type composed of two housing halves 14a and 14b shown in FIGS. 1 (b) and 2. The insulating housing 4 is formed by joining the two housing halves 14a and 14b to each other with bolts and nuts 16 (see FIG. 1). Each of the two housing halves 14a, 14b is provided with a plurality of partition walls 18 on its joint surface with the mating housing half, which extends continuously on the joint surface. When the two housing halves 14a and 14b are joined to each other by the partition wall portion 18, they are separated from each other in the insulating housing 4 and are fitted to the mating surface of the insulating housing 4 (see FIG. Four space portions 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d having an opening portion 20 opening to the upper side surface in 1 (b) are formed.

As described above, the spaces 22a, 22b, 22c and 22d are respectively attached to the two housing halves 14a and 14b when the two housing halves 14a and 14b are joined to each other. The housing half 14a, 14b is formed by the partition wall portion 18 and is formed by the partition wall portion 18 in a state before the two housing halves 14a, 14b are joined. However, for convenience of explanation, in FIG. 1 (b) and FIG. 2, these recesses are marked with the numbers of the above-mentioned space portions 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d. Attached.

As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the four conductor assemblies 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d are respectively housed in the four space portions 22a, 22b, 22c and 22d, respectively. The partition walls 18 insulate each other. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1 (b) and FIG. 2, a boss 24 is formed near the opening 20 in each of the spaces 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, while each of the above Holes (not shown) are formed in the terminal holders 10 of the conductor assemblies 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d at positions corresponding to the bosses 24, respectively. , 6c, 6d are fixed in the insulating housing 4 by engaging the holes with the boss 24.

As described above, according to the electrical connector 2 of this embodiment, the two housing halves 14a and 14b are provided with the spaces 22a, 22b, 22c and 22d in the insulating housing 4. By providing the partition wall portions, the conductor assemblies 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d are housed in the space portions 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, respectively, and are insulated from each other by the partition wall portion 18, For example, to insulate the conductor assemblies 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d from each other, for example, the conductor assembly 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d can be insulated from each other while eliminating the troublesome work of insulating and coating each conductor path body 12. Can be insulated. Further, since the insulating housing 4 itself has a simple structure, it is easy to assemble.

Although the configuration which characterizes the present invention in this embodiment has been described above, in the following, a little more description will be given to other components of the electrical connector 2 according to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1A, mounting members 26 for fixing the electrical connector 2 to the mating substrate are attached to the left and right ends of the insulating housing 4. Further, a fitting auxiliary member 28 extending in the left-right direction of the insulating housing 4 is attached to the fitting surface (top surface in the drawing) of the insulating housing 4 with the mating substrate via the mounting member 26.

As shown in FIG. 3, the fitting assisting member 28 includes both wing portions 30 having hooking portions 30a that are hooked from both sides at the tip portions of the terminals 8 arranged in two rows. A holding portion 34 having a spring portion 32a for urging the wing portions 30 and holding the wing portions 30, and a slide portion 36 inserted between the holding portion 34 and the wing portions 30. To have. The slide portion 36 slides in the left-right direction in the figure by rotating the rotation lever 38 shown in FIG. 1, and the slide portion 36 slides to form the slide portion 36 and the wing portion 30, respectively. The cam surfaces cooperate with each other to press the wing portions 30 to both sides, thereby expanding the distance between the tip portions of the terminals 8 arranged in two rows. It should be noted that such a fitting assisting member is a conventional one, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

A pair of cover members 40 (only one side is shown in FIG. 1A) as insulators are attached to the outside of the insulating housing 4.

Although one embodiment of the electric connector according to the present invention has been described above, the electric connector according to the present invention is not limited to this mode, and various modifications can be made.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the partition portions 18 are provided symmetrically on both of the two housing halves 14a and 14b, but the partition portions 18 form the space portions 22a to 22d in the insulating housing 4. The housing half 14a may be provided asymmetrically with respect to both housing halves 14a and 14b, or only one of the housing halves 14a and 14b may be provided.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, each conductive path body 12 is formed of a conductive metal formed into a rod shape (bus bar), but it is formed of a general electric wire. Good.

[Brief description of drawings]

1A and 1B are views showing the overall configuration of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a front view of the whole, and FIG. 1B is a front view of only one housing half.

2A and 2B are views showing the other housing half of the electric connector, in which FIG. 2A is a plan view and FIG. 2B is a front view.

FIG. 3 is a view corresponding to a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 1 (a) showing a sectional configuration of a mating portion of the electric connector with a mating side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Electrical connector 4 Insulation housing 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d Conductor assembly 8 Terminal 10 Terminal holder 12 Conductor 14a, 14b Housing half 18 Partition 20 Opening 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d Space

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Creator Tsutomu Nakamura 87 Hisamoto, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Japan MP Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plurality of conductor assemblies comprising a conductive terminal holder that holds a terminal connected to a mating terminal, and a conductor path body that is connected to the terminal holder and forms a conductor path. Is an electric connector housed and held in a two-divided insulating housing made up of two housing halves joined together, wherein at least one of the two housing halves has a mutual insulation inside the insulating housing. A partition wall portion is provided which forms a plurality of space portions, which are separated from each other and each have an opening portion which is opened on a mating surface of the other side of the insulating housing, together with the other housing half, and the plurality of conductor assemblies are provided. Is housed in each of the plurality of space portions and insulated from each other by the partition wall portion.