JOINT CONNECTOR

• Main Author: MIZUNO YASUNARI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 03.08.2015
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; LINE CONNECTORS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a joint connector which establishes electric continuity with one wiring connected with a connector without removing the connector.SOLUTION: A joint connector includes: first bus bars 11; elastic second bus bars 12 which respectively contact with the first bus bars 11 in a removable manner; third bus bars 13 which respectively contact with the second bus bars 12; a housing 14 which holds the first bus bars 11, the second bus bars 12, and the third bus bars 13; a first insertion part 15 provided at the housing 14, the first insertion part 15 into which a first connector 20 having terminals that contact with the first bus bars 11 and the second bus bars 12 is inserted; a second insertion part 16 provided at the housing 14, the second insertion part 16 into which a second connector 30 having terminals which contact with the third bus bars 13 and ribs 33, each of which pushes and bends the second bus bar 12 to place the second bus bar 12 in contact with the first bus bar 11 or remove the second bus bar 12 from the first bus bar 11, is inserted; and insertion holes 17 provided at the second insertion part 16, the insertion holes 17 into which the ribs 33 are respectively inserted when the second connector 30 is inserted. 【課題】コネクタを外すことなく、コネクタに接続された片方の配線との導通を可能にするジョイントコネクタを提供する。【解決手段】第１のバスバー１１と、弾性を有して第１のバスバー１１と離接可能に接触された第２のバスバー１２と、第２のバスバー１２と接触された第３のバスバー１３と、第１のバスバー１１、第２のバスバー１２、及び第３のバスバー１３を保持するハウジング１４と、ハウジング１４に設けられ、第１のバスバー１１及び第２のバスバー１２と接触する端子を有する第１のコネクタ２０を挿入する第１の挿入部１５と、ハウジング１４に設けられ、第３のバスバー１３と接触する端子と、第２のバスバー１２を押し曲げて第１のバスバー１１と離接させるリブ３３とを有する第２のコネクタ３０を挿入する第２の挿入部１６と、第２の挿入部１６に設けられ、第２のコネクタ３０が挿入されたときにリブ３３が差し込まれる差込孔１７とを備える。【選択図】図１