Powder feed connector

• US 5,676,560 A
• Filed: 12/01/1995
• Issued: 10/14/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Yoshioka, Nobuaki, Mori, Shigeo, Fukushima, Hirotaka, Endo, Takayoshi, Hasegawa, Toshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Bradley, P. Austin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Yong
• Application Number:
  US08/566,089
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 439/32, 439/48, 439/342, 439/135, 439/136, 439/142, 439/310, 439/352, 439/353, 439/357, 439/358, 439/372, 439/152
• US Class Current: 439/310
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/32 of electricity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/34 of parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/512 assembled by screw or screws
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5213 Covers
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6271 Latching means integral with the housing H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/62905 comprising a camming member H01R13/62933 and H01R13/641 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/641 by indicating incorrect coupling; by indicating correct or full engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/70 with built-in switch
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/26 for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device structural association with two-part coupling device H01R13/629
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A power feed connector device includes an electromagnetic moving device for moving at least one of a pair of female and male connectors forward and backward along a fitting axis so as to fit the two connectors together and to disengage the two connectors from each other.

Claims

1. A connector;

a tubular casing;

a connector body slidably mounted on said casing, said connector body having at least one terminal received therein; and

a motor mounted within said casing, said motor being connected to a rear half portion of said connector body through a speed reduction mechanism so as to move said connector body forward and backward, wherein said casing includes a lock arm for engagement with a mating connecting upon fitting of said connector relative to said mating connector, and a lock release pin for releasing the locking arm of said lock arm.

2. A connector according to claim 1, in which said connector body has a lock release prevention piece portion for preventing the locking of said lock arm from being released when said connector and said mating connector are completed fitted together.

3. A connector comprising:

a tubular casing having a connector receiving chamber at its front half portion and a feed gear receiving chamber at its rear half portion, said casing also having an operation chamber at a side portion thereof;

a connector body slidably mounted within said connector receiving chamber of said casing, said connector body having a plurality of terminals received therein;

a motor fixedly mounted within said operation chamber;

a feed gear mounted within said feed gear receiving chamber, said feed gear being connected to said motor through a speed reduction mechanism, and said feed gear having threads formed on a peripheral surface thereof; and

a cylindrical member connected to and circumscribing a rear portion of said connector body, said cylindrical member being threadedly engaged with said feed gear so as to move said connector body forward and backward when said motor is rotated in normal and reverse directions.

4. A connector according to claim 3, in which wires, connected respectively to said plurality of terminals within said connector body, are passed through a bore of said cylindrical member to the exterior of said connector.

5. A connector according to claim 4, in which said cylindrical member is fitted on a metal shell, fixed to a rear end portion of said connector body, against rotation relative to said metal shell, and wires, connected respectively to said plurality of terminals, are gathered into a bundle by said metal shell.

6. A connector according to claim 4, in which said connector body has a plurality of connectors connected to said cylindrical member, respectively, and said cylindrical member is connected to said feed gear, respectively.

7. A connector comprising:

a tubular casing;

a connector body slidably mounted on said casing, said connector body having at least one terminal received therein;

a solenoid for moving said connector body forward and backward, said solenoid being mounted within said casing, said solenoid being connected to a rear half portion of said connector body through a speed reduction mechanism.

8. A connector according to claim 7, further comprising:

a feed gear mounted within a feed gear receiving chamber provided at a rear half portion of said connector body, said feed gear being connected to said motor through said speed reduction mechanism, and said feed gear having threads formed on a peripheral surface thereof; and

a cylindrical member connected to a rear portion of said connector body, said cylindrical member being threadedly engaged with said feed gear so as to move said connector body forward and backward when said motor is rotated in normal and reverse directions.

9. A connector according to claim 7, in which said connector body has a plurality of connectors connected to said cylindrical member, respectively, and said cylindrical member is connected to said feed gear, respectively.

10. A connector comprising:

a tubular casing having a connector receiving chamber at its front half portion and a feed gear receiving chamber at its rear half portion, said casing also having an operation chamber at a side portion thereof;

a connector body slidably mounted within said connector receiving chamber of said casing, said connector body having a plurality of terminals received therein;

a motor fixedly mounted within said operation chamber;

a feed gear mounted within said feed gear receiving chamber, said feed gear being connected to said motor through a speed reduction mechanism, and said feed gear having threads formed on a peripheral surface thereof; and

a cylindrical member connected to a rear portion of said connector body, said cylindrical member being threadedly engaged with said feed gear so as to move said connector body forward and backward when said motor is rotated in normal and reverse directions, wherein wire, connected respectively to said plurality of terminals within said connector body, are passed through a bore of said cylindrical member to the exterior of said connect, and wherein said cylindrical member is fitted on a metal shell, fixed to a rear end portion of said connector body, against rotation relative to said metal shell, and said wires, are gathered into a bundle by said metal shell.