Wire module and method of producing same

• US 6,386,917 B1
• Filed: 02/25/2000
• Issued: 05/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Sakaguchi, Masaharu
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KHIEM M
• Application Number:
  US09/513,167
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• Field of Search: 439/207, 439/209, 439/210, 439/502, 439/604, 439/606, 439/736
• US Class Current: 439/606
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/405 Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 39/16 by means of moulded or cast material applied during or after assembly
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49171 with encapsulating

Abstract

In a wire module (1), a terminal (4, 5) is pressed to be clamped to each of opposite end portions of a wire (6) to thereby provide a terminal-assembled wire member (2), and molded connector members (10, 11) and a wire circuit member (12) are formed in such a manner that a plurality of terminal-assembled wire members are arranged in an insulative covering layer (3). In the case where the terminals (4) are of the female type, the molded connector member comprises a connector housing, in which the terminal-assembled wire members (2) are inserted, and a terminal holder attached to a terminal-inserting side of the connector housing. The connector housing is of the waterproof type, and includes a waterproof wall which is formed in a bulged manner on an outer peripheral surface of a housing body, receiving the terminals therein, and extends in a direction away from the terminal-inserting side. In the case where the terminals (5) are of the male type, the molded connector member includes a terminal-erecting holder fixing the terminal-assembled wire members and the wires.

Claims

1. A wire module, comprising:

a terminal-assembled wire member including a wire and at least two terminals to which opposite end portions of the wire are connected;

a wire circuit member including an insulative covering layer by which the terminal-assembled wire member is partially covered; and

at least two molded connector members formed respectively on opposite end portions of the terminal-assembled wire member,

wherein the terminals are of the female type, and wherein each of the molded connector members comprises a connector housing in which the end portion of the terminal-assembled wire member is inserted, and a terminal holder attached to a terminal-inserting side of the connector housing, and

wherein the connector housing is of the waterproof type, and includes a waterproof wall which is formed in a bulged manner on an outer peripheral surface of the connector housing, receiving the terminals therein, and extends in a direction away from the terminal-inserting side.

2. A wire module, comprising:

a terminal-assembled wire member including a wire and at least two terminals to which opposite end portions of the wire are connected;

a wire circuit member including an insulative covering layer by which the terminal-assembled wire member is partially covered; and

at least two molded connector members formed respectively on opposite end portions of the terminal-assembled wire member,

wherein the terminals are of the male type, and wherein each of the molded connector members comprises a terminal-erecting holder which fixes the wire and one of the terminals of the terminal-assembled wire member, and

wherein the terminal-erecting holder includes a frame body of a U-shaped cross-section, a plurality of terminal press-fitting holes formed through a top wall of the frame body, and wire holding grooves formed in a free end of one of two support walls of the frame body.