LIGHT SOURCE INTEGRATED CONNECTOR

• US 20150321601A1
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Kurita, Atsushi
• Granted Patent: US 9,831,616 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/51 for mounting lighting devices onto vehicle interior, e.g. onto ceiling or floor
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/7175 Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/748 using one or more screws H01R13/746 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/26 for vehicles

Abstract

A connector (10) includes a main body (30) having a mounting plate (31) to be mounted on a body of a vehicle and a fitting (32) that penetrates through the mounting plate (31) in a front-back direction and a display plate (50) mounted on an outer peripheral side of the connector fitting (32) and on a front side of the mounting plate (31). The display plate (50) includes a display (52), a receptacle (53) provided to be open backward from the display (52) and a light source unit (70) having a light source configured to irradiate the display (52) with light from behind and to be locked from behind by the mounting plate (31) in a state accommodated in the receptacle (53).

Claims

1. A light source integrated connector (10), comprising:

a connector main body (30) including a mounting plate (31) to be mounted on a body of a vehicle and at least one connector fitting (32) penetrating through the mounting plate (31); and

a display plate (50) mounted on an outer peripheral side of the connector fitting (32) and on a front side of the mounting plate (31),

wherein the display plate (50) includes at least one display portion (52), a receptacle (53) provided to be open substantially away from the display portion (52) and at least one light unit (70) having at least one light source (71) configured to irradiate the display portion (52) with light and to be locked by the mounting plate (31) in a state accommodated in the receptacle (53).

2. The light source integrated connector of claim 1, wherein the mounting plate (31) comprises a plurality of protrusions (35) protruding toward an outer peripheral side substantially with the connector fitting portion (32) as a center, and the light unit (70) is locked from behind by at least two adjacent protruding portions (35).

3. The light source integrated connector of claim 1, wherein the light unit (70) includes at least one locking portion (78;

79) to be locked from the front to at least one locked portion (54;

55) on the receptacle (53).

4. The light source integrated connector of claim 1, wherein the light unit (70) is sandwiched in the front-back direction by the display portion (52) and the mounting plate (31).

5. The light source integrated connector of claim 1, wherein the light source unit (70) includes at least one light element substrate (71) having at least one light element mounted thereon and a back lid (72) arranged behind the light element substrate (71), and wherein the light element substrate (71) is held in contact with the display portion (52).