CONNECTOR DEVICE

摘要

A contact member provided inside a cylindrical contact holder of a female terminal has a diameter variable portion including a number of metal string members whose both ends are held by front side and rear side holding rings. When a slider is moved in a connector engaged state, a linear movement of a cam projection provided on the slider is converted into a rotational movement of a rotary ring by a cam groove 290, so that the front side holding ring fixed to the rotary ring is rotated to apply a twist to the diameter variable portion, whereby the metal string members are deformed into a hyperboloidal shape and the smallest inner diameter portion thereof is brought into pressure contact with a male terminal.

主权项

1. A connector device comprising:
a first connector comprising a first connector housing and a male terminal held by the first connector housing, and a second connector comprising a second connector housing configured to engage with the first connector housing and a female terminal held by the second connector housing and configured to be electrically connected to the male terminal, the female terminal comprising a cylindrical contact member having an inner diameter that is larger than an outer diameter of the male terminal in an initial state, a contact holder configured to accommodate the cylindrical contact member, and a rotary ring rotatably attached to the contact holder, wherein a rotation mechanism is provided such that a relative rotation of respective ends of the cylindrical contact member, resulting from a rotation of the rotary ring in a state in which the first connector and the second connector are engaged with each other and the male terminal is inserted into the cylindrical contact member, causes a reduction in the inner diameter of the cylindrical contact member to electrically connect the cylindrical contact member and the male terminal with each other, and wherein the rotation mechanism includes a rotary ring operating mechanism configured to rotate the rotary ring by an operation from outside the first connector housing or the second connector housing.