Patent ID: 9479030
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: B62D,H01R,H02K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An electric actuator for a vehicle, the electric actuator including an electric motor as a driving source, the electric actuator comprising: a first electric circuit comprising a first connecting terminal; and a second electric circuit comprising a second connecting terminal electrically connected with the first connecting terminal, wherein the first connecting terminal comprises a tip end portion having a rectangular flat plate shape, wherein the second connecting terminal comprises a pair of elastic contact flaps opposed to each other with a clearance, the clearance having a width between tip end surfaces of the elastic contact flaps which is smaller than a thickness of the first connecting terminal, wherein the first connecting terminal is retained such that the tip end portion thereof is clamped between the tip end surfaces of the elastic contact flaps of the second connecting terminal by an elastic restoring force of the elastic contact flaps, wherein the electric actuator further comprises guides disposed on both sides of the first connecting terminal in a width direction of the first connecting terminal, the guides serving to guide the tip end portion of the first connecting terminal into the clearance between the elastic contact flaps of the second connecting terminal, wherein the electric actuator further comprises a terminal holder made of a synthetic resin material, each of the elastic contact flaps of the second connecting terminal comprising a central portion molded in the terminal holder, the tip end surfaces of the elastic contact flaps being opposed to each other in a rectangular prism-shaped through hole formed in the terminal holder, and wherein the guides are formed in inner surfaces that define the through hole, the inner surfaces being opposed to each other in a longitudinal direction of the clearance between the elastic contact flaps of the second connecting terminal, each of the guides being in the form of an elongated groove extending along a direction in which the first connecting terminal is inserted into the clearance.