Patent ID: 9705260
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A collective ground connection structure, comprising: a uniting frame having opposite front and rear ends, opposed top and bottom walls extending between the ends, opposed first and second side walls extending between the top and bottom walls, a partition wall extending from the top wall towards the bottom wall at a position between the side walls to define first and second forwardly open accommodating chambers on opposite sides of the partition wall, a rear wall at the rear end of the uniting frame and extending between the sidewalls, and a ground plate insertion hole being formed between the rear wall and the bottom wall; first and second housings accommodated respectively in the first and second accommodating chambers, each of the first and second housings having a front end with a forwardly open receptacle, a rear end with a rearwardly open accommodating space and a transverse partition wall between the receptacle and the accommodating space; first and second capacitors accommodated respectively in the accommodating spaces of the first and second housings, each of the first and second capacitors having a positive electrode and a ground electrode; first and second terminal fittings connected to the respective positive electrodes of the first and second capacitors and projecting through the transverse partition walls and into the respective first and second receptacles; and first and second ground connection terminals connected to the respective ground electrodes and projecting beyond the rear ends of the respective first and second housings and through the ground plate insertion hole of the uniting frame, the first and second ground connection terminals being formed respectively with first and second couplings rearward of the uniting frame and overlapped with one another, the first and second couplings being formed respectively with first and second bolt holes that align with one another for receiving a bolt to collectively fix the first and second ground connection terminals to a ground.