Patent ID: 9698528
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60L,H01R,H02K,Y02T

Claim:
1. A connector for connecting an inverter and a motor, comprising: an inverter-side terminal block provided on the inverter side, the inverter-side terminal block having a first mounting portion with a first tube and a first supporting surface extending transverse to the first tube, and further having a second mounting portion with a second tube and a second supporting surface extending transverse to the second tube; a motor-side terminal block provided on the motor side; a first housing mounted at least partly in the first tube and supported on the first supporting surface, the first housing being cross-sectionally smaller than the first tube so that the first housing can float within the first tube on the first supporting surface; a second housing mounted at least partly in the second tube and supported on the second supporting surface, the second housing being cross-sectionally smaller than the second tube so that the second housing can float within the second tube and on the second supporting surface; a first terminal held in the first housing and to be mated with an inverter-side terminal for supplying alternating-current power from the inverter in a direction orthogonal to the first supporting surface; a second terminal held in the second housing and to be mated with a motor-side terminal provided in the motor-side terminal block in a direction orthogonal to the second supporting surface; and a flexible conductive wire having a first end part connected to the first terminal and a second end part connected to the second terminal and arranged slidably in each of directions along the first supporting surface and along the second supporting surface.