Patent ID: 6287142
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A modular connector for attaching an interior equipment of a vehicle onto an interior wall member covering an inner face of a vehicle body panel, comprising:a plate-shaped base member provided with a through hole, and disposed between the vehicle body panel and the interior wall member such that the through hole is arranged on an opening formed in the interior wall member;a fitting member formed on the base member, which is fitted into a fitting hole formed in the vehicle body panel;a bracket provided with a base plate to which the interior equipment is attached and a cylindrical portion protruded from the base plate which is to be inserted through the through hole of the base member so as to hold the interior wall member therebetween;a provisional engagement member formed on the bracket, which is engaged with the base member provisionally when the cylindrical portion is inserted into the through hole of the base member;a first electric wire arranged between the vehicle body panel and the interior wall member, and led out from the through hole of the base member;a first terminal provided on a leading end of the first electric wire and fixed on the base member so as to face the bracket;a second electric wire and a third electric wire led out from the interior equipment and extending through the inside of the cylindrical portion of the bracket;a second terminal provided on a leading end of the second electric wire and fixed on the base plate of the bracket at a portion opposing to the first terminal when the bracket is engaged with the base member;a third terminal provided on a leading end of the third electric wire and fixed on the base plate of the bracket;a first conductive screw piercing through the first and second terminals for electrically connecting the first and second electric wires and for fixing the bracket onto the base member; anda second conductive screw piercing through the third terminal and the vehicle body panel for grounding the third electric wire and for fixing the base member onto the vehicle body panel.