Patent ID: 8251756
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A device connector, comprising: a housing unitarily formed of an insulating resin and having at least three nut holding portions disposed substantially side by side, each of the nut holding portions including two spaced apart nut holding legs, protecting boxes disposed at least at the nut holding portions at opposite ends in an arrangement direction of the nut holding portions, each of the protecting boxes being formed integrally to the housing and including at least two side protecting walls extending from the nut holding legs of the respective nut holding portion and a connecting wall extending between the side protecting walls, each of the side protecting walls being configured to expose leading ends of the nut holding legs; a plurality of busbars, each of the busbars having an intermediate section mounted in the housing and a device connecting portion extending into a space between the nut holding legs of the respective nut holding portions, each of the device connecting portions including a nut insertion hole; and nuts sandwiched respectively between the nut holding legs of the respective nut holding portions and substantially adjacent the device connecting portions, sides of the nuts being visible between the leading ends of the nut holding legs, each of the nuts having a threaded hole communicating respectively with the nut insertion holes of the device connecting portions, at least one of the nuts being disposed between the respective device connecting portion and the connecting wall of the protecting box.