Patent ID: 6332781
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connection structure for connecting a power supply to a vehicle door comprising: a door side connector and a body side connector to be engaged with each other to interconnect door side and body side electric circuits, either one of said door side connector and said body side connector being formed with a housing containing openings and being provided with female terminals, and the other of said door side connector and said body side connector being provided with male terminals, each of said female terminals including contact members having a pair of contact portions with their forward ends pivotally movable in a horizontal direction between open and closed positions adjacent a housing opening about a pivot spaced from said housing opening, a spring member normally biasing said contact members in a closing direction, wherein to connect said connector each male terminal is inserted through said opening and between the forward ends of a pair of said contact portions.