Patent ID: 9124020
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B61G,H01R

Abstract:
1. A jumper connector comprising: an in-vehicle wire cable that is wired in each of vehicles that constitute a train; a jumper cable that is wired between the vehicles adjacent to each other, and that connects the in-vehicle wire cables; a first connector that is attached to an end of the in-vehicle wire cable; a second connector that is attached to an end of the jumper cable; a first casing that is provided below a vehicle floor in a vicinity of a space between the vehicles, that is formed with an opening, into which the second connector is introduced, on a surface on a side of the space between the vehicles, and that has the first connector introduced from a surface opposite to the surface on the side of the space between the vehicles to connect to the second connector; a second casing that includes a rotary lever containing a handle, that is detachably attached to a surface of the first casing on the side of the space between the vehicles, and that is formed with an inclined surface that includes an introduction opening into which the second connector is introduced obliquely from below a surface thereof on the side of the space between the vehicles; a gripping unit that is attached to the inclined surface and that grips the jumper cable; and a fastening member that pushes the gripping unit toward an outer peripheral surface of the jumper line, wherein the gripping unit is formed such that a diameter thereof on a surface opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the jumper cable at a time of fastening the fastening member is smaller than an outer diameter of the jumper cable, and wherein the opening is closed by the second casing through an operation of the lever.