Patent ID: 9153893
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A terminal block for connecting a conductive members extending from a device and a mating conductive member, comprising: nuts on which the conductive members and the mating conductive members are to be placed and that cooperate with bolts to fasten the respective conductive member and the mating conductive member together; a bracket made of metal and arranged substantially adjacent to the nuts, the bracket including at least one mounting portion to be fixed directly to a metal case for housing the device and an embedded portion; and a resin portion that integrally fixes the nuts and the bracket by covering parts of the nuts and the embedded portion of the bracket the resin portion including: a first locking portion for locking a first engaging portion on the mounting portion of the bracket, a second locking portion for locking a second engaging portion on the embedded portion of the bracket, at least one partition wall for partitioning between adjacent ones of the nuts, posture correcting walls aligned with the partition walls and extending perpendicularly from the mounting portion of the bracket, the posture correcting walls being adjacent positions where the conductive members are pulled out from the nuts and configured to correct postures of the conductive members in a width direction by contacting lateral edges of the conductive members, reinforcing projections at ends of the posture correcting walls remote from the partition walls, the reinforcing projections projecting in toward the positions where the conductive members are pulled out and extending from the mounting portion of the bracket to positions on the posture correcting walls remote from the mounting portion of the bracket.