Patent ID: 9130319
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A current-carrying connector configured by mating a first connector part with a second connector part, the first connector part comprising: a casing; a sealing part sealing an interior of the casing; first and second electrodes disposed within the casing; and an electrode connection controller separating the first electrode from the second electrode in a state where the first connector part is not mated with the second connector part, and connecting the first electrode to the second electrode in a state where the first connector part is mated with the second connector part, wherein part of the first electrode is exposed from the first connector part and a third electrode is exposed from the second connector part, in a state where the first connector part is not mated with the second connector part, and wherein in a mating-demating transition of the first connector part and the second connector part, the electrode connection controller maintains connection between the part of the first electrode and the third electrode within the casing being sealed, and in the meantime, turns on or off current flow therebetween by connecting the first electrode to the second electrode or separating the first electrode from the second electrode within the casing being sealed.