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US 10,594,069 B2Granted
Connector
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsTakeshi Kon, Nobumasa Motohashi, Manabu Yamanaka, Ryotaro Takeuchi
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Abstract
A connector includes a lock member attached to a housing and configured to lock a terminal inside the housing. The lock member includes: a substantially plate-shaped base portion located in an outside of the housing; a first attachment portion provided in the base portion and configured to attach the lock member to the housing; and a locking portion configured to lock the terminal so that the terminal is held inside the housing. The base portion includes a first extension portion formed to extend, from the first attachment portion, in a longitudinal direction of the housing. The first extension portion includes a second attachment portion formed to attach the lock member to the housing.
Claims12
An electrical connector which is configured to house a terminal and lock the terminal therein, the terminal being connected to an end portion of a cable, the connector comprising:
- a housing having a through-hole formed therethrough along a forward-rearward direction thereof, the through-hole configured to have the terminal inserted therein to allow the terminal to be electrically connected with a terminal of a mating connector;
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- a lock member attached to the housing and configured to lock the terminal inside the housing, wherein the lock member includes:
- a substantially plate-shaped base portion positioned outside of the housing, the base portion extending along the forward-rearward direction, the base portion having left and right side faces separated from each other in a left-right direction, the left-right direction being orthogonal to the forward-rearward direction, the base portion having a forward face;
- a first attachment portion extending from the base portion in an up-down direction, the up-down direction being orthogonal to both the forward-rearward direction and the left-right direction, the first attachment portion being configured to attach the lock member to the housing, the first attachment portion includes left and right attachment arms, the left attachment arm being provided at, or proximate to, the left side face of the base portion, the right attachment arm being provided at, or proximate to, the right side face of the base portion;
- a second attachment portion which is configured to attach the lock member to the housing, the second attachment portion being provided at, or proximate to, the forward face of the base portion, the second attachment portion being positioned between the left and right attachment arms in the left-right direction;
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- a locking portion configured to lock the terminal so that the terminal is held inside the housing,
- wherein the base portion includes a first extension portion formed to extend forward from the first attachment portion, and
- wherein the base portion includes a second extension portion formed to extend rearward from the first attachment portion,
- wherein the second attachment portion is positioned on the first extension portion of the base portion and is separated from the first attachment portion, and
- wherein the locking portion extends from the second extension portion of the base portion in the up-down direction.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- a terminal which is configured to be connected to an end portion of a cable;
- a housing having a through-hole formed therethrough along a forward-rearward direction thereof, the through-hole configured to have the terminal inserted therein to house the terminal and to allow the terminal to be electrically connected with a terminal of a mating connector;
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- a lock member attached to the housing and configured to lock the terminal inside the housing, wherein the lock member includes:
- a substantially plate-shaped base portion positioned outside of the housing, the base portion extending along the forward-rearward direction, the base portion having left and right side faces separated from each other in a left-right direction, the left-right direction being orthogonal to the forward-rearward direction, the base portion having a forward face;
- a first attachment portion extending from the base portion in an up-down direction, the up-down direction being orthogonal to both the forward-rearward direction and the left-right direction, the first attachment portion being configured to attach the lock member to the housing, the first attachment portion includes left and right attachment arms, the left attachment arm being provided at, or proximate to, the left side face of the base portion, the right attachment arm being provided at, or proximate to, the right side face of the base portion;
- a second attachment portion which is configured to attach the lock member to the housing, the second attachment portion being provided at, or proximate to, the forward face of the base portion, the second attachment portion being positioned between the left and right attachment arms in the left-right direction;
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- a locking portion configured to lock the terminal so that the terminal is held inside the housing,
- wherein the base portion includes a first extension portion formed to extend forward from the first attachment portion, and
- wherein the base portion includes a second extension portion formed to extend rearward from the first attachment portion,
- wherein the second attachment portion is positioned on the first extension portion of the base portion and is separated from the first attachment portion, and
- wherein the locking portion extends from the second extension portion of the base portion in the up-down direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.