Male terminal, male connector, jig and method for assembling male connector
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTetsuya Miyamura, Hajime Kawase, Hajime Matsui
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Abstract
A male terminal 10 is provided with a terminal body 15 including a tab 40 extending forward, and a cover 16 slidable between a protection position for accommodating the tab 14 inside a sheath portion 24 and a retracted position for exposing a front end part of the tab 14 from a front end of the sheath portion 24, and the cover 16 is made of a magnetic material.
Claims7
A male connector, comprising:
- a male terminal including a terminal body with a tab extending forward and a cover slidable between a protection position for accommodating the tab inside a sheath portion and a retracted position for exposing a front end part of the tab from a front end of the sheath portion, the cover including a magnet or a magnetic material;
- a connector housing including a cavity for accommodating the male terminal, and
- a retainer movable with respect to the connector housing between a partial locking position separated from the male terminal and a full locking position for retaining the male terminal by being held in contact with the male terminal,
- wherein:
- the connector housing is provided with a full locking portion for holding the retainer at the full locking position by locking the retainer,
- a cam pin projecting outward is provided on an outer surface of the retainer, and
- the retainer is moved to the full locking position with the cam pin located in a starting end part of a cam groove provided in a jig and the retainer is moved to the partial locking position with the cam pin moved to a final end part of the cam groove.
A method for assembling a male connector, comprising:
- assembling a male terminal by assembling a terminal body including a tab extending forward with a cover slidable between a protection position for accommodating the tab inside a sheath portion and a retracted position for exposing a front end part of the tab from a front end of the sheath portion;
- assembling the male connector by assembling a connector housing including a cavity for accommodating the male terminal with a retainer movable with respect to the connector housing between a partial locking position separated from the male terminal and a full locking position for retaining the male terminal by being held in contact with the male terminal;
- moving the retainer to the partial locking position by pushing the male connector into the accommodation recess while fitting a cam pin projecting outward on an outer surface of the retainer into a cam groove provided in an inner wall of the accommodation recess provided in a jig;
- inserting the male terminal into the cavity;
- attracting the cover of the male terminal by a magnetic force of a magnet disposed in front of the accommodation recess in an inserting direction of the male connector into the accommodation recess in the jig;
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- moving the cam pin to a starting end part of the cam groove and moving the retainer to the full locking position by pulling the male connector out of the accommodation recess of the jig.
A jig for assembling a male connector, the male connector including a connector housing with a cavity for accommodating a male terminal, the male terminal including a terminal body with a tab extending forward and a cover slidable between a protection position for accommodating the tab inside the cover and a retracted position for exposing a front end part of the tab from a front end of the cover, the cover being made at least partly from a magnetic material, the jig comprising:
- a front surface, a connector holding recess recessed into the front surface and configured for receiving the connector housing, a cover accommodating portion recessed to a position rearward from the connector holding recess and configured for receiving the cover, and a magnet at a position rearward of the cover accommodating portion, the magnet urging the cover toward the protection position as the connector housing is being removed from the connector holding recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.