Connector cover, continuous structure capable of producing connector cover, and production method for connector cover

A connector cover, comprising or being a unitary structure made from a single strip-shaped flat plate,

• the unitary structure having a part of a regular repetition of a predetermined structure in a longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped flat plate, the predetermined structure being referred to as a unit structure,
• the unit structure including a flat-plate portion and two side wall portion groups,
• one of the two side wall portion groups including a first side wall portion standing on one of two edges of the flat-plate portion in a width direction of the flat-plate portion,
• another of the two side wall portion groups including a second side wall portion standing on the other of the two edges of the flat-plate portion,
• the second side wall portion being a spring portion generating pressing force in the width direction,
• the first side wall portion facing the second side wall portion,
• the flat-plate portion of the unit structure having equally spaced gap portions extending toward a centerline of the flat-plate portion in the unit structure, and
• the unitary structure having a length m times an interval between two of the gap portions adjacent in the longitudinal direction, m being a value obtained by adding a positive integer not less than 1 to a value obtained as a result of dividing a length in the longitudinal direction of the unit structure by the interval.

A method for producing a connector cover from a continuous structure, the continuous structure comprising or being a unitary structure made from a single strip-shaped flat plate, wherein

• the unitary structure includes a regular repetition of a predetermined structure in a longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped flat plate, the predetermined structure being referred to as a unit structure,
• the unit structure includes a flat-plate portion and two side wall portion groups,
• one of the two side wall portion groups includes a first side wall portion standing on one of two edges of the flat-plate portion in a width direction of the flat-plate portion,
• another of the two side wall portion groups includes a second side wall portion standing on the other of the two edges of the flat-plate portion,
• the second side wall portion is a spring portion generating pressing force in the width direction,
• the first side wall portion faces the second side wall portion,
• gap portions extending toward a centerline of the flat-plate portion in the unit structure are formed in the flat-plate portion of the unit structure, and
• the gap portions are located at sites of the flat-plate portion in the unit structure, the sites corresponding to positions of two sides of the first or second side wall portion,
• the method comprising:
• cutting the continuous structure at a position of one of the gap portions.