Electrical connector
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsShinji Tanaka, Yutaka Kobayashi
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Abstract
A connector (10) is provided with a housing (11) and a terminal fitting (12) to be accommodated into the housing (11). The housing (11) includes a housing body (20), a pair of side walls (21), a lock arm (23) and a projection (24). The housing body (20) accommodates the terminal fitting (12). The pair of side walls (21) project from an outer surface of the housing body (20) and are arranged side by side in a width direction of the housing (11). The lock arm (23) is arranged between the pair of side walls (21) and supported on the pair of side walls (21) displaceably like a seesaw. The projection (24) is provided on a facing surface of the housing body (20) and the lock arm (23) and serves as a fulcrum of a seesaw movement of the lock arm (23).
Claims7
A connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a terminal fitting to be accommodated into the housing,
- the housing including:
- a housing body for accommodating the terminal fitting;
- a pair of side walls projecting from an outer surface of the housing body and arranged side by side in a width direction of the housing;
- a lock arm arranged between the pair of side walls and supported on the pair of side walls displaceably like a seesaw;
- and
- a projection provided on a facing surface of the housing body and the lock arm and serving as a fulcrum of a seesaw movement of the lock arm,
- wherein the lock arm includes:
- an arm portion extending along a front-rear direction;
- a locking portion provided on a front end portion of the arm portion, the locking portion locking a mating housing;
- and
- a pair of protruding portions protruding from both sides in the width direction of the arm portion and coupled to an object to be coupled behind the locking portion, and
- the projection is arranged closer to the locking portion than a coupling portion coupled to the protruding portions, out of the object to be coupled.
A connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a terminal fitting to be accommodated into the housing,
- the housing including:
- a housing body for accommodating the terminal fitting;
- a pair of side walls projecting from an outer surface of the housing body and arranged side by side in a width direction of the housing;
- a lock arm arranged between the pair of side walls and supported on the pair of side walls displaceably like a seesaw;
- and
- a projection provided on a facing surface of the housing body and the lock arm and serving as a fulcrum of a seesaw movement of the lock arm,
- wherein the housing body has a curved housing side facing surface facing the lock arm, and
- the projection is provided on the housing side facing surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.