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US 12,756,124 B2Granted
Connector including locking lance
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorKentaro Hirai
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Abstract
A housing 20 includes a locking lance 25 projecting forward from the inner surface of a cavity 22 and configured to lock a terminal fitting 60 from behind be able to retain the terminal fitting 60, and a wall surface part 41 to be arranged below the locking lance 25. The locking lance 25 includes, for example, a corner part 37 as a deformation inducing portion, which induces upward bending if a force for moving the terminal fitting 60 rearward is applied, on a facing surface 33 facing the wall surface part 41.
Claims7
A connector, comprising:
- a housing including a cavity;
- and
- a terminal fitting to be arranged inside the cavity,
- the housing including a locking lance projecting forward from an inner surface of the cavity,
- the locking lance being configured to lock the terminal fitting from behind to be able to retain the terminal fitting, and to be resiliently deformable downward toward a wall surface portion of the housing when pressed by the terminal fitting during insertion of the terminal fitting into the cavity, and
- the locking lance including a deformation inducing portion in a recess of a facing surface facing the wall surface portion, the deformation inducing portion inducing upward bending if a force for moving the terminal fitting rearward is applied,
- wherein an inner angle of the recess decreases when the force for moving the terminal fitting rearward is applied.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.