US 2001/0055907 A1Published application

Connector

AssigneeYazaki Corporation

InventorsTakao Murakami, Masaru Fukuda

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Abstract

Flexible retainers each for retaining a terminal, received in a chamber, are formed at an inner housing. A provisional retaining member and a complete retaining member, which are engagement with an engagement portion of an outer housing to hold the two housings in a provisionally-fitted condition and a completely-fitted condition, are formed at the inner housing. In the provisionally-fitted condition, each terminal, which is inserted into a tubular insertion path of the outer housing, and is received in the chamber, is retained by the flexible retainer, and a front portion of the inner housing forwardly projects a predetermined distance from the front side of the outer housing. When the connector is shifted from the provisionally-fitted condition to the completely-fitted condition, a visual confirmation member, provided at a rear portion of the terminal, is moved in the insertion path, and the movement of the visual confirmation member can be visually confirmed from the rear side of the outer housing.

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Dependent claims

A connector, comprising:

a terminal including a visual confirmation member which is provided at a rear end portion of the terminal;
an inner housing, formed with a chamber for accommodating the terminal;
an outer housing, fitted with the inner housing such that an insertion path which extends from a rear end face of the outer housing is communicated with the chamber of the inner housing;
a provisional fitting member, formed on the inner housing, which provisionally fits the inner housing with the outer housing such that a front end face of the inner housing is protruded from a front end face of the outer housing by a first distance;
a complete fitting member, formed on the inner housing, which completely fits the inner housing with the outer housing while moving the inner housing at least the first distance;
and
a flexible retainer, provided with the inner housing, which engages with a retained portion formed with the terminal which has been passed through the insertion path, in order to retain the terminal within the chamber, wherein:
the engagement of the retainer and the retained portion of the terminal is conducted when the inner housing and the outer housing are provisionally fitted;
and
the visual confirmation member is pulled into the insertion path by a second distance from the rear end face of the outer housing, which is smaller than the first distance, when the retainer engages with the retained portion of the terminal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.