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US 2001/0055918 A1Published application
Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorHideto Nakamura
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AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorHideto Nakamura
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The invention provides a connector wherein the half-inserted state of a retainer is detected at a location to the anterior of the retainer, relative to the fitting direction of two connector housings. A retainer 30 is inserted into a terminal housing member 21 of a male housing 20 from an outer side thereof. This retainer 30 has a locking arm 36 provided in a unified manner thereon, the locking arm 36 protruding towards the anterior and posterior. The retainer 30 can be maintained in a semi-retaining position, which is located at the outer side, and a fully-retaining position, which is located at the inner side. A female housing 10 is provided with a groove 11, the locking arm 36 entering this groove 11 when the retainer 30 is attached to the male housing 20 in the fully-retaining position. A locking protrusion 12, which is formed within the groove 11, is capable of engaging with the locking arm 36. If the two housings 10 and 20 are fitted together when the retained 30 is in a half-inserted state, so that the retainer 30 is located towards the outer side relative to its fully retaining position, the locking arm 36 strikes a side wall 13 which surrounds the groove 11 of the female housing 10, thereby preventing the two housings 10 and 20 from being fitted together.
A connector comprising two connector housings engageable along a fitting direction, to a fully fitted condition, said connector housings having respective terminals therein, and a retainer insertable in one of said housings at right angles to said fitting direction to a final position whereby said terminals in said one housing are retained, characterized in that said retainer includes a projection extending in the fitting direction towards the other of said housings, and said other of said housings having a regulating member for contact with said projection and adapted to prevent movement of said housings to the fully fitted condition in the event that said retainer is not in the final position.
A connector comprising two connector housings engageable along a fitting direction, to a fully fitted condition, said connector housings having respective terminals therein, and a retainer insertable in one of said housings at right angles to said fitting direction to a final position whereby terminals in said one housing are retained, wherein said retainer includes a projection extending in the fitting direction towards the other of said housing, and the other of said housings having a regulating member for contact with said projection and adapted to prevent movement of said housings to the fully fitted condition in the event that said retainer is not in said final position, said regulating member comprising an upstanding projection of the other of said housings and being at the side of said retainer in said fully fitted condition of said housings.
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