Male terminal fitting and a connector provided therewith
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorMasaaki Tabata
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Abstract
A connector has a housing (10) formed with cavities (11) for receiving male terminal fittings (40). Each cavity (11) has a receiving surface (16) substantially normal to an inserting direction of the male terminal fitting (40), and each male terminal fitting (40) has a contact surface (50) substantially normal to the inserting direction. The inserted male terminal fitting (40) is stopped at a front-limit position by bringing the contact surface (50) thereof into contact with the receiving surface (16) in the cavity (11) substantially in the same direction as the inserting direction of the male terminal fitting (40). Thus, the male terminal fitting (40) can be stopped at a proper insertion position.
Claims14
A male terminal fitting (40) having opposite front and rear ends, an elongate tab (49) adjacent the front end and defining a longitudinal direction and a selected cross-section normal to the longitudinal direction, a substantially rectangular tube (41) spaced rearward of the tab (49) and defining a cross-section larger than the tab (49), a coupling portion (47) extending from the substantially rectangular tube (41) to the tab (49) and converging from a large cross-section adjacent the substantially rectangular tube (41) to a small cross-section adjacent the tab (49), a contact surface (50) disposed substantially at an end of the coupling portion (47) adjacent the tab (49) and aligned substantially normal to the longitudinal direction of the tab (49).
A connector, comprising:
- a housing (10) having opposite front and rear ends, cavities (11) extending through the housing (10) and defining an inserting direction (ID) extending between the front and rear ends, a rearwardly facing receiving surface (16) formed in each said cavity (11) and aligned substantially normal to the inserting direction (ID);
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- male terminal fittings (40) inserted into the respective cavities (11) along the inserting direction (ID), each said male terminal fitting (40) having a contact surface (50) aligned substantially normal to the inserting direction (ID) and engaged against the receiving surface (16) of the respective cavity (11).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.