Connector and a method for inserting a terminal fitting thereinto
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsRyotaro Ishikawa, Hajime Kawase, Yuuichi Nankou, Yukihiro Fukatsu, Naoya Kurimoto
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AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsRyotaro Ishikawa, Hajime Kawase, Yuuichi Nankou, Yukihiro Fukatsu, Naoya Kurimoto
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Female terminal fittings (30) are insertable from behind into cavities (11) in a female housing (10). A slanted guide surface (22) is formed at the peripheral rear edge of each cavity (11) for guiding the female terminal fitting (30) into the cavity (11) and is slanted at an obtuse angle to an inserting direction of the female terminal fitting (30). A stabilizer-inserting groove (20) is formed in a surface of the cavity (11) and has an open rear end into which a stabilizer (47) of the female terminal fitting (30) is insertable. A preventing surface (27) is provided at the peripheral rear edge of the cavity (11) and abuts the stabilizer (47) when the female terminal fitting (30) is inserted in an improper posture. An angle of the preventing surface (27) to the inserting direction is less than an angle of the slanted guide surface (22).
A connector with a housing (10) with at least one cavity (11) in which at least one terminal fitting (30) is insertable along an inserting direction (ID), a stabilizer (47) projecting transversely from the terminal fitting (30), a slanted guide surface (22) being formed at a peripheral edge of an inserting end of the cavity (11) and being slanted at an angle (α) to the inserting direction (ID) of the terminal fitting (30) for guiding the terminal fitting (30) into the cavity (11), a stabilizer-inserting groove (20) formed in an inner surface of the cavity (11) and being open at the inserting end of the cavity (11), the stabilizer-inserting groove (20) being dimensioned and disposed for receiving the stabilizer (47) of the terminal fitting (30) when the terminal fitting (30) is in a proper rotational orientation, and a preventing surface (27;
A connector with a housing (10) having opposite front and rear ends and at least one cavity (11) extending along an inserting direction (ID) between the ends, a slanted guide surface (22) being formed at the rear end of the housing (10) and extending substantially around a peripheral edge of the cavity (11), the slanted guide surface (22) being slanted at an angle (α) to the inserting direction (ID), a stabilizer-inserting groove (20) formed in an inner surface of the cavity (11) and being open at the rear end of the housing (10), and a preventing surface (27;
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