US 2006/0052004 A1 · Connector and method of assembling it

Abstract

A shielded terminal (20) is inserted into a cavity (31) of a female housing (30) while inserting stabilizers (28) bulging out to left and right sides therefrom along guide grooves (40), and is partly locked by a locking portion (35). A retainer (50) is inserted into a retainer mount hole (42) while inserting legs (52) at the opposite sides into insertion grooves (44). When the retainer (50) is pushed to a full locking position, retaining portions (54) are engaged with the rear edges of the stabilizers (28) to doubly lock the shielded terminal (20). The retainer (50) is locked at the full locking position by the resilient engagement of full locking claws (58) with full locking sections (48) as well as by the fitting engagement of elongated locking projections (60) formed on the inner surfaces of the leg pieces (52) with end portions of the guide grooves (40).

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Dependent claims

A connector, comprising:

a housing (30) formed with at least one cavity (31) for receiving a terminal fitting (20);
a retainer (50) insertable into the housing (30) for retaining the terminal fitting (20) and including at least one leg (52) insertable into an insertion groove (44) in a side wall of the cavity (31), a lock (58) provided on the leg (52) being resiliently engageable with an engaging portion (48) in the insertion groove (44) to lock the retainer (50) at a locking position (2P) where the retainer (50) retains the terminal fitting (20);
and
an auxiliary locking mechanism (40, 60) in the form of at least one projection (60) and at least one recess (40) formed on surfaces of the leg (52) and the insertion groove (44) substantially facing each other and engageable with each other when the retainer (50) is inserted to the locking position (2P).

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