Connector and a method of assembling it
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorHideto Nakamura
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Abstract
Terminal fittings (21A, 21B) are inserted into cavities (45) of a housing (40) from behind and are partly locked by metal locks (28). A cover (70) is mounted on the rear surface of the housing (40), and a detector (100) is insertable through the rear surface of the mounted cover (70) for detecting whether the housing (40) and a mating housing (11) are connected properly. The cover (70) has an opening (87) for exposing the terminal fittings (21A, 21B), and the detector (100) has a pushing portion (110) insertable through the opening (87). The pushing portion (110) pushes any insufficiently inserted terminal fittings (21A, 21B) to proper insertion positions as the detector (100) is inserted to a full locking position.
Claims14
A connector, comprising:
- a housing (40);
- terminal fittings (21) insertable into the housing (40) in an inserting direction;
- a cover (70) mountable on the housing (40) for at least partly covering a surface of the housing (40), the cover (70) being formed with an opening (87) for exposing portions of the terminal fittings (21) in the housing (40) when the cover (70) is mounted properly on the housing (40);
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- a detector (100) mountable to the cover (70), the detector (100) being formed with at least one pushing portion (110) that can push the exposed portions of the terminal fittings (21) through the opening (87) to push the terminal fittings (21) towards proper insertion positions when the detector (100) is mounted properly on the properly mounted cover (70).
A connector, comprising:
- a housing (40) having opposite front and rear ends and cavities (45) extending through the housing (40) substantially from the rear end to the front end;
- terminal fittings (21) insertable into the cavities (44) from the rear end of the housing (40);
- a cover (70) mountable on the rear end of the housing (40) for at least partly covering the rear end of the housing (40), the cover (70) being formed with an opening (87) for exposing portions of the terminal fittings (21) in the cavities (45) when the cover (70) is mounted properly on the housing (40);
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- a detector (100) mountable to the cover (70), the detector (100) having at least one pusher (110) insertable through the opening (87) for pushing the terminal fittings (21) towards proper insertion positions when the detector (100) is mounted properly and when the cover (70) is mounted properly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.