Connector
AssigneeSumiltomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsTsutomu Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Mase
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Abstract
Larger cavities (15, 16) for accommodating large terminals (6) are arranged at the opposite lateral sides of a housing (1), and small cavities (20) for accommodating small terminals (7) are arranged between the large cavities (15, 16). A retainer (4) is inserted laterally through a side surface of the housing (1). Lances (14) in the large cavities (16) at the trailing side with respect to an inserting direction of the retainer (4) are arranged on a passage route of the retainer (4), and hence are formed in a front holder (5) to be assembled after insertion of the retainer (4). Thus, the arrangement positions of the large cavities (16) are not restricted to the leading side with respect to the inserting direction of the retainer (4).
Claims20
A connector, comprising:
- a housing (1) with cavities (15;
- 16;
- 20) configured to accommodate at least parts of terminal fittings (6, 7);
- a retainer (4) insertable through a side surface of the housing (1) in an inserting direction (ID) intersecting a longitudinal direction of the cavities (15;
- 16;
- 20) and engageable with the terminal fittings (6;
- 7) inserted into the cavities (15;
- 16;
- 20) to retain the terminal fittings (6;
- 7);
- and
- lances (14;
- 19) formed in the cavities (15;
- 16;
- 20) for locking the terminal fitting therein, at least one of the lances (14;
- 19) being located on a passage route of the retainer (4) and being formed on a front holder (5) separate from the housing (1) and insertable into the housing (1) after insertion of the retainer (4).
A connector, comprising:
- a housing (1) with opposite front and rear ends and cavities (15;
- 16;
- 20) extending at least partly from the front end to the rear end of the housing (1), the cavities (15;
- 16;
- 20) being configured to accommodate at least parts of terminal fittings (6, 7), lances (19) formed unitarily with the housing (1) and projecting respectively into a plurality of the cavities (15;
- 20) for locking the terminal fittings (6;
- 7) therein, at least one of the cavities (16) in the housing (1) having no lance;
- a retainer (4) insertable through a side surface of the housing (1) in an inserting direction (ID) intersecting a longitudinal direction of the cavities (15;
- 16;
- 20) and engageable with all of the terminal fittings (6;
- 7) in the cavities (15;
- 16;
- 20) to retain the terminal fittings (6;
- 7);
- and
- a front holder (5) mounted to the front end of the housing (1) and located at least partly on a passage route of the retainer (4), the front holder (5) being formed with at least one lance (14) corresponding to the at least one cavity (16) of the housing (1) that has no lance, the lance (14) in the holder (5) being configured for locking the terminal fitting (6) in the corresponding cavity (16).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.