US 2010/0062660 A1 · CONNECTOR AND JIG THEREFOR

Abstract

A connector (10, 10A) is provided with a retainer (50) for retaining terminal fittings (80) by entering cavities (21) of a housing (20). The retainer (50) includes two arms (52) projecting substantially in parallel with a mounting direction into the housing (20) and a connecting portion (51) connecting base ends of the arms (52) with each other. Locks (55) are formed on the inner surfaces of the both arm portions (52) and are engageable with full locking portions (37) formed on outer surfaces of the housing (20). The retainer (50) is held at a full locking position by the engagement of the locks (55) with the full locking portions (37). Leading end surfaces of the arms (52) in a projecting direction serve as exposure surfaces (63) exposed to the outside when the retainer (50) is held at the full locking position.

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Dependent claims

A connector (10;

10A), comprising:
a housing (20) formed with at least one cavity (21) for receiving at least one terminal fitting (80), interlocking portions (37) formed on outer surfaces of the housing (20);
and
a retainer (50) to be mounted into the housing (20) and including at least one retaining portion (54) for retaining the terminal fitting (80) in the cavity (21), the retainer (50) includes two arms (52) projecting substantially parallel with a mounting direction into the housing (20) and a connecting portion (51) connecting the arms (52), locks (55) engageable with one or more respective formed on the inner surfaces of the arms (52) and being engageable with the interlocking portions (37) on the outer surfaces of the housing (20) for holding the retainer (50) to cross over the housing (20), and leading end surfaces of the arms (52) in a projecting direction being exposed to the outside when the retainer (50) is held in the housing (20).

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A jig (70) for displacing a retainer (50) with respect to a housing (20) of a connector (10;

10A), the jig (70) including:
a first member (72) formed with a mount recess (71) having an open rear side;
and
a second member (73) arranged on a rear surface of the first member (72) and being slidable substantially in a height direction, the second member (73) being formed with an operation recess (74) communicating with the mount recess (71),
wherein a part of the connector (10;
10A) before the retainer (50) is insertable into the mount recess (71), and arms (52) of the retainer (50) can be arranged in the operation recess (74), and
wherein the second member (73) is formed with a fixing portion (75) for at least partly covering a rear part of the upper surface to an upper part of the rear surface of the housing (20), and the connector (10;
10A) can be retained in the jig (70) by the fixing portion (75).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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