US 2019/0356085 A1Published application

Connector

AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

InventorAtsushi Kurita

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Abstract

A connector (10) includes a housing (12) having an opening (24) into which a cable (14) is inserted, and a retainer (16) is mounted on the housing (12) from the side of the opening (24). The retainer (16) includes locking lances (44) that face the cable (14) and are resiliently displaceable toward the cable (14) for holding the cable (14). The housing (12) includes cantilevered pressing portions (36). The pressing portions (36) displace the locking lances (44) toward the cable (14) to bring the locking lances (44) into contact with the cable (14) by pressing the locking lances (44) toward the cable (14). The retainer (16) includes displacement preventing portions (72) to prevent displacements of the pressing portions (36) in directions opposite to contacting directions with the locking lances (44) by contacting the pressing portions (36) in the directions toward the cable (14).

Claims10

Dependent claims

A connector (10), comprising:

a housing (12) including an opening (24) into which a wire (14) at least partly is to be inserted;
and
a retainer (16) to be mounted on the housing (12) from the opening side, the retainer (16) including at least one locking lance (44) disposed to substantially face the wire (14) and resiliently displaceable substantially toward the wire (14), the retainer (16) holding the wire (14) by the locking lance (44) resiliently contacting the wire (14);
wherein:
the housing (12) includes at least one cantilevered pressing portion (36);
the pressing portion (36) resiliently displaces the locking lance (44) substantially toward the wire (14) to resiliently bring the locking lance (44) into contact with the wire (14) by pressing the locking lance (44) substantially in a direction toward the wire (14);
and
the retainer (16) includes at least one displacement preventing portion (72) configured to prevent a displacement of the pressing portion (36) in a direction substantially opposite to a contacting direction with the locking lance (44) by contacting the pressing portion (36) substantially in the direction toward the wire (14).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.