Connector and connector manufacturing method
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsKazuhide IKEYA, Mai YOKOYAMA
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Abstract
An object is to provide a connector and a connector manufacturing method capable of performing more appropriate assembly of a terminated wire to a housing member. The connector includes: a terminated wire; and a housing member that includes: a terminal housing section that is opened toward one end side in a height direction and houses the terminal of the terminated wire; a terminal engagement lock that is provided on a sidewall of the terminal housing section; and a terminal engagement block that is provided on a bottom wall of the terminal housing section. The housing member allows the terminal to be inserted into the terminal housing section along the height direction while bending the terminal engagement lock and the sidewall.
Claims7
A connector comprising:
- a terminated wire that includes an electric wire extending along an axial direction and a terminal provided at an end of the electric wire;
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- a housing member that includes:
- a terminal housing section that is opened toward one end side in a height direction intersecting with the axial direction and houses the terminal of the terminated wire;
- a terminal engagement lock that is provided on a sidewall of the terminal housing section and restricts movement of the terminal housed in the terminal housing section along the height direction by abutting against the terminal;
- and a terminal engagement block that is provided on a bottom wall of the terminal housing section and restricts movement of the terminal housed in the terminal housing section along the axial direction by abutting against the terminal, the housing member allowing the terminal to be inserted into the terminal housing section along the height direction while bending the terminal engagement lock and the sidewall, wherein
- the terminal engagement block includes:
- an engagement face that is engaged with the terminal along the axial direction;
- and a sloping face that slopes toward one end side of the axial direction as going from the engagement face toward the one end side of the height direction and guides the terminal toward the engagement face.
A connector manufacturing method comprising:
- a first step of inserting, into a terminal housing section that is provided in a housing member and opened toward one end side in a height direction intersecting with an axial direction of a terminated wire, a terminal of the terminated wire along the height direction while bending a sidewall of the terminal housing section and a terminal engagement lock provided on the sidewall;
- a second step of guiding, to a terminal engagement block provided on a bottom wall of the terminal housing section, the terminal toward an engagement face by a sloping face that slopes toward one end side of the axial direction as going from the engagement face of the terminal engagement block toward the one end side of the height direction;
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- a third step of engaging the terminal and the engagement face along the axial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.