Terminal and connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorShunsuke TANIMURA
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Abstract
A terminal 50 that is inserted into a sealing hole 41 of a mat seal 40 of a housing 10 from a rear side to a front side, and that is detached from the front side to the rear side includes a first box portion 54 that is substantially box-shaped, the first box portion 54 includes a first bottom wall 57, a pair of first side walls 58 that stand upright from two ends of the first bottom wall 57, a first ceiling wall 59 that opposes the first bottom wall 57, and a locking wall 61 positioned on a rear end side, which is a leading end side in a detaching direction, and the first ceiling wall 59 and the locking wall 61 are connected to each other via a connection portion 60 curved from the detaching direction toward the first bottom wall 57.
Claims4
A terminal that is inserted into a sealing hole of a mat seal of a housing from a rear side to a front side, and that is detached from the front side to the rear side, the terminal comprising:
- a first box portion that is substantially box-shaped,
- wherein the first box portion includes:
- a first bottom wall, a pair of first side walls that stand upright from two ends of the first bottom wall, a first ceiling wall that opposes the first bottom wall, and a locking wall positioned on a rear end side of the first box portion, which is a leading end side in a detaching direction of the terminal,
- the first ceiling wall and the locking wall are connected to each other via a connection portion curved from the detaching direction toward the first bottom wall,
- one of the first side walls has an extended portion extending to the rear side,
- an extending end of the extended portion overlaps a plate surface of the locking wall as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the detaching direction, and
- the locking wall extends from a portion thereof that is coupled to the connection portion to the other first side wall side, and an extended end portion of the locking wall and a rear end edge of the other first side wall oppose each other in a front-rear direction.
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