Terminal-locking construction

A terminal locking construction comprising:

• a housing having a groove-like terminal-receiving cavity formed therein;
• a terminal retained within said terminal-receiving cavity, said terminal having a first engagement portion at a longitudinal end thereof and a second engagement portion at a longitudinally intermediate position thereof;
• a third engagement portion formed at one longitudinal end of said terminal-receiving cavity, said third engagement portion engaging said first engagement portion;
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• a fourth engagement portion formed at a longitudinally intermediate position of said terminal-receiving cavity, said fourth engagement portion engaging said second engagement portion;
• whereby, when assembling, said first engagement portion of said terminal is first engaged with said third engagement portion and thereafter said terminal is pivotally rotated about an engagement between said first and third engagement portions into said terminal-receiving cavity until said second engagement portion engages said fourth engagement portion, wherein said first engagement portion is a pair of flanges projecting transversely of said terminal.

A terminal-locking construction comprising:

• a housing having a groove-like terminal-receiving cavity formed therein;
• a terminal retained within said terminal-receiving cavity, said terminal having a first engagement portion at a longitudinal end thereof and a second engagement portion at a longitudinally intermediate position thereof;
• a third engagement portion formed at one longitudinal end of said terminal-receiving cavity, said third engagement portion engaging said first engagement portion;
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• a fourth engagement portion formed at a longitudinally intermediate position of said terminal-receiving cavity, said fourth engagement portion engaging said second engagement portion;
• whereby, when assembling, said first engagement portion of said terminal is first engaged with said third engagement portion and thereafter said terminal is pivotally rotated about an engagement between said first and third engagement portions into said terminal-receiving cavity until said second engagement portion engages said fourth engagement portion, wherein said third engagement portion is a first projection formed on said housing, said first projection projecting outwardly of said housing.

A terminal-locking construction comprising:

• a housing having a groove-like terminal-receiving cavity formed therein:
• a terminal retained within said terminal-receiving cavity, said terminal having a first engagement portion at a longitudinal end thereof and a second engagement portion at a longitudinally intermediate position thereof;
• a third engagement portion formed at one longitudinal end of said terminal-receiving cavity, said third engagement portion engaging said first engagement portion;
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• a fourth engagement portion formed at a longitudinally intermediate position of said terminal-receiving cavity, said fourth engagement portion engaging said second engagement portion;
• whereby, when assembling, said first engagement portion of said terminal is first engaged with said third engagement portion and thereafter said terminal is pivotally rotated about an engagement between said first and third engagement portions into said terminal-receiving cavity until said second engagement portion engages said fourth engagement portion, wherein said housing includes a plurality of said terminal-receiving cavities disposed side-by-side in an arcuate shape as a whole, and each of said terminal receiving cavities has a wire retainer provided adjacent one longitudinal end of said terminal-receiving cavity.

A terminal-locking construction comprising:

• a housing having a groove-like terminal-receiving cavity formed therein;
• a terminal retained within said terminal-receiving cavity, said terminal having a first engagement portion at a longitudinal end thereof and a second engagement portion at a longitudinally intermediate position thereof;
• a third engagement portion formed at one longitudinal end of said terminal-receiving cavity, said third engagement portion engaging said first engagement portion;
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• a fourth engagement portion formed at a longitudinally intermediate position of said terminal-receiving cavity, said fourth engagement portion engaging said second engagement portion;
• Whereby, when assembling, said first engagement portion of said terminal is first engaged with said third engagement portion and thereafter said terminal is pivotally rotated about an engagement between said first and third engagement portions into said terminal-receiving cavity until said second engagement portion engages said fourth engagement portion, wherein said terminal-receiving cavity has two opposed walls and said fourth engagement portion is a second projection formed on one of said opposed walls.