Inspection device for a waterproof connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsTakanari Hoshino, Atsushi Takani
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Abstract
The invention comprises a device provided with a position-setting surface and relatively movable stopping member which together hold the housing 31 of a waterproof electrical connector in a predetermined inspecting position. Pressing pieces are integrally provided on the position-setting surface or the stopping member to push in any waterproof plug associated with a terminal in the direction in which the terminal is inserted into the terminal accommodation chamber. This arrangement ensures that a semi-fitted terminal is pushed into the correct position during an inspection process.
Claims16
An inspection device for an electrical connector having a housing, a terminal accommodation chamber which extends through the housing, a terminal within the chamber and a closure plug for one end aperture of the chamber, said closure plug being integral with said terminal, and wherein said device comprises a frame having a position setting surface defining a pre-determined inspection position for a housing of an electrical connector, a stopping member movable with respect to the frame to hold said housing in said pre-determined inspection position, and a pressing member of one of the frame and stopping members, the pressing member being positioned to abut a closure plug which is not fully inserted in the housing so as to press the closure plug into the housing as the housing is moved into said pre-determined inspection position in use.
In combination, an electrical connector having a housing, a terminal accommodation chamber which extends through the housing, a terminal within the chamber and a closure plug for one end aperture of the chamber, said plug being integral with said terminal;
- and an inspection device comprising a frame having a position setting surface defining a pre-determined inspection position for said housing, a stopping member movable with respect to the frame to hold said housing in said inspection position, and a pressing member of one of the frame and stopping members, the pressing member being adapted for abutment with said closure plug so as to press the plug into the housing as the housing is moved into said pre-determined position in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.