Connector with a cap-type retainer
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsAkihito Maegawa, Nobuyoshi Tanaka, Yukinori Saka, Kiyofumi Ichida
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Abstract
A cap-shaped retainer 40 has a slit 43 formed therein for insertion of a separation plate, and terminal half-insertion detectors 41 projecting towards terminal fitting insertion chambers 21a of a housing 20. The detectors 41 project individually and are insertable into the lower portions of the respective terminal fitting insertion chambers 21a. The free ends of adjacent detectors 41 are connected to increase the strength thereof. The separation plate is insertable via the slit 43 since the half-insertion detectors 41 are connected beyond the inserted extent thereof.
Claims10
A retainer for a connector having a plurality of sockets and a terminal insertable in each socket thereof, said retainer having two projections, one each fully engageable in a respective socket of the connector when terminals of the sockets are correctly inserted, and not fully engageable when terminals of the sockets are not correctly inserted, wherein the projections are joined at the free ends thereof by a substantially orthogonal linking portion.
A connector assembly comprising a first connector, a second connector and a retainer, the first and second connectors having two respective terminal insertion sockets and terminals within the sockets for mutual paired engagement, and the retainer being engageable in the first connector prior to connection of the first and second connectors and having two projections engageable one each in a respective terminal insertion socket of the first connector, the projections being joined at their free ends by a substantially orthogonal linking portion, the terminal insertion sockets of the first connector being linked by a through slit to receive said linking portion, and the retainer having through apertures to receive the terminals of the second connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.