Connector terminal lock structure
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorYuji Hatagishi
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Abstract
The connector terminal lock structure 1 includes the connector housing main body 2 that includes a plurality of terminal accommdating chambers 5 and the cover 3 that covers the housing main body 2, is provided with the lock projections 8 on both inner sides of the side walls 6 so as to confront one another for prevention of backward disengagement of the connection terminals 4, the protruding part 9 at front end of the bottom wall 7 of the terminal accommdating chambers 5 for prevention of forward disengagement of the connection terminals 4, the spaces 12 between the lock projections 8 and the bottom wall 7 for prevention of upward disengagement of the connection terminals 4 and the seal component 13 made of rubber on the rear end of the housing main body 2 to be inserted between the housing main body 2 and the cover 3.
Claims8
A connector terminal lock structure comprising:
- a connector housing including:
- a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers provided with said connector housing;
- a cover covering said connector housing into which a plurality of terminals are accommodated;
- lock projections, provided on inner side wall surfaces of said terminal accommodating chambers, for prevention of backward disengagement of said terminals;
- a protruding portion, provided at front end of a bottom wall of said terminal accommodating chambers, for prevention of forward disengagement of said terminals;
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- spaces defined between said lock projections and said bottom wall, bottom plates of said terminals being insertable into said spaces such that said lock projections also prevent upward disengagement of said terminals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.