Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsOsamu Ito, Makoto Fukamachi
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Abstract
A multilevel connector is provided for securely engaging male and female connector housings. The connector 1 includes a main block 4 integrally formed with a receptacle 3, an auxiliary block 5 to be assembled with the main block 4 and a lid 6 to be assembled so as to cover the auxiliary block 5. Terminal cavities 2A are arranged side by side in each of the main and auxiliary blocks 4, 5.
Claims12
A connector having a connector housing with a front end for connection with a mating connector housing and a rear end formed with terminal cavities for accommodating terminal fittings, each said terminal fitting being provided with a wire connection end for electrical connection with a wire and a mating end for electrical connection with a mating terminal fitting when the connector housing is connected with the mating connector housing, the connector housing further being formed with a top and a bottom extending between the front and rear ends thereof, wherein:
- the connector housing comprises:
- a main block extending upwardly from the bottom of the connector housing and substantially continuously between the front and rear ends of the connector housing, the main block being formed with a common receptacle at the front end of the connector housing and surrounding the mating ends of all said terminal fittings in the connector housing, the common receptacle being engageable with the mating connector housing, portions of the main block adjacent the rear end of the connector housing defining a first plurality of upwardly open terminal cavities extending from the rear end of the connector housing to the common receptacle;
- at least one auxiliary block disposed above portions of the main block defining the terminal cavities and extending from the rear end of the connector housing toward the common receptacle of the main block, the auxiliary block having a bottom substantially closing the upwardly open terminal cavities below the auxiliary block, the auxiliary block further having a top configured to define at least a second plurality of upwardly open terminal cavities extending from the rear end of the connector housing toward the common receptacle;
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- an auxiliary housing portion lockingly engaged over the auxiliary block and extending from the rear end of the connector housing toward the common receptacle, the auxiliary housing portion having a bottom cooperating with the auxiliary block for substantially closing the second plurality of upwardly open terminal cavities defined in the auxiliary block below the auxiliary housing portion.
A connector having a connector housing with a front end for connection with a mating connector housing and a rear end formed with terminal cavities for accommodating terminal fittings, each said terminal fitting being provided with a wire connection end for electrical connection with a wire and a mating end for electrical connection with a mating terminal fitting when the connector housing is connected with the mating connector housing, wherein:
- the connector housing comprises at least a main block and an auxiliary block configured for engagement substantially one over another in a direction of height, and
- the main block being formed with a common receptacle which accommodates the mating ends of all terminal fittings when the mating block and the auxiliary block are assembled, the common receptacle being engageable with the mating connector housing, one of the main and auxiliary blocks being provided with a correcting portion configured for pressing to proper insertion positions any of the terminal fittings that were insufficiently inserted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.