Pressure-connection connector with escape channels
AssigneeHirose Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorToru Watanabe
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Abstract
A pressure-connection connector (1) comprises a terminal (3) having a pair of pressure-connection blade members (12) displaced in opposite directions in a direction of terminal thickness and guided by escape channels (6A) extending vertically in opposite face of a pressure-insertion slot (6). The terminal further comprises at least one pair of permanent latch members (13) and temporary latch members (14) for engagement with side walls of the pressure-insertion slot. The permanent latch members interfere with the pressue-insertion slot greater that the temporary latch.
Claims5
A pressure-connection connector comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of terminal slots opening at the upper face of said housing and a plurality of pressure-insertion slots extending downwardly from said terminal slots;
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- a plurality of terminals, each of said terminals comprises:
- a terminal base provided in parallel to a plane including an axial direction of a cable;
- a pair of pressure-connection blade members extending downwardly from said terminal base to form a terminal recess between them and displaced in opposite directions in a direction of terminal thickness;
- at least one pair of permanent latch members provided on opposite side walls of said terminal base for engagement with side walls of said pressure-insertion slot;
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- at least one pair of temporary latch members provided on said opposite side walls below said permanent latch members for engagement with said side walls of said pressure-insertion slot, wherein each of said pressure-insertion slots being provided with a pair of escape channels extending vertically in opposite face of said each of said pressure-insertion slots so that said pressure-connection blade members of said terminal are received and guided by said escape channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.