Double retaining connector
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsYoshinori Tomita, Naomi Suzuki
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Abstract
A connector includes a connector housing, terminal receiving chambers having a retaining lance for retaining a female terminal by elastic deformation, a front holder for retaining the female terminal relative to the connector housing in a double manner, a retaining arm for retaining the front holder on the connector housing, and a tapered guide portion formed by a slanting surface, formed on the connector housing, and a slanting surface movable in unison with the retaining arm of the front holder. The retaining arm is deformable in a direction perpendicular to a direction of deformation of the retaining lance.
Claims5
A double retaining connector, comprising:
- a connector housing having (1) a first end, (2) a second end, and (3) a terminal receiving chamber for receiving a first terminal and a second terminal, said first terminal being insertable into said terminal receiving chamber via a first terminal insertion opening provided in said first end of said connector housing and said second terminal being insertable into said terminal receiving chamber via a second terminal insertion opening provided in said second end of said connector housing, said second terminal insertion opening partially defined by a first slanting surface of said connector housing;
- a retaining lance extended from said connector housing into said terminal receiving chamber, said retaining lance being elastically deflectable to retain said first terminal in said terminal receiving chamber;
- a front holder attachable to said second end of said connector housing and having a portion for abutting said retaining lance to prevent deflection of said retaining lance;
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- a retaining arm formed integrally with said front holder, said retaining arm being elastically deflectable to retain said front holder on said connector housing, said retaining arm having a free end provided with a second slanting surface;
- wherein, when said front holder is attached to said connector housing such that said portion of said front holder abuts said retaining lance, said first and said second slanting surfaces form a tapered guide portion around said second terminal opening for guiding said second terminal into said terminal receiving chamber;
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- wherein said retaining arm is deflectable in a sideways direction and said retaining lance is deflectable in an up and down direction, said sideways direction being perpendicular to said up and down direction.
A double retaining connector according to claim, wherein said tapered guide portion has four sides that substantially form a rectangle, and said first slanting surface of said connector housing forms at least a portion of each of said four sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.