Connector
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorHitoshi Saito
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Abstract
A connector used for connecting automotive wiring harnesses consists of a first connector housing fittable to a second connector housing; a resilient locking means provided on the first connector housing, which rises at its forward base portion and extends rearwardly in a fitting direction of the first and second connector housings, the locking means including an operating means; a deformation prevention means provided on the first connector housing, within a width of the locking means for preventing an external force from acting on the locking means; and catching prevention means provided on laterally opposite sides of the operating means. The deformation prevention means protects the locking means from an external force.
Claims9
A connector comprising:
- a first connector housing fittable to a second connector housing;
- a resilient locking means for locking said first and said second connector housings together, provided on an outer wall of said first connector housing, said resilient locking means rising at a forward base portion thereof and extending rearwardly in a fitting direction of said first and said second connector housing, said resilient locking means including an operating means provided at a rear end thereof for resiliently depressing said locking means with respect to said housing outer wall;
- a deformation prevention means including a rigid element provided on said outer wall of said first connector housing closely adjacent said resilient locking means, and being disposed within a width of said resilient locking means, said rigid element extending from said housing outer wall a distance not less than that of said locking means in an undepressed condition for preventing an external force from depressing said resilient locking means;
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- catching prevention means including rigid elements provided on laterally opposite sides of said operating means for keeping said operating means from catching a foreign body.
A connector comprising:
- a first connector housing fittable to a second connector housing;
- a resilient locking means for locking said first and said second connector housings together, provided on an outer wall of said first connector housing, said resilient locking means rising at a forward base portion thereof and extending rearwardly in a fitting direction of said first and said second connector housing, said resilient locking means including an operating means provided at a rear end thereof;
- a deformation prevention means provided on said outer wall of said first connector housing, within a width of said resilient locking means for preventing an external force from acting on said resilient locking means;
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- catching prevention means provided on laterally opposite sides of said operating means for keeping said operating means from catching a foreign body,
- wherein said resilient locking means comprises a pair of resilient locking arms extending parallel to each other in said fitting direction of said first and said second connector housings, said operating means interconnects said pair of resilient locking arms at an end of said locking arms, and said deformation prevention means is interposed between said pair of resilient locking arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.