US 6,280,261 B1Granted

Retaining structure of connector

AssigneeYazaki Corporation

InventorKazuaki Sakurai

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Abstract

A spring mechanism (6) is provided at a portion of a connector housing (2). The spring mechanism (6) includes an insertion port (8), a retaining projection (10) and a leaf spring (9) retained by the retaining projection (10). A spring holder (17) for resiliently deforming the leaf spring (9), is provided at a terminal portion (3) to be received in a receiving portion (4). When the terminal portion (3) is inserted into the receiving portion (4), the leaf spring (9) is resiliently deformed by the spring holder (17). As a result, the whole of the terminal portion (3) is urged by the leaf spring (9), and a resilient-retaining piece portion (16), provided at the terminal portion (3), is retainingly engaged in a retaining portion (5) formed at the receiving portion (4), thereby eliminating a clearance between the connector housing and the terminal portion.

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Dependent claims

A connector, comprising:

a connector housing including a receiving portion formed therein;
a terminal portion insertable into the receiving portion of the connector housing;
a spring attachable to the connector housing so as to project into the receiving portion;
a spring holder formed on a first side surface of the terminal portion, the spring holder pressing the spring so that the spring is resiliently deformed when the terminal portion is inserted into the receiving portion;
a resilient-retaining piece portion formed on a second side surface of the terminal portion, the resilient-retaining piece portion being slid on an inner surface of the receiving portion while being resiliently deformed when the terminal portion is inserted into the receiving portion;
and
a retaining portion formed in the receiving portion,
wherein, when the terminal portion is inserted into a predetermined position within the receiving portion, a whole of the terminal portion is pushed by the spring so that the resilient-retaining piece portion is retained by the retaining portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.