Protective cover for connector
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorMakoto Yamanashi
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Abstract
A protective cover for a connector including a cover body to be fitted over a terminal engaging portion of the connector, an engaging projection provided on the cover body in such a manner as to be capable of engaging an engaging stepped portion formed on the lock arm and of being disengaged from the engaging stepped portion by a tilting operation of the lock arm, and a pair of arm protecting walls provided projectingly on an outer peripheral wall of the cover body in such a manner as to face each other with the lock arm positioned therebetween. The height of an upper edge of each of the arm protecting walls is set in such a manner that the lock arm is accommodated in a space defined by the pair of arm protecting walls.
Claims3
A protective cover for a connector for protecting a terminal engaging portion of the connector in which a lock arm for retaining a connector engaging portion on a mating side is provided projectingly on an outer peripheral wall of a housing, said protective cover comprising:
- a cover body to be fitted over the terminal engaging portion of the connector;
- a retaining device provided on said cover body in such a manner as to be capable of engaging an engaging portion formed on the lock arm and of being disengaged from the engaging portion by a tilting operation of the lock arm;
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- a pair of arm protecting walls provided projectingly on an outer peripheral wall of said cover body in such a manner as to face each other with the lock arm positioned therebetween, wherein a height of an upper edge of each of said arm protecting walls is set in such a manner to be higher than a height of an upper edge of said lock arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.