Female connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsHirokazu Matsuda, Hajime Kawase
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Abstract
The interior of a connector housing 3 is provided with terminal housing chambers 11 to which female terminal fittings 2 can be attached. Wall faces 24 within the terminal housing chambers 11 protrude so as to cover only three sides, the wall face which constitutes the remaining side being formed by an insertion hole wall 23 of a retainer 4. Openings on the anterior face of the terminal housing chambers 11 are linked by bending spaces 14 which provide space for lances 12 to bend, the detecting holes 15 opening beside these bending spaces 14. When the retainer 4 is attached, bending regulation members 20 enclose the bending spaces 14 and partition tab insertion holes 11A and the detecting holes 15.
Claims15
An electrical connector comprising:
- a female terminal fitting with a connecting member connectable to a male tab of a corresponding terminal fitting, and a protruding member protruding in a lateral direction away from the connecting member;
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- a connector housing having an anterior face and a terminal housing chamber for housing the female terminal fitting, said anterior face including a tab through hole with a peripheral edge for allowing the male tab to be passed therethrough and coupled to the connecting member, a detecting hole in communication with the terminal housing chamber for allowing the insertion of a detecting pin for detecting the correct attachment of the female terminal fitting within the terminal housing chamber by making direct contact with the protruding member, and a partition extending between the tab through hole and the detecting hole along the anterior face, said partition isolating the detecting hole from the peripheral edge of the tab through hole such that the tab through hole does not communicate with the detecting hole along the anterior face.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a female terminal fitting with a connecting member connectable to a male tab of a corresponding terminal fitting, and a protruding member protruding in a lateral direction away from the connecting member;
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- a connector housing having an anterior face and a terminal housing chamber for housing the female terminal fitting, said anterior face including a tab through hole with a peripheral edge for allowing the male tab to be passed therethrough and coupled to the connecting member, a detecting hole in communication with the terminal housing chamber for allowing the insertion of a detecting pin for detecting the correct attachment of the female terminal fitting within the terminal housing chamber by making direct contact with the protruding member, a center of the detecting hole being offset from a center of said tab through hole along the anterior face of the connector housing in a first direction that extends parallel to the length of the anterior face and a second direction that extends perpendicular to the first direction along the anterior face and perpendicular to the length of said terminal housing chamber.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a female terminal fitting;
- a connector housing including an anterior face and a chamber for housing the terminal fitting, the anterior face having a substantially C-shaped portion partially defining a tab through hole for receiving a complementary terminal fitting therethrough to electrically couple to the terminal fitting and partially defining a detecting hole for allowing insertion of a detecting pin to detect correct attachment of the terminal fitting within the chamber by direct contact with the terminal fitting;
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- a retainer attachable to the anterior face of the connector housing to retain the terminal fitting against removal, the retainer having a first portion partially defining the tab through hole and a second, substantially C-shaped portion partially defining the detecting hole, wherein said first and second portions of the retainer cooperate with the substantially C-shaped portion of said connector housing to form the tab through hole and the detecting hole with a partition therebetween when said electrical connector is assembled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.