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US 6,386,916 B1Granted
Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsHideshi Tachi, Kiyofumi Ichida
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AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsHideshi Tachi, Kiyofumi Ichida
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The invention prevents terminal fittings from vibrating within cavities. Female terminal fittings (15) are inserted into cavities (13), these female terminal fittings (15) being retained by lances (23). Next, a retainer (30) is attached to an anterior end of a terminal housing (11), regulating members (33) thereof entering bending spaces (26), thereby regulating the bending of the lances (23) and doubly retaining the female terminal fittings (15). Simultaneously, base member contacting members (37) formed on the regulating members (33) enter opening grooves (28) in base walls of the cavities (13) and press base faces of connecting members (16) of the female terminal fittings (15) upwards. These connecting members (16) are gripped between the base member contacting members (37) and ceiling faces of the cavities (13). In addition, anterior contacting members (38) make contact with anterior faces of the connecting members (16) and push the female terminal fittings (15) back towards the posterior. Stopped ends (16A) at posterior ends of the connecting members (16) are pushed against stopping faces (24A) of protrusions (24) of the lances (23), thereby filling a clearance. Rubbing between resilient contacting members (17) and tabs (45) of male terminal fittings is thereby prevented.
An electrical connector comprising a housing having a cavity formed therein, an elongate terminal fitting inserted in the cavity in a fitting direction, a lock in the cavity to prevent removal of the fitting in a rearward direction opposite to the fitting direction, and a retainer that is fit into the housing to cooperate with the lock and retain the fitting in the cavity, wherein said retainer includes an abutment that engages an anterior end of said fitting and pushes said fitting in the rearward direction against the lock to grip the fitting between the lock and the retainer, and a protrusion extending perpendicularly to said fitting direction that engages one side of said fitting and pushes said fitting against a side wall of said cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.