Flexible flat cable connector with sliding member
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorTakuya Inoue
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Abstract
A connector in which a slider 30 is pushed into a housing 20 in a state in which a terminal of a flexible wiring member 40 has been inserted in the housing 20, thereby holding the terminal of the flexible wiring material 40 at a position where its conductors are brought into contact with terminals 10. A guiding mechanism for the slider 30, including a guide portion 36 and the like, is provided. At the time of the pushing of the slider, the slider 30 is guided such that after being slid in a first direction which is inclined in the direction of approaching conductors of the wiring member 40 with respect to an inserting direction of the wiring member, the slider 30 is slid in a second direction parallel to the inserting direction of the wiring member.
Claims18
A connector to which a terminal of a flat flexible wiring member is connected, comprising:
- a housing into which said terminal of said flexible wiring member is insertable;
- a plurality of terminals provided in said housing and respectively having conductor contacting portions for contacting conductors at the terminal of said flexible wiring member inserted in said housing;
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- a slider for restraining said terminal of said flexible wiring member at a position where said conductors are respectively brought into contact with said conductor contacting portions of said terminals as said slider is pushed into said housing in a direction including an inserting-direction component thereof in a state in which said terminal of said flexible wiring member is inserted in said housing;
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- a guiding mechanism for guiding said slider such that, in conjunction with the pushing in of said slider, said slider is slid in a first direction which is inclined in a direction of approaching said conductors of said flexible wiring member with respect to the inserting direction of said flexible wiring member, and is subsequently slid in a second direction parallel to the inserting direction of said flexible wiring member.
A connector to which a terminal of a flat flexible wiring member with a reinforcing plate fixed to the terminal is connected, comprising:
- a housing into which the terminal of said flexible wiring member is insertable;
- a plurality of terminals provided in said housing and respectively having conductor contacting portions for contacting conductors at the terminal of said flexible wiring member inserted in said housing;
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- a slider for restraining the terminal of said flexible wiring member at a position where said conductors are respectively brought into contact with said conductor contacting portions of the terminals, wherein
- said slider includes a restraining portion thereon for restraining the movement of said flexible wiring member in a direction opposite to an inserting direction of paid flexible wiring member as said restraining portion abuts against said reinforcing plate in the inserting direction of said flexible wiring member, and
- as said slider is pushed into said housing in a state in which said reinforcing plate is located on a further forward side in the inserting direction of said flexible wiring member than said restraining portion, said conductors of the terminal of said flexible wiring member are held at a position for contacting said conductor contacting portions of the terminals.
A connector, to which a terminal of a flat wiring member is connected, comprising:
- a housing in which said terminal of said flat wiring member enabled to be inserted;
- terminals provided in said housing and adapted to touch conductors of said terminal of said flat wiring member;
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- a slider adapted to extend in a direction of width of said flat wiring member and to restrain conductors of said terminal of said flat wiring member in a position, in which said conductors of said terminal of said flat wiring member touch said terminal, by being pushed into said housing in a direction including a component of a direction in which said flat wiring member is inserted thereinto, wherein
- a to-be-latched portion is provided in a middle portion in the direction of width of said slider, and wherein
- latching portions for restraining said middle portion by engaging with said to-be-latched portion of said slider, which is pushed into said housing, from bending in the direction, in which said slider is pushed into said housing, are provided in said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.