Back to results
US 6,607,407 B2Granted
Connector with retainer
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsKozue Takatsuki, Hajime Kawase, Ryotaro Ishikawa, Yuuichi Nankou
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsKozue Takatsuki, Hajime Kawase, Ryotaro Ishikawa, Yuuichi Nankou
Estimating the term…
A connector including a connector housing with a retainer attachment hole that receives and stabilizes a retainer as it is inserted into the connector housing. The retainer attachment hole extends into an anterior face of the connector housing. Male terminal fittings inserted into the connector housing are maintained therein by a removal preventing member of the retainer that is inserted into the retainer attachment hole. Guiding members formed on the retainer enter the retainer attachment hole before the removal preventing member enters therein. Consequently, the retainer is stabilized and maintained in position relative to the connector housing while it is being attached to the retainer attachment hole.
An electrical connector comprising a housing having a first end face and an opposing second end face, a terminal fitting positioned within said housing and being exposed at said first end face of said housing for connection to a corresponding terminal of a mating connector that is insertable through said first end face, a plate including an opening and a plurality of terminal receiving holes positioned within said housing, and a retainer insertable into a retainer attachment hole of said housing and said opening of said plate from said first end face to retain said terminal fitting in said housing, wherein said plate is moveable relative to both the housing and the retainer and said retainer has a plate-like preventing member for retaining said terminal fitting, and a protruding guiding member, said guiding member being adapted to enter said attachment hole in advance of said preventing member to stabilize said retainer therein during insertion.
An electrical connector comprising a housing having a first end face and an opposing second end face, a terminal fitting positioned within said housing, said terminal fitting being inserted within said housing from a first direction through said second end face, a plate including an opening and a plurality of terminal receiving holes positioned within said housing, and a retainer insertable through said first end face and into a retainer attachment hole of said housing and through said opening of said plate from a second direction to retain said terminal fitting in said housing, said second direction being opposite said first direction, wherein said plate is moveable relative to both the housing and the retainer and said retainer has a plate-like preventing member for retaining said terminal fitting, and a protruding guiding member, said guiding member being adapted to enter said attachment hole in advance of said preventing member to stabilize said retainer therein during insertion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.