Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Tsuji, Masaaki Tabata
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Abstract
A connector has a housing (20) with a main body (21) and a front-wall member (40). The main body (21) has cavities (25) and resiliently deflectable locks (30) are cantilevered forwardly in the cavity (25) for engagement with corresponding male terminal fittings (10). Sidewalls of the cavities (25) adjacent the locks 30 are formed by sidewall portions (45) and a partition wall (46) of the front wall member (40). As a result, each lock (30) has a width substantially equal to the entire width of the cavity (25) and large locking forces can be obtained.
Claims19
A connector with a housing having at least one cavity, the cavity having a ceiling wall and opposed sidewalls extending from the ceiling wall, at least one terminal fitting insertable into the cavity along an inserting direction, at least one resiliently deformable look cantilevered from the ceiling wall of the cavity and extending substantially along the inserting direction of the terminal fitting, the lock having opposite sides extending substantially along the inserting direction, and the housing being free of said side walls at locations adjacent the sides of the lock, the lock being configured for engagement with the terminal fitting, a separately formed front-wall member being separately mountable to a portion of the housing and comprising sidewall portions at the opposite sides of the lock for forming extensions of the sidewalls of the cavity.
A connector with a housing having opposite front and rear ends and at least two cavities extending between the ends, each said cavity having a ceiling wall, a bottom wall and a pair of opposed sidewalls extending between the ceiling wall and the bottom wall for at least part of the cavity, said cavities being disposed such that each said cavity shares at least one sidewall with an adjacent one of said cavities, each said cavity having a resiliently deformable lock cantilevered toward the front end of the housing from the ceiling wall of the respective cavity, each said lock having opposite sides, the sidewalls being formed so as not to exist at locations adjacent the sides of the respective locks;
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- a front-wall member mounted to the front end of the housing and having a plurality of sidewall portions disposed respectively adjacent the sides of the locks for forming extensions of the sidewalls of each said cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.