Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsMichiaki Okamoto, Toshifumi Ichio, Keigo Atsumi, Masanori Wakui
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Abstract
A connector has a housing main body (10) with a terminal accommodating portion (11) for accommodating terminal fittings (13). A holder (50) for supporting front ends of the terminal fittings (13) is assembled to the terminal accommodating portion (11), and a retainer (40) for locking the terminal fittings (13) is mounted laterally into the terminal accommodating portion (11). A detecting portion (45) is retracted from an opening (62) formed in the holder (50) when the retainer (40) is at a partial locking position, but is visible at the opening (62) when the retainer (40) reaches a full locking position.
Claims13
A connector, comprising:
- a housing into which at least one terminal fitting is insertable along an inserting direction, the housing having a main body and a holder mountable on the main body, the holder having a stop wall for supporting the terminal fitting inserted into the main body, and
- a retainer mountable to the housing in a direction at an angle to the inserting direction of the terminal fitting and engageable with the terminal fitting to lock the terminal fitting upon reaching a proper position,
- wherein the holder has an opening, and the retainer comprises a detecting portion which faces the opening so that the detecting portion can be seen from outside first when the retainer reaches the proper position.
A connector, comprising:
- a housing into which at least one terminal fitting is insertable along an inserting direction;
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- a retainer mountable to the housing in a direction at an angle to the inserting direction of the terminal fitting and engageable with the terminal fitting to lock the terminal fitting upon reaching a proper position,
- wherein the housing has an opening, and the retainer comprises a detecting portion which faces the opening so that the detecting portion can be seen from outside first when the retainer reaches the proper position, the detecting portion being a color different from a color of an edge of the opening in the housing.
A connector, comprising:
- a housing having opposite front and rear ends and at least one cavity extending between the ends, the cavity being configured for receiving a terminal fitting insertable along an inserting direction from the rear end toward the front end of the housing;
- a retainer mountable to the housing in a retainer inserting direction at an angle to the inserting direction of the terminal fitting and engageable with the terminal fitting to lock the terminal fitting upon reaching a proper position, and
- wherein the front end of the housing has an opening, and the retainer comprises a detecting portion which is offset from the opening and not visible from the front end of the housing before the retainer reaches the proper position, the detecting portion facing the opening so that the detection portion can be seen from the front end when the retainer reaches the proper position, the opening being offset along the retainer insertion direction from the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.