Split-type connector and connector assembly
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsTetsuya Shinozaki, Masashi Saito, Keigo Atsumi, Masanori Wakui
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Abstract
A connector assembly has a split-type connector (10) configured for insertion into a receptacle (53) of a mating connector (50)i. The split-type connector (10) has a holder (11) and auxiliary connectors (28) that can be mounted in the holder (11). A retainer (34) is mountable in the holder (11) and can be moved from a first position where the auxiliary connectors (28) can be mounted in the holder (11) and a second position where the auxiliary connectors (28) are locked. The receptacle (53) has dovetail grooves (56) and the holder (11) has dovetail ribs (27) that engage to prevent the receptacle (53) from deforming away from the outer surface of a holder (11).
Claims11
A connector assembly, comprising:
- a split-type connector having a holder, auxiliary connectors mountable in the holder along a connector mounting direction, a retainer movable along a retainer mounting direction between a first position in the holder where the auxiliary connectors can be mounted and a second position where the auxiliary connectors are locked, the retainer mounting direction being aligned at an angle to the connector mounting direction, the retainer having a projecting portion projecting from the holder when the retainer is at the first position and when the retainer has not been moved completely to the second position;
- a mating connector having a receptacle for receiving the split-type connector along a fitting direction aligned substantially parallel to the connector mounting direction when the retainer is in the second position, the receptacle having an opening edge configured for engaging the retainer when the retainer projects from the holder;
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- restricting means at an outer surface of the holder and engageable with a mating restricting means of the mating connector for preventing the receptacle from being deformed away from the holder in directions transverse to the fitting direction of the split-type connector into the receptacle.
A split-type connector assembly, comprising:
- a substantially rectangular split-type first connector having a pair of opposed long sides and a pair of opposed short sides;
- a substantially rectangular second connector including a receptacle into which the first connector is fittable along a fitting direction, the receptacle having a pair of opposed long sides and a pair of opposed short sides corresponding respectively to the long and short sides of the first connector;
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- restricting means on the long sides of an inner surface of the receptacle and the long sides of an outer surface of the holder and engageable with each other to prevent the long sides of the receptacle from being deformed away from the long sides of the holder in directions substantially transverse to the fitting direction, the restricting means comprising at least one groove with an undercut cross-section and at least one mating rib with an undercut cross-section, the groove and the rib each extending substantially along the fitting direction.
A split-type connector assembly, comprising:
- a split-type first connector having a holder with a plurality of mount spaces into which auxiliary connectors are mountable respectively, the mount spaces being separated by partition walls;
- a second connector including a receptacle into which the first connector is fittable;
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- restricting means at an inner surface of the receptacle and an outer surface of the holder and engageable with each other to prevent the receptacle from being deformed away from the holder and wherein the restricting means are located at positions substantially corresponding to the partition walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.