Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsYoshihiro Mizutani, Hiroko Kato, Shinji Hirano, Takao Hata
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Abstract
A connector has a female terminal (20) with stabilizers (30) that contact restricting surfaces (64) of an edge of a terminal accommodating hole (51) at a side opposite to a side where insertion paths (60) are provided, thereby preventing any further insertion of the female terminal (20) when a female terminal (20) is inserted in a posture vertically inverted from a proper posture. Posture displacing portions (65) are provided on the restricting surfaces (64) of the terminal accommodating hole (51) and engage the stabilizers (30) of the female terminal (20) inserted in the inverted posture to displace extending postures of the stabilizers (30) to increase engaging margins with the restricting surfaces (64).
Claims12
A connector, comprising at least one terminal fitting and a housing with at least one cavity into which the terminal fitting is inserted, wherein:
- the terminal fitting is formed with a main portion and at least one stabilizer extending from a surface of a main portion for preventing improper insertion, the stabilizer having an oblique alignment to a surface of the main portion;
- the cavity of the housing includes at least one terminal insertion hole into which the main portion of the terminal fitting is closely fit, a widened entrance at an end of the terminal insertion hole, and at least one insertion path in a surface of the terminal insertion hole to permit passage of the stabilizer;
- the stabilizer is insertable along the insertion path to a proper position when the terminal fitting is inserted in a proper posture, whereas the stabilizer contacts an edge of the housing angularly offset from the insertion path to prevent further insertion of the terminal fitting when the terminal fitting is inserted in an improper posture angularly displaced from the proper posture;
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- at least one posture displacing portion near the edge of the terminal insertion hole for displacing the stabilizer from the oblique alignment to the surface of the main portion toward a normal alignment to the surface of the main portion to increase an engaging margin of the stabilizer when the terminal fitting inserted in the improper posture.
A connector, comprising at least one terminal fitting and a housing with at least one cavity into which the terminal fitting is inserted, wherein
- the terminal fitting is formed with a main portion and at least one stabilizer extending from a surface of a main portion for preventing improper insertion, the stabilizer extends from a position at a specified distance in from a lateral edge of the surface of the main portion of the terminal fitting toward a widthwise center to assume an oblique posture toward the widthwise center, the extending end of the stabilizer being within a circumscribed circle of the main portion;
- the cavity of the housing includes at least one terminal insertion hole into which the main portion of the terminal fitting is closely fit, a widened entrance at an end of the terminal insertion hole, and at least one insertion path in a surface of the terminal insertion hole to permit passage of the stabilizer;
- the stabilizer is insertable along the insertion path to a proper position when the terminal fitting is inserted in a proper posture, whereas the stabilizer contacts an edge of the housing angularly offset from the insertion path to prevent further insertion of the terminal fitting when the terminal fitting is inserted in an improper posture angularly displaced from the proper posture;
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- at least one posture displacing portion near the edge of the terminal insertion hole for displacing the stabilizer to increase an engaging margin of the stabilizer when the terminal fitting inserted in the improper posture.
A connector, comprising at least one terminal fitting and a housing with at least one cavity into which the terminal fitting is inserted, wherein
- the terminal fitting is formed with a main portion and at least one stabilizer extending from a surface of a main portion for preventing improper insertion;
- the cavity of the housing includes at least one terminal insertion hole into which the main portion of the terminal fitting is closely fit, a widened entrance at an end of the terminal insertion hole, and at least one insertion path in a surface of the terminal insertion hole to permit passage of the stabilizer;
- the stabilizer is insertable along the insertion path to a proper position when the terminal fitting is inserted in a proper posture, whereas the stabilizer contacts an edge of the housing angularly offset from the insertion path to prevent further insertion of the terminal fitting when the terminal fitting is inserted in an improper posture angularly displaced from the proper posture;
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- at least one posture displacing portion near the edge of the terminal insertion hole for displacing the stabilizer to increase an engaging margin of the stabilizer when the terminal fitting inserted in the improper posture, a guide groove at an outer side of the posture displacing portion and facing substantially straight in a vertical direction, the stabilizer being insertable in the guide groove, and an end of the guide groove reaching the edge of the terminal insertion hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.