CONNECTOR

• US 20190199008A1
• Filed: 12/24/2018
• Published: 06/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Kanemura, Keisuke, Mitsui, Shohei, Matsuda, Hidekazu, Nakanishi, Yuichi, Hirano, Ai
• Granted Patent: US 10,644,416 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/111 co-operating with pins having a circular transverse section
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/4223 comprising integral flexible contact retaining fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/4362 comprising a temporary and a final locking position
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/50 formed as an integral body H01R13/514 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/639 Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6582 with resilient means for engaging mating connector
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/40 specially adapted for high frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/185 combined with a U-shaped insulation-receiving portion
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/05 for coaxial cables
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0518 Connection to outer conductor by crimping or by crimping ferrule

Abstract

A connector (C) includes a housing (60), a terminal fitting (10) and a retainer (80). The housing (60) includes a cavity (64) extending in a front-rear direction and a retainer insertion hole (72) intersecting and communicating with the cavity and open in an outer surface. The terminal fitting (10) is inserted into the cavity (64) from behind, and a stabilizer configured to guide an inserting operation into the cavity (64) and restrict the inserting operation in an erroneous posture projects on an outer side. The retainer (80) is inserted into the retainer insertion hole (72) and include a retaining portion (85) configured to face the stabilizer from behind.

Claims

1. A connector (C), comprising:

a housing (60) including a cavity (64) extending in a front-rear direction and a retainer insertion hole (72) intersecting and communicating with the cavity (64) and open in an outer surface;

a terminal fitting (10) to be inserted into the cavity (64) from behind, the terminal fitting (10) including a stabilizer (32) projecting out and configured to guide an insertion into the cavity (64) and to restrict the insertion in an erroneous posture, and

a retainer (80) to be inserted into the retainer insertion hole (72), the retainer (80) including a retaining portion (85) configured to face the stabilizer (32) from behind.

2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the housing (60) includes a deflectable and deformable locking lance (67) on a wall surface of the cavity (64), and the stabilizer (32) is a first stabilizer (32) facing the retaining portion (85) and the terminal fitting (10) further including a second stabilizer (33) separate from the first stabilizer (32) and configured to face the locking lance (67) from behind.

3. The connector of claim 2, wherein the first stabilizer (32) is longer than the second stabilizer (33) in a front-rear direction.

4. The connector of claim 1, wherein a projecting direction of the stabilizer (32) intersects an inserting direction of the retainer (80) into the retainer insertion hole (72).

5. The connector of claim 1, wherein:

the terminal fitting (10) includes an inner conductor (11) having a mating connecting portion to be connected to a mating terminal fitting and a center conductor crimping portion to be crimped to a center conductor of a shielded cable, and an outer conductor (12) having a tubular portion configured to surround the mating connecting portion and a shield crimping portion to be crimped to a shield layer of the shielded cable; and

the stabilizer (32) is provided at a position separated from the tubular portion on the outer conductor (12).

6. The connector of claim 5, wherein the outer conductor (12) includes a coupling (25), the center conductor crimping portion being disposed inside the coupling (25), the stabilizer (32) projects on the coupling (25), and a cover (14) configured to electrically contact the outer conductor (12) while covering the center conductor crimping portion is disposed in a space inside the coupling (14).