CONNECTOR

• US 20200136294A1
• Filed: 06/20/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Maesoba, Hiroyoshi, Ichio, Toshifumi
• Granted Patent: US 11,011,865 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2231/026 Car
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/428 by resilient locking means on the contact members; by locking means on resilient contact members
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/4364 Insertion of locking piece from the front
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/4367 Insertion of locking piece from the rear
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/506 assembled by snap action of the parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6592 the conductive member being a shielded cable

Abstract

It is aimed to provide a connector capable of reducing the number of components. A connector (100) includes a plurality of terminal fittings (50) having wires (90) connected to rear end parts, and a dielectric (20) for accommodating the plurality of terminal fittings (50) with the wires (90) drawn out rearward. The dielectric (20) includes a holding member (30) having a plurality of terminal accommodation chambers (34) separated in two upper and lower stages and laterally arranged in parallel, upper and lower surfaces of the holding member (30) being formed with openings (35) enabling the terminal fittings (50) to be mounted into the terminal accommodation chambers (34), and a front member (40) integrally formed with a pair of upper and lower closing portions (41, 41) for individually closing the openings (35) on an upper surface side and the openings (35) on a lower surface side, the front member (40) being assembled with the holding member (30) from front.

Claims

1. A connector, comprising:

terminal fittings having wires connected to rear end parts; and

a dielectric for accommodating the terminal fittings with the wires drawn out rearward,

wherein;

the dielectric includes;

a holding member having terminal accommodation chambers separated in upper and lower stages and laterally arranged in parallel, upper and lower surfaces of the holding member being formed with openings enabling the terminal fittings to be mounted into the terminal accommodation chambers; and

a front member integrally formed with upper and lower closing portions for individually closing the openings on the upper surface and the openings on the lower surface, the front member being assembled with the holding member from a front of the holding member,

the front member includes left and right side plate connected to both left and right end parts of the upper and lower closing portions for covering both left and right side surfaces of the holding member,

the front member is cut forward from a rear end to form a slit, whereby a part of the side plate portion serves as a resilient locking piece resiliently deformable in a lateral direction and lockable to the holding member, and

the slit is formed in a boundary between the closing portion and the side plate.

2. The connector of claim 1, wherein:

the holding member includes side walls defining the terminal accommodation chambers, and

the side walls are formed with restricting projections for locking the terminal fittings in the terminal accommodation chambers to restrict withdrawal from the openings.

3. The connector of claim 2, wherein the restricting projection portions are disposed to lock front end parts of the terminal fittings.

5. The connector of claim 3, wherein the holding member is formed with a rib for entering and filling up the slit the slit.

7. The connector of claim 1, wherein the holding member is formed with a rib for entering and filling up the slit the slit.

4. (canceled)

6. A connector, comprising:

terminal fittings having wires connected to rear end parts; and

a dielectric for accommodating the terminal fittings with the wires drawn out rearward,

wherein;

the dielectric includes;

a holding member having terminal accommodation chambers separated in two upper and lower stages and laterally arranged in parallel, upper and lower surfaces of the holding member being formed with openings enabling the terminal fittings to be mounted into the terminal accommodation chambers; and

a front member integrally formed with upper and lower closing portions for individually closing the openings on an upper surface and the openings on a lower surface, the front member being assembled with the holding member from a front of the holding member,

a front surface of the dielectric is formed with insertion holes for allowing insertion of tabs of mating terminals into the terminal accommodation chambers, and

each of the insertion holes is composed of a cutout formed by cutting a front wall of the holding member to communicate with the opening and a recess formed in a front end part of the closing portion.