STACKED CONNECTOR

• US 20200136295A1
• Filed: 10/23/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsukiyoshi, Keiichi, Harada, Yuto
• Granted Patent: US 10,910,754 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/4223 comprising integral flexible contact retaining fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/436 Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/4361 Insertion of locking piece perpendicular to direction of contact insertion
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/502 composed of different pieces H01R13/514 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/506 assembled by snap action of the parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/514 composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6272 comprising a single latching arm
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/639 Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap

Abstract

A stacked connector includes a first housing (10A) and a second housing (10B) to be stacked one on the other. The first and second housings (10A, 10B) include deflectable first locking lances (24A) and second locking lances (24B) configured to lock first terminal fittings (60A) and second terminal fittings (60B). The first and second locking lances (24A, 24B) include first base ends (22A) and second bases (22B) exposed in a first facing surface (11A) and a second facing surface (11B). The first and second base ends (22A, 22B) include parts overlapping in a stacking direction of the first and second housings (10A, 10B).

Claims

1. A stacked connector, comprising two housings (10A, 10B) to be stacked one on the other, wherein:

each of the housings (10A, 10B) includes a cavity (13A, 13B), a terminal fitting (60A, 60B) being insertable into the cavity (13A, 13B), and a deflectable locking lance (24A, 24B) configured to lock the terminal fitting (60A, 60B) by projecting into the cavity (13A, 13B), base ends (22A, 22B) of the locking lances (24A, 24B) serving as deflection fulcrums being exposed in facing surfaces (11A, 11B) of the housings (10A, 10B) facing in a stacking direction of the housings (10A, 10B); and

the base ends (22A, 22B) of the locking lances (24A, 24B) of the respective housings (10A, 10B) include parts overlapping in the stacking direction with the housings stacked (10A, 10B).

2. The stacked connector of claim 1, wherein the locking lances (24A, 24B) of the respective housings (10A, 10B) are arranged back-to-back, and each locking lance (24A, 24B) is cantilevered from the base end (22A, 22B) toward a tip (23A, 23B) and includes a protrusion projecting toward the housing (10A, 10B) as a stacking partner to form the overlapping part on one widthwise side of the base end (22A, 22B) and a locking portion configured to lock the terminal fitting (60A, 60B) on the other widthwise side of the tip (23A, 23B).