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Granted Patent B2
US 7,261,603 · App. 11/584,749 · Granted Aug 28, 2007

Connector having a spacer for preventing an entrance of foreign particles

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,261,603
App. No.
11/584,749
Granted
Aug 28, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The connector includes a connector housing having two terminal fittings and terminal receiving chambers for receiving the terminal fittings, and a spacer 4 to be inserted into the connector housing through an opening. A receptacle for inserting an unlocking jig is formed on the spacer. The receptacle is opened at an outer wall of the spacer and a boundary wall to the connector housing 3 . The receptacle is disposed in a manner not to spread across two terminal-receiving chambers. The receptacle communicates with one of the terminal-receiving chambers. A block of a main body of the spacer blocks a path between the receptacle and the other terminal-receiving chamber.

Claims (12)

1. A connector comprising:

a connector housing receiving a plurality of terminal fittings;

a spacer inserted into an opening through an outer wall of the connector housing and to lock the connector housing for preventing the terminal fittings from falling out of the connector housing; and

a receptacle interposed between the connector housing and the spacer for inserting a jig for unlocking the spacer,

wherein while the spacer locks the connector housing, the receptacle communicates with one terminal-receiving chamber receiving one terminal fitting, and the connector includes a block for blocking a path between the receptacle and the other terminal-receiving chambers receiving the other terminal fittings.

2. The connector as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the block is projected from one of the connector housing or the spacer to the other, and interposed between the one and the other terminal-receiving chambers.

3. The connector as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a rib mounted on the other one of the connector housing or the spacer, and overlapped with the block.

4. The connector as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the block is extended in a line in a direction of inserting the spacer into the connector housing.

5. The connector as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the receptacle is mounted on the spacer.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →