IP Library Granted Patent US 8,801,456
Granted Patent B2
US 8,801,456 · App. 13/770,400 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Connector

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Patent No.
US 8,801,456
App. No.
13/770,400
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector includes a housing to be inserted into a receiving chamber of an initiator, a plurality of terminal receiving chambers which are opened to a distal end face of the housing in parallel with each other in a row, and terminals respectively provided with pin inserting parts into which pins in the receiving chamber are inserted, and respectively received in the terminal receiving chambers. Each of the pin inserting parts has an elastic contact piece which is elastically contacted with the pin which has been inserted into the pin inserting part thereby to hold the pin in the pin inserting part. The terminals are received in the terminal receiving chambers so that the elastic contact pieces push the pins in a direction which is the same as a direction to which the terminal receiving chambers are arranged.

Claims (13)

1. A connector comprising:

a housing to be inserted into a receiving chamber of an initiator,

a plurality of terminal receiving chambers which are opened to a distal end face of the housing in parallel with each other in a row, and

terminals respectively provided with pin inserting parts into which pins in the receiving chamber are inserted, and respectively received in the terminal receiving chambers,

wherein each of the pin inserting parts has an elastic contact piece which is elastically contacted with the pin which has been inserted into the pin inserting part thereby to hold the pin in the pin inserting part,

wherein the elastic contact pieces have a butting part formed at a rear end of the elastic contact pieces so that the butting part is disposed between the rear end of the elastic contact piece and the pin when the pin is inserted into the pin inserting part, and

the terminals are received in the terminal receiving chambers so that the elastic contact pieces push the pins in a direction which is the same as a direction in which the terminal receiving chambers are arranged.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pin inserting parts is provided with a stamped out part for clamping the pin in cooperation with the elastic contact piece.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a locking projection, wherein the locking projection interacts with a locking arm on the receiving chamber of the initiator.

4. The connector according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a slider, wherein the slider is displaced from a first position by the locking arm during insertion of the housing into the initiator, and the slider returning to the first position after insertion, thereby preventing movement of the locking arm.

5. The connector according to claim 4 , wherein the slider is biased in a first position by a spring.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2013
From: MIYAKAWA, TOMOYUKI; SUGIE, NAOTO; OHTAKA, KAZUTO; HOMMA, HIDEKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029985/0972 →