IP Library Granted Patent US 9,490,567
Granted Patent B2
US 9,490,567 · App. 14/931,079 · Granted Nov 8, 2016

Connector

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Patent No.
US 9,490,567
App. No.
14/931,079
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector includes a housing, a terminal supported inside the housing and having a hollow cylindrical body and a wire connection portion provided on one side of the hollow cylindrical body, an insulating member inserted in the hollow cylindrical body and having, at a front end of the insulating member, a head portion protruding from a front end of the terminal, and a ring attached to a rear end portion of the insulating member protruding from a rear end of the hollow cylindrical body. An outer surface of the rear end portion of the insulating member has a stepped portion on which the ring abuts to restrict a movement of the insulating member in a direction towards the head portion.

Claims (10)

1. A connector comprising:

a housing;

a terminal supported inside the housing, the terminal having a hollow cylindrical body and a wire connection portion provided on one side of the hollow cylindrical body;

an insulating member inserted in the hollow cylindrical body, the insulating member having, at a front end of the insulating member, a head portion protruding from a front end of the terminal; and

a ring attached to a rear end portion of the insulating member protruding from a rear end of the hollow cylindrical body,

wherein an outer surface of the rear end portion of the insulating member has a stepped portion on which the ring abuts to restrict a movement of the insulating member in a direction towards the head portion.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the ring has a circular ring shape, the ring has a plurality of split ring parts configured such that the ring is split in a circumferential direction of the ring, and the ring is held inside the housing.

3. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein split surfaces of adjoining ones of the split ring parts are configured to engage with each other.

4. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal is configured such that the rear end of the hollow cylindrical body is held inside the housing via the ring.

5. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the ring and the terminal are rotatably supported inside the housing.

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 Nov 3, 2015
From: HIRAKAWA, TAKAYOSHI; YOSHIOKA, TOSHIKAZU; IWASHITA, ATSUNORI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036948/0237 →