IP Library Granted Patent US 9,960,515
Granted Patent B2
US 9,960,515 · App. 15/647,531 · Granted May 1, 2018

Connector

Inventors: Daisuke Uenosono (Kakegawa, JP); Takashi Tsukamoto (Kakegawa, JP); Masaya Okamoto (Fujieda, JP); Naoto Sugie (Kakegawa, JP); Koutatsu Shibayama (Kakegawa, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H01R13/11B60L11/1818H01R13/4223H01R24/20H01R2107/00H01R2201/26
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Patent No.
US 9,960,515
App. No.
15/647,531
Granted
May 1, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector includes a housing that has a plurality of terminal receiving chambers into which a terminal is inserted, each terminal receiving chamber being provided with a housing flexible piece for retaining and locking the terminal, and a rear holder that is mounted at the housing, abuts on the housing flexible piece and restrains locking release of the housing flexible piece. In the connector, the rear holder has a holder locking protrusion for retaining and locking the terminal in each terminal receiving chamber.

Claims (14)

1. A connector comprising:

a housing that has a plurality of terminal receiving chambers into which a terminal is inserted, each terminal receiving chamber being provided with a housing flexible piece for retaining and locking the terminal, and

a rear holder that is mounted at the housing, abuts on the housing flexible piece and restrains locking release of the housing flexible piece,

wherein the rear holder has a holder locking protrusion for retaining and locking the terminal in each terminal receiving chamber.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the holder locking protrusion abuts on the terminal earlier than the housing flexible piece to retain and lock the terminal in assembling.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the holder locking protrusion is made of a flexible piece for retaining and locking the terminal.

4. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein

the holder locking protrusion is made of a flexible piece for retaining and locking the terminal.

5. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein

a temporary locking mechanism is formed by the housing and the rear holder,

in a fully locked state of the rear holder and the housing, the rear holder is in contact with the housing flexible piece, and

in a temporarily locked state of the rear holder and the housing, the rear holder is not in contact with the housing flexible piece.

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 Jul 12, 2017
From: UENOSONO, DAISUKE; TSUKAMOTO, TAKASHI; OKAMOTO, MASAYA; SUGIE, NAOTO; SHIBAYAMA, KOUTATSU
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042985/0813 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-138795 · Jul 13, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180019532A1 · Jan 18, 2018