IP Library Granted Patent US 10,348,022
Granted Patent B2
US 10,348,022 · App. 15/997,680 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Connector able to suppress the jerking of the terminal housed in the terminal housing chamber

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,348,022
App. No.
15/997,680
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector includes a terminal, and a housing having a housing chamber for housing the terminal. The terminal includes a wire connection portion and an electric contact portion. An axial direction of the electric contact portion is a front-back direction crossing a vertical direction along which the wire connection portion and the electric contact portion are arranged in a row. The electric contact portion is formed in a tubular shape with a first wall portion continuing to the wire connection portion, a second wall portion facing the first wall portion, a third wall portion interposed between the first and second wall portions, and a fourth wall portion in the wire connection side and facing the third wall portion. The housing includes a locking arm. A claw portion of the locking arm catches a border portion between the second the fourth wall portions.

Claims (10)

1. A connector comprising: a terminal to which an electric wire is connected; and a housing having a housing chamber for housing the terminal,

wherein the terminal includes a wire connection portion, and an electric contact portion arranged in a row with the wire connection portion and formed in a tubular shape of which inner periphery contacts a mating terminal,

wherein an axial direction of the electric contact portion crosses a direction along which the wire connection portion and the electric contact portion are arranged in a row

wherein electric contact portion is formed in a tubular shape with a first wall portion continuing to the wire connection portion, a second wall portion facing the first wall portion, a third wall portion interposed between the first and second wall portions, and a fourth wall portion in the wire connection portion side and facing the third wall portion,

wherein the housing includes a locking arm composed of an arm portion of which a base end is fixed to an inner face of the housing chamber, said arm portion extending along a direction same as a direction that the third and fourth wall portions face each other, and a claw portion provided on a free end of the arm portion, and

wherein the claw portion catches a border portion between the second and the fourth wall portions.

2. The connector as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein a hook portion to be hooked on the claw portion is formed on the border portion.

3. The connector as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein the hook portion is cut and raised toward the claw portion.

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 Jun 6, 2018
From: ENDO, TAKUYA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046006/0920 →