Connector having terminal with contact portion fixed to a housing
To provide a connector that is less deformable even under a high contact pressure. A connector includes a housing having a fitting chamber, and a terminal that comes into conductive contact with a pin terminal in the fitting chamber. The terminal includes a fixing base fixed to the housing, a contact member extending from the fixing base and pressed against the pin terminal, and right and left press-supporting members extending from the fixing base. The press-supporting members include respective contact-receiving parts that face the contact member in the fitting chamber and are positioned side by side in a direction intersecting a direction of insertion of the pin terminal into the fitting chamber. Since the pressed pin terminal is received by the plurality of contact-receiving parts, the pressing force can be dispersed therebetween. Hence, the deformation of the contact member and the contact-receiving parts can be prevented.
1. A connector comprising:
a housing having a fitting chamber into which a connection object is to be inserted; and
a terminal that comes into conductive contact with the connection object fitted in the fitting chamber,
wherein the terminal includes
a fixing base that is fixed to the housing;
a contact member that extends from the fixing base and is pressed against the connection object fitted in the fitting chamber; and
a first press-supporting member and a second press-supporting member that each extend from the fixing base, and
wherein the first press-supporting member and the second press-supporting member include a first contact-receiving part and a second contact-receiving part, respectively, the first contact-receiving part and the second contact-receiving part facing the contact member in the fitting chamber and being positioned side by side in a direction intersecting a direction of insertion of the connection object into the fitting chamber,
wherein the first press-supporting member includes
a first joining member that extends from the fixing base in such a manner as to run along a first side face of the connection object fitted in the fitting chamber, and is connected to the first contact-receiving part, and
wherein the second press-supporting member includes
a second joining member that extends from the fixing base in such a manner as to run along a second side face of the connection object fitted in the fitting chamber, and is connected to the second contact-receiving part,
wherein the first press-supporting member and the second press-supporting member are configured to not press the housing after the connection object is inserted.
2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first press-supporting member and the second press-supporting member are each in a form of a cantilever extending from the fixing base without being fixed to the housing at all.
3. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fixing base has a flat plate shape and includes
a front plate edge positioned on a side nearer to an insertion opening of the fitting chamber; and
a left plate edge and a right plate edge each extending from the front plate edge toward a rear side of the fitting chamber,
wherein the contact member extends from the front plate edge, and
wherein the first and second press-supporting members extend from the left plate edge and the right plate edge, respectively.
4. A connector comprising:
a housing having a fitting chamber into which a connection object is to be inserted; and
a terminal that comes into conductive contact with the connection object fitted in the fitting chamber,
wherein the terminal includes
a fixing base that is fixed to the housing;
a contact member that extends from the fixing base and is pressed against the connection object fitted in the fitting chamber; and
a first press-supporting member and a second press-supporting member that each extend from the fixing base, and
wherein the first press-supporting member and the second press-supporting member include a first contact-receiving part and a second contact-receiving part, respectively, the first contact-receiving part and the second contact-receiving part facing the contact member in the fitting chamber and being positioned side by side in a direction intersecting a direction of insertion of the connection object into the fitting chamber,
wherein the fixing base has a flat plate shape and includes
a front plate edge positioned on a side nearer to an insertion opening of the fitting chamber; and
a left plate edge and a right plate edge each extending from the front plate edge toward a rear side of the fitting chamber,
wherein the contact member extends from the front plate edge, and
wherein the first and second press-supporting members extend from the left plate edge and the right plate edge, respectively,
wherein the first press-supporting member and the second press-supporting member are configured to not press the housing after the connection object is inserted.