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US 12,640,501 · App. 18/287,279 · Granted May 26, 2026

Connector with dual inner-wall guide structure and wire receiving space for repairability

Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi (Mie, JP); Teruo Hara (Mie, JP); Hajime Matsui (Mie, JP); Masaaki Tabata (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01R4/10H01R13/502H01R13/631H01R13/639
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Patent No.
US 12,640,501
App. No.
18/287,279
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector is to be connected to a wire including a core wire and an insulation coating covering an outer periphery of the core wire and extending in a front-rear direction, and provided with a terminal to be connected to the core wire, a connector housing including a terminal accommodating portion for accommodating the terminal inside, and a rear holder to be mounted on a rear part of the connector housing. The terminal includes a core wire insertion opening, into which the core wire is inserted from behind, an electrically connecting portion to be electrically connected to the core wire and a pressing portion for pressing the core wire inserted through the core wire insertion opening and disposed at a position of the electrically connecting portion in the front-rear direction against the electrically connecting portion.

Claims (28)

1 . A connector to be connected to a wire including a core wire and an insulation coating covering an outer periphery of the core wire and extending in a front- rear direction, comprising:

a terminal to be connected to the core wire;

a connector housing including a terminal accommodating portion for accommodating the terminal inside; and

a rear holder to be mounted on a rear part of the connector housing,

the terminal including a core wire insertion opening, the core wire being inserted into the core wire insertion opening from behind, an electrically connecting portion to be electrically connected to the core wire and a pressing portion for pressing the core wire inserted through the core wire insertion opening and disposed at a position of the electrically connecting portion in the front-rear direction against the electrically connecting portion,

a wire inserting portion being constituted by the connector housing and the rear holder, the wire being inserted into the wire inserting portion,

the wire inserting portion including a guide portion for guiding insertion of the core wire into the core wire insertion opening of the terminal accommodated inside the terminal accommodating portion, and

the guide portion being constituted by a first inner wall provided in the connector housing and a second inner wall provided in the rear holder,

the guide portion being configured to guide the core wire only when the rear holder is in a temporary-lock position, the guide portion disappearing when the rear holder moves to a complete- lock position,

and the connector housing including a wire receiving space located behind the first inner wall to suppress interference between the insulation coating of the wire and the second inner wall when the rear holder is moved rearward.

2 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein a minimum opening diameter of the guide portion is smaller than an opening diameter of the core wire insertion opening and larger than a diameter of the core wire.

3 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second inner walls includes a conical portion disposed to reduce an opening diameter of the guide portion toward a front side.

4 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein:

at least one of the first and second inner walls has a flat inclined surface disposed to reduce an opening diameter of the guide portion toward a front side and intersecting an axis extending in the front-rear direction,

at least one of the connector housing and the rear holder has a locking surface to be locked to a rear end part of the terminal, and

the inclined surface and the locking surface are disposed side by side in the front-rear direction.

5 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein the terminal is provided with a terminal body including the electrically connecting portion and a slide portion including the core wire insertion opening and the pressing portion and movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the terminal body.

6 . The connector of claim 5 , wherein the slide portion is movable between a pressing position where the electrically connecting portion is pressed against the core wire by the pressing portion and a separated position disposed rearward of the pressing portion, the pressing portion being separated from the electrically connecting portion at the separated position.

7 . The connector of claim 6 , wherein:

the rear holder is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the connector housing,

the rear holder is movable between a temporary locking position where the guide portion is constituted by the first and second inner walls and a complete locking position disposed forward of the temporary locking position, and

the rear holder has a locking surface to be locked to a rear end part of the slide portion disposed at the pressing position with the rear holder disposed at the complete locking position.

8 . The connector of claim 5 , wherein:

the slide portion is formed into a tubular shape extending in the front-rear direction, and

a guiding portion projecting inwardly of the slide portion toward a front side and configured to guide the core wire into the slide portion by sliding in contact with the core wire is provided at a position near a rear end part of the slide portion.

9 . The connector of claim 5 , wherein:

the slide portion is provided with a jig contact portion projecting outward, and

the slide portion is slid forward by the jig contact portion being pressed from behind by a jig.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2023
From: TAKEUCHI, SHUNYA; HARA, TERUO; MATSUI, HAJIME; TABATA, MASAAKI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-075243 · Apr 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240204426A1 · Jun 20, 2024
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