US 11,862,891 B2
Connector having inner connector and inner housing
Masahiro Karita, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/612,199
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed May 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/019197
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/241268, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-102322 (JP), filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224041 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/506 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/506 (2013.01) [H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
at least one inner conductor; and
an inner housing,
wherein:
the inner housing is formed by assembling a first housing and a second housing with each other, the second housing including an upper second housing and a lower second housing,
the first housing includes a placing portion and at least one first side wall,
the inner conductor includes a terminal connecting portion,
the terminal connecting portion is formed to extend forward,
the inner conductor is so arranged on the placing portion that the terminal connecting portion projects forward,
the first side wall includes an upper first side wall and a lower first side wall extending above and below the placing portion toward the upper second housing and the lower second housing, respectively, the upper first side wall and the lower first side wall are formed at positions spaced inward of a lateral side edge of the placing portion,
each of the upper second housing and the lower second housing includes a protection wall and at least one second side wall,
the protection wall is formed to be larger than the terminal connecting portion projecting from the placing portion,
the second side wall of the upper second housing is arranged to overlap the upper first side wall and the second side wall of the lower second housing is arranged to overlap the lower first side wall,
the first and second side walls include a slide mechanism,
the slide mechanism includes a fitting portion on either one of the first and second side walls to project toward the other side wall and a fitting hole in the other side wall, the fitting portion being fit into the fitting hole,
the fitting hole is formed to be longer in a front-rear direction than the fitting portion, and
wherein in an assembled state, the second side walls of the upper and lower second housings are positioned along upper and lower surfaces of the placing portion, respectively.