US 11,749,933 B2
Connector
Hiroki Kobayashi, Mie (JP); Hajime Kawase, Mie (JP); Masaaki Tabata, Mie (JP); Teruo Hara, Mie (JP); and Hajime Matsui, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/601,683
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/016052
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/209348, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-074918 (JP), filed on Apr. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0166159 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/514 (2006.01); H01R 13/436 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/58 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/514 (2013.01) [H01R 13/4364 (2013.01); H01R 13/5213 (2013.01); H01R 13/58 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector to be connected to wires, comprising:
a lower housing; and
an upper cover,
wherein:
the lower housing accommodates terminals to be respectively connected to front end parts of the wires in an extending direction of the wires,
the upper cover is assembled to close an upper surface of the lower housing,
the lower housing or the upper cover includes a guide portion for bending the wires by contacting the wires with the lower housing and the upper cover assembled,
the upper cover includes terminal engaging portions to be engaged with the terminals with the upper cover assembled with the lower housing,
the terminal includes a wire connecting portion to be connected to the wire and a slide portion,
each wire connecting portion includes a sandwiching portion extending along the extending direction and configured to sandwich the wire,
the slide portion is disposed outside the sandwiching portion and movable along the extending direction between a full locking position and a partial locking position different from the full locking position,
the slide portion includes a pressurizing portion for pressurizing the sandwiching portion toward the wire with the wire sandwiched by the sandwiching portion when the slide portion moves to the full locking position, and
the terminal engaging portions are engaged with the terminals having the slide portions disposed at the full locking position.