US 11,791,584 B2
Connector having improved holding force for retainer
Tetsuya Miyamura, Mie (JP); Masakuni Kasugai, Mie (JP); and Masanori Moriyasu, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/413,503
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/047872
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/137454, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-244569 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0029339 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/436 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/4367 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a housing;
a terminal fitting to be inserted into the housing from behind;
a retainer mounted on the housing;
a terminal accommodation chamber formed in the housing, the terminal accommodation chamber accommodating the terminal fitting;
a cut portion formed in the housing by recessing a part of an inner wall portion of the terminal accommodation chamber; and
a retaining portion formed on the retainer,
wherein:
the retainer is movable in a direction intersecting an inserting direction of the terminal fitting between a partial locking position where insertion of the terminal fitting into the housing is allowed and a full locking position where the terminal fitting inserted into the housing is retained,
the housing is formed with a displacement restricting portion,
the retainer is formed with a hooking portion capable of coming into contact with the displacement restricting portion from front when the retainer is at the full locking position,
the retaining portion is accommodated into the cut portion when the retainer is at the partial locking position, and
the retaining portion is facing the terminal fitting to be able to come into contact with the terminal fitting from behind when the retainer is at the full locking position.