US 12,191,606 B2
Connector and wiring harness
Kyoko Fukuyama, Mie (JP); and Kaishi Izumi, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/865,673.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-117852 (JP), filed on Jul. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012673 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6592 (2011.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01); H01R 11/12 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6592 (2013.01) [H01B 7/0045 (2013.01); H01R 11/12 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
three or more first terminals to be electrically connected to wires; and
a housing for holding the three or more first terminals,
wherein:
the three or more first terminals are arranged along a first direction,
each of the first terminals includes a first wire connecting portion to be connected to the wire, a first terminal connecting portion to be connected to a mating terminal and a first intermediate portion provided between the first wire connecting portion and the first terminal connecting portion,
three or more of the first terminal connecting portions are arranged at first intervals along the first direction,
three or more of the first wire connecting portions are arranged at second intervals along the first direction,
the first intervals and the second intervals are different from each other,
three or more of the first intermediate portions are formed to have mutually different shapes according to differences between the first intervals and the second intervals, and
the three or more first terminals include identifying portions for mutual identification.