US 12,294,173 B2
Connector
Kohei Takagi, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/786,762
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/045606
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/131664, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-234543 (JP), filed on Dec. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0022889 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/436 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/436 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a connector housing formed with a first cavity extending in a front-rear direction;
a first terminal accommodated in the first cavity;
a front mask to be attached to a front end part of the connector housing; and
a lid member to be mounted on an upper surface of the connector housing,
wherein:
the front mask is attached to the connector housing from above,
the lid member at least partially covers an upper surface of the front mask,
the front mask includes a front cavity extending in the front-rear direction,
a front end part of the first terminal is accommodated in the front cavity,
a first terminal retainer insertion recess open upward and communicating with the first cavity is provided in an upper wall of the connector housing,
the lid member is provided with a first terminal retainer portion projecting downward, and
the first terminal retainer portion enters the first terminal retainer insertion recess and the first cavity to lock the first terminal accommodated in the first cavity with the lid member assembled with the connector housing.