US 12,341,283 B2
Connector with housing having through holes
Kentaro Hirai, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/798,553
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/003472
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/166613, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-027377 (JP), filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052465 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/41 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/41 (2013.01) [H01R 12/724 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a housing made of synthetic resin;
a plurality of through holes formed to penetrate through the housing in a front-rear direction, openings of the through holes in a front view having a slit-like shape; and
a plurality of terminal fittings mounted in the housing while being passed through the through holes,
wherein:
the plurality of through holes are so disposed in parallel that long sides of the through holes are parallel,
projection-like supporting portions configured to come into contact with an outer surface of the terminal fitting to sandwich the terminal fitting are formed on an inner surface of the through hole,
the supporting portions are disposed only on two long-side inner wall surfaces along the long sides, out of the inner surface of the through hole, and project only from parts of the long-side inner wall surfaces in a penetration direction of the through hole,
a facing distance between regions of the two long-side inner wall surfaces other than the supporting portions is larger than a thickness of the terminal fitting,
the terminal fitting includes a contact portion projecting forward from the housing, and
the supporting portions are disposed only in a front part of the through hole.