US 12,034,253 B2
Connector having housing covering a plurality of terminals
Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,680.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-053879 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311191 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/658 (2011.01); H01R 13/10 (2006.01); H01R 13/6581 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6581 (2013.01) [H01R 13/10 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector to be mounted on a case of a device, comprising:
a plurality of terminals formed by a metal plate, the plurality of terminals extending in parallel to each other; and
a housing made of resin and configured to cover the plurality of terminals,
wherein:
each terminal includes a first extending portion extending in a mounting direction of the connector on the case and a second extending portion extending from a part of the first extending portion on a side opposite to the case and to be connected to a wire,
plate thickness directions of a plurality of the first extending portions coincide with each other,
a plurality of the second extending portions extend in a plane direction intersecting the mounting direction and orthogonal to the plate thickness directions, and
the housing includes a body portion collectively covering the plurality of terminals and a plurality of projecting portions projecting from the body portion in the plane direction to individually cover a plurality of wires to be respectively connected to the terminals.