US 12,456,836 B2
Connector
Shinji Nozaki, Mie (JP); and Daisuke Saito, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/769,824
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/030294
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/079590, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-194020 (JP), filed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376425 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/436 (2006.01); H01R 13/422 (2006.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/4364 (2013.01) [H01R 13/4223 (2013.01); H01R 13/506 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a housing body;
a guide projecting forward from the housing body, a female housing being arranged inside the guide;
a cavity provided in the housing body, located behind the guide, communicating with inside of the guide and including an opening in one surface of the housing body;
a holding member arranged movably in a front-rear direction with respect to the guide and the housing body while covering the opening of the cavity; and
a male terminal arranged inside the cavity and including a tab projecting forward and a body portion including a front contact portion projecting downward in an upper wall part, a rear contact portion projecting upward behind the front contact portion in the upper wall part, and a hole portion open between the front and rear contact portions in the upper wall part,
wherein:
the holding member includes a coupling plate portion, the coupling plate portion includes a holding protrusion at a position corresponding to the cavity, and the cavity is formed into a hole closed around by having the opening closed by the coupling plate portion, and
a rear surface of the front contact portion contacts a front surface of the holding protrusion, and a front surface of the rear contact portion contacts a rear surface of the holding protrusion when the holding protrusion is inserted into the hole portion of the body portion, and the male terminal is capable of relatively moving back and forth with respect to the cavity together with the holding member.