US 12,470,006 B2
Connector with a terminal fitting
Naoki Kobayashi, Makinohara (JP); and Masaki Tanaka, Makinohara (JP)
Assigned to Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/470,853.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-164072 (JP), filed on Oct. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0128675 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 13/428 (2006.01); H01R 13/05 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/428 (2013.01) [H01R 13/055 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a terminal fitting including a terminal portion and a contact portion, the terminal portion extending from a tab continuous portion such that a plurality of tab portions are arranged side by side in a predetermined direction at intervals, the contact portion being connected to the tab continuous portion and to an external terminal, the terminal portion and the contact portion being implemented by one single conductor plate;
a housing having a plurality of accommodating chambers in which the plurality of tab portions are accommodated and in which the terminal fitting is accommodated; and
a plurality of terminal-attached electric wires each including a counterpart terminal accommodated in the accommodating chambers and electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of tab portions, and an electric wire to which the counterpart terminal is attached, wherein
the terminal fitting includes
a first locking portion provided on each of at least one of the tab portions located from one end of the tab continuous portion in the predetermined direction to an intermediate position of the tab continuous portion, and
a second locking portion provided on each of at least one of the tab portions located from the intermediate position to another end of the tab continuous portion in the predetermined direction,
a holding force for holding the tab portions in the accommodating chambers by the first locking portion is larger than a holding force for holding the tab portions in the accommodating chambers by the second locking portion, and
the counterpart terminal includes
a tubular box portion into which the tab portion is inserted, and
an opening provided on a side wall of the box portion, the side wall being closer to the other end than to the one end, the opening having a width through which the tab portion is configured to pass in the predetermined direction.