US 12,142,876 B2
Connector
Katsumi Shiga, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K., Kawasaki (JP)
Appl. No. 17/625,436
Filed by TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K., Kawasaki (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/026752
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/010261, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-131207 (JP), filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0263270 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/641 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6272 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/5202 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01); H01R 13/641 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a housing including a mating portion that is mated with a mating connector; and
a connector position assurance (CPA) device coupled to the housing, the CPA device slides between a first position and a second position on the housing, the second position being closer to the mating portion than the first position, the CPA device assures that the connector is in a state of being completely mated with a mating connector on a basis that the CPA device is at the second position;
wherein the housing includes a sliding surface on which the CPA device slides and right and left side walls that are disposed upright on both sides of the sliding surface in a crosswise direction that crosses a slide direction of the CPA device, wherein the right and left side walls are positioned to interface with the CPA device to position the CPA device at the first and second positions; and
wherein the right and left side walls comprise through-holes that are formed alternately with respect to the slide direction.