US 12,155,153 B2
Electrical connector for securing multiple individual wires in a housing with fewer parts
Masato Kamemura, Mie (JP); and Hiroki Hayashi, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/781,030
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/044214
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/112002, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-217911 (JP), filed on Dec. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0416475 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/58 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/5825 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/5205 (2013.01); H01R 13/582 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01); H01R 13/5025 (2013.01); H01R 13/506 (2013.01); H01R 13/58 (2013.01); H01R 13/5804 (2013.01); H01R 13/5812 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a housing, a plurality of wires being mounted into the housing;
a retainer to be attached to the housing; and
a supporting member to be mounted on the retainer,
wherein:
the retainer includes a body portion having a plurality of through holes, the plurality of wires being individually passed through the plurality of through holes, and a plurality of holding portions projecting from the body portion to individually hold the plurality of wires,
each of the plurality of holding portions includes a resilient piece resiliently deformable in a second direction intersecting a first direction, the holding portion projecting in the first direction,
the supporting member is collectively mounted on outer peripheral surfaces of the plurality of holding portions, and
the supporting member presses the resilient pieces against outer peripheral surfaces of the wires.