US 11,855,384 B2
Connector including protruding portion and inclination restricting portion
Yasunori Asano, Mie (JP); and Motoki Kubota, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/439,249
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/000288
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/194989, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-061542 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0149562 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/46 (2006.01); H01R 13/533 (2006.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/533 (2013.01) [H01R 12/716 (2013.01); H01R 13/5202 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a case made of metal and including an opening; and
a terminal holding member made of synthetic resin and including a groove formed along an outer periphery of the terminal holding member, the terminal holding member being configured to hold a terminal fitting and integrated with the case while penetrating through the opening,
wherein:
the opening of the case includes a protruding portion protruding inward to be fit into the groove of the terminal holding member, and
the terminal holding member includes an inclination restricting portion held in contact with both a front surface and a rear surface of the protruding portion that is fit into the groove of the terminal holding member.