Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Daisuke Nakagawa

Hiroyuki Matsuoka

Kouji Sakakura

A connector is provided for improving connection reliability between terminal fittings by preventing wires from shaking to prevent sliding movements of the terminal fittings. The connector includes a metallic shield shell () to be mounted at ends of a plurality of wires (). The shield shell () includes a mounting portion () for fixing the connector to a case of a device, and the mounting portion () includes a wire fixing portion () for holding and fixing the plurality of wires () on a surface thereof at a draw-out side of the wires ().

Connector

A device connector is provided with a metal reinforcing plate () including an opening () for permitting the passage of terminal fittings, a housing main body (), a flange () formed by insert molding using the reinforcing plate () and synthetic resin, a device-side housing portion () to be accommodated into a connector mounting hole, and terminal fittings () held in the housing main body () while being passed through the opening (). The reinforcing plate () is beveled along a peripheral edge thereof to form an R-surface (). Thus, the device connector is produced at a low cost and eliminates possible starting points of cracks created in the synthetic resin covering the peripheral edge of the metal reinforcing plate ().

Device connector

A device connector has a housing main body (), a device-side housing portion () to be accommodated in a connector mounting hole, a reinforcing plate () including an opening () for permitting the passage of terminal fittings, and a flange () formed by insert molding using the reinforcing plate () and synthetic resin, and terminal fittings. An outer peripheral end surface of the reinforcing plate () is exposed. The device connector is produced with a reduced cost by insert molding using a metal reinforcing plate as an insert while preventing a crack from being created in a synthetic resin portion covering the reinforcing plate ().

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