Yazaki Corporation

Ikuo Morita

Nobuaki Yoshioka

Sakai Yagi

Yasuhiro Yamaguchi

A connector includes a plurality of terminal metal fittings that are arranged in parallel to one another and respectively have electric wire connection sections to which electric wires are electrically connected, and a connector housing that accommodates the plurality of terminal metal fittings therein. The plurality of terminal metal fittings are configured that the lengths of the electric wire connection sections are made longer in accordance with the arrangement thereof from one side toward the other side in an arrangement direction of the plurality of terminal metal fittings. The electric wires are connected to the electric wire connection sections respectively so that the electric wires extend from one end portions of the electric wire connection sections toward the one side and intersect with a longitudinal direction of the electric wire connection section.

Electrical wire harness connector

There is provided a method of integrally molding a connector in which the number of components can be reduced, and productivity can be enhanced. The method of integrally molding a connector according to the invention includes a first step of injection molding elastic resinaround a connection partand an end part of a cover partof an electric wire which is positioned adjacent to the connection partthereby to bond the cover partand the elastic resinto each other, and a second step of injection molding resinaround the elastic resinso as to compress the elastic resinthereby to press-fit the elastic resinto a terminal, and at the same time, to bond the elastic resinand the resinto each other.

Method of integrally molding connector, and object connector

A male terminal comprises an electrical contact portion and an insulating member made of insulating material. The electrical contact portion is inserted into and connected to a female terminal. The insulating member includes a to-be-received portion accommodated in the electrical contact portion and a to-be-exposed portion. The electrical contact portion includes a bottom wall upon which the to-be-received portion is disposed, and a top wall. The to-be-received portion is positioned between the bottom wall and the top wall having a securing engagement portion brought into engagement with the to-be-received portion. The male terminal is made by placing the to-be-received portion upon the bottom wall while the bottom wall, the top wall, and the securing engagement portion are flush with each other, bending them such that the to-be-received portion resides between the top wall and the bottom wall, and bringing the securing engagement portion into engagement with the to-be-received portion.

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Makinohara, Japan

Ikuo Morita