Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Takuma Yonezu

Hidekazu Matsuda

A connector C is provided with a housingformed with a through hole, a rubber plugto be arranged inside the housingand formed with a sealing hole, and a dummy plugto be arranged from the through holeto the sealing hole. The housingincludes recessesopen in an inner surface of the through hole. The dummy plugincludes a plug bodyto be arranged in the sealing hole, an extending portioncontinuously extending from the plug bodyand to be arranged in the through hole, and protrusionsprojecting from an outer peripheral surface of the extending portionand arranged to be press-fit into the recesses

Connector with dummy plug

A connector includes a housing including a terminal accommodation chamber, a terminal fitting including a locking hole and to be inserted into the terminal accommodation chamber from behind the housing, and a locking lance for retaining the terminal fitting inserted into the terminal accommodation chamber. The locking lance is cantilevered forward and includes a body portion resiliently displaceable in a direction intersecting an insertion direction of the terminal fitting and a projection projecting from the body portion toward the terminal fitting and configured to enter the locking hole when the terminal fitting is inserted into the terminal accommodation chamber. A width of the projection is smaller than that of the locking hole. A maximum width of the body portion is larger than the width of the projection. A part of the body portion connected to the projection is formed with a guiding portion gradually reduced in width toward the projection.

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Mie, Japan

Takuma Yonezu