Yazaki Corporation

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Toshiharu Kawashima

Keishi Jinno

Yoshitsugu Sawada

Takayoshi Endo

Nobuyuki Sakamoto

Kaoru Matsumura

Takashi Muro

Makoto Yamanashi

Shinya Onodera

Kenji Muramatsu

Toshimasa Yoshigi

Yoshitaka Miura

A press-contacting connector includes a connector housing, a wire holder and an assisting plate. The connector housing has a plurality of press-contacting terminals and a holder fitting portion in which a plurality of press-contacting blades of the press-contacting terminals are provided. The wire holder is fitted into the holder fitting portion of the connector housing, and holding a plurality of wires. The assisting plate is attached to the wire holder so as to press-hold press-contacting portions of the wires to the wire holder. The assisting plate has a plurality of guide portions which guides the press-contacting blades to the press-contacting portions of the wires respectively. When the wire holder is fitted into the connector housing, the press-contacting blades press-contact the press-contacting portions of the wires respectively.

Press-contacting connector

A connector includes an inner housing which holds a plurality of electric wires, an outer housing which accommodates the inner housing along a first direction, a fixing member which fixes the inner housing and the outer housing to each other and a convex portion which protrudes from one of an outer surface of the inner housing and an inner surface of the outer housing in the first direction. When the fixing member fixes the inner housing and the outer housing to each other, the convex portion abuts against the other of the outer surface of the inner housing and the inner surface of the outer housing so that a repulsive force is generated between the inner housing and the outer housing.

Connector

A connector-with-lever comprising a first connector ( ), a second connector ( ) and a lever ( ) turnably mounted to a connector housing ( ) of the first connector ( ), in which the first connector ( ) and the second connector ( ) are connected to each other by operating the lever ( ), wherein the connector-with-lever further comprises lever locking means ( A), ( ) for temporarily lock the lever ( ) with the connector housing before the first connector ( ) and the second connector ( ) are connected to each other, and unlocking means ( ) for unlocking the temporary locking state of the lever ( ) when the first connector ( ) and the second connector ( ) start being connected to each other.

Connector-with-lever

A wiring board for electrical connection includes a base plate having a plurality of recessed portions, a cover for covering the surface of the base plate, a plurality of female terminals, each being received in the corresponding recessed portion of the base plate, and a plurality of electric wires. The female terminal includes a bent substrate having an L-shaped cross-section, a wire compressively contacting portion formed on the outer surface of one side portion of the substrate, and a terminal engaging portion formed on the outer surface of the other side portion of the substrate for receiving therein a tab terminal so as to be substantially perpendicular to the base plate. The terminal engaging portion is received in the recessed portion while ensuring predetermined clearances between the outer surface of the engaging portion and the side walls of the recessed portion. The base plate is covered by the cover while receiving the electric wire in a guide groove formed in the base plate.

Wiring board for electrical connection

A distributing board for electrical connection with an instrument having a tab terminal is provided. The distributing board includes a baseplate with recesses and a guide groove, a cover for covering the baseplate, female terminal metal fittings accommodated in the recesses and an electrical wire accommodated in the guide groove to connect the female terminal metal fittings with each other electrically. Each female terminal metal fitting includes a terminal fitting part for fitting the tab terminal and a pressure welding part. Under condition that the electrical wire is accommodated in the guide groove, the baseplate is covered with the cover. Since the female terminal metal fittings can be electrically connected with each other by welding the electrical wires on the individual female terminal metal fittings with pressure, it is possible to cope with changes in circuit easily.

Distributing board for electrical connection

A housing has a groove-like terminal-receiving cavity. The terminal-receiving cavity receives a female terminal therein. The female terminal has a first engagement portion at a longitudinal end thereof and a second engagement portion at a longitudinally intermediate position thereof. The terminal-receiving cavity is formed with a third engagement portion therein at one longitudinal end thereof, the third engagement portion engaging the first engagement portion when the terminal is fully inserted into the terminal receiving cavity. The terminal-receiving cavity is formed with a fourth engagement portion at a longitudinally intermediate position thereof, the fourth engagement portion engaging the second locking portion when the terminal is fully inserted into the terminal receiving cavity. When assembling the terminal into the terminal-receiving cavity, the first engagement portion of the terminal is first engaged the third engagement portion and thereafter the terminal is pivotally rotated about an engagement between the first and third engagement portions into the terminal-receiving cavity unit the second engagement portion firmly engages the fourth engagement portion.

Terminal-locking construction

Electrical connector

Electrical connector housing

Housing for an electrical connector

A locking mechanism for a male/female connector system comprises a flexible locking arm formed on a connector housing. The locking arm has formed at its free end a locking projection which lockingly engages a shoulder on a mating connector housing. The locking arm and locking projection lie below the fulcrum of the locking arm with respect to the connector housing. When forces tending to separate the mated connector housings are applied thereto, a moment is created acting on the locking arm in a direction to strengthen the engagement between the locking projection and the shoulder.

Locking mechanism for a connector

A primary locking means consisting of an engagement provided in a wall of the terminal holding chamber and retractably protruding into the chamber and another engagement of the contact terminal engageable with the engagement in the terminal holing chamber wall, a double-locking device includes a locking pin multiple having a horizontal and top pin supporting plate and a plurality of locking pins downwardly extending from the supporting plate, each of the locking pin having an engagement engageable with an engagement in the contact terminal near the primary locking means to protect the contact terminals from slipping-off. The locking pin multiple is made as a long moulding having a great many of the locking pins and the mouldings is cut to make an appropriate length of a locking pin multiple corresponding to the kind of connector housing.

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Haibara-gun, Japan

Toshiharu Kawashima