Yazaki Corporation

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoshitaka Kashima

Yuichi Murakami

Keiichi Ito

Masato Minakata

Atsushi Nishida

Tomomi Endo

Providing a connector, which can prevent strange sound generated between the connector and a panel when the connector is mounted on the panel. How to be Solved The connectorsincludes a first connector housing, a second connector housing, a movement limiting/permitting deviceand a pushing projection. The connector housingsare connected to place an openingof the body panel. The movement limiting/permitting devicehas a movement limiting/permitting arm. The movement limiting/permitting devicelimits the movement of the first connector housinguntil the connector housingsare connected to each other, and permits the movement of the first connector housingwhen the connector housings are connected together. The pushing projectionprojects from the other endof the movement limiting/permitting arm. The pushing projectionpushes the body panelto expand the opening

Connector for connecting electrical wires

An object of the present invention is to provide a connector having a pair of connector housings fitted through an attachment hole in a body panel, which is easily confirmed whether or not the fitting is complete. The connectorhas a first connector housingand a second connector housing, and a position regulator. The connector housinghas a flange. The position regulatorregulates the movement of the first connector housinguntil the connector housingsandare fitted, and allows its movement after fitting. The first connector housingis temporary locked in a holeof a paneland the second connector housingis fitted. After the fitting of the connector housingsand, the second connector housingis approached to the body panel. The flangeapproaches to the body panel. The second connector housingis locked to the body panel

Connector

A first connector housing is provided with a flexible lock arm. A tubular fitting detector is fitted to an outer periphery of the first connector housing while being slidable thereon between a first position and a second position. A retainer is provided on the fitting detector, and adapted to be engaged with a first portion of the lock arm in a case where the fitting detector is placed at the first position, and engaged with a second portion of the lock arm in a case where the fitting detector is placed at the second position. A second connector housing is provided with a projection adapted to release the engagement between the retainer and the first portion of the lock arm in a case where the second connector housing is completely fitted with the first connector housing, so that the fitting detector is allowed to slide from the first position to the second position. A finger pad is provided on the fitting detector, and arranged such that an operator's finger is placeable thereon while being separated from at least the lock arm, during a fitting operation between the first connector housing and the second connector housing.

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Aichi, Japan

Yoshitaka Kashima