Fujikura Limited

Denso Corporation

Yuji Ishitani

Yasuo Takemura

Toshio Hosokawa

Takuya Osaki

Masahiro Kondo

An electronic device includes an electronic control unit, a wire, and a wiring-side connector. When a movable member is arranged in a first arrangement relative to a wiring-side connector main body, the movable member is in a position where the movable member does not prevent the wire from projecting from the main body to extend straight in a counter-fitting direction. When the movable member rotates from the first arrangement to a second arrangement relative to the main body, a restricting member approaches a portion of the main body from which the wire projects, to press and bend the wire, so a direction in which the wire projects from the main body is limited to a direction crossing the counter-fitting direction. When the movable member is arranged in the second arrangement and the main body is fitted to an ECU-side connector, the second arrangement is maintained.

Electronic device with a movable member that bends a wiring and prevents fitting of another connector in certain arrangements

A waterproof connector for a flexible substrate includes: a flexible substrate which includes an insulating film with a conductive pattern formed thereon; a connection terminal joined to the conductive pattern at a terminal section of the flexible substrate; a housing which accommodates the connection terminal; a retainer which includes a vertically assembled pair of members, a forward end thereof holding the connecting section of the conductive pattern and the connection terminal and a rear end thereof surrounding the flexible substrate; a hot-melt adhesive provided on an inner circumference of the retainer at non-joint areas with the flexible substrate and provided on an outer circumference of the retainer so as to make the flexible substrate and the retainer adhere closely to each other; engaging member provided in the outer circumference of the retainer; and receiving member provided in the housing. The engaging member and the receiving member are engaged together to fix the retainer and the housing.

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Sakura, Japan

Yuji Ishitani