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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2019
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hajime Matsui, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yasuo Omori, Yokkaichi, JP;
Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Yokkaichi, JP;
Toshifumi Ichio, Yokkaichi, JP;
Kimiyasu Okumura, Yokkaichi, JP;
Masaaki Tabata, Yokkaichi, JP;
Ryutaro Yamazaki, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Okazaki, JP;
Motoya Hara, Nisshin, JP;
Abstract
A connector has parts that can be used in common as much as possible in different specifications to reduce cost and to facilitate parts management. In a first specification having a high shielding function, a terminal fitting () connected to a shielded electric wire () is accommodated in a dielectric (). The dielectric () is surrounded by an outer conductor () that is connected to a braided wire (). The second specification requires no shielding function, and thus the outer conductor () is not used. Rather, a sub-housing () having the same shape and size as the outer conductor () of the first specification is used. The sub-housing () is configured to accommodate and retain the terminal fitting () and is locked in a same retained state as in the first specification when accommodated in a common housing () used in both specifications.