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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2021
Nippon Tanshi Co., Ltd., Hiratsuka, JP;
Shinya Enomoto, Hiratsuka, JP;
Osamu Nishimura, Hiratsuka, JP;
Nippon Tanshi Co., Ltd., Hiratsuka, JP;
Abstract
A connector includes a housing having an elastic locking piece and a terminal hole defining a terminal receptacle compartment extending in an insertion direction; and a terminal member to be inserted into the terminal receptacle compartment from rear to front along the insertion direction, wherein the terminal member has a first opening configured to be engaged with the locking piece when the connector is assembled, and a second opening defined on the front side of the first opening, and wherein a projection is formed on the terminal member and prevents the locking piece from being engaged with the second opening when the terminal member is inserted or removed, which prevents a user from wrongly perceiving that the insertion of the terminal member is completed despite not having achieved engagement between the locking piece and the first opening.