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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2021
Nippon Tanshi Co., Ltd., Hiratsuka, JP;
Shinya Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nippon Tanshi Co., Ltd., Hiratsuka, JP;
Abstract
A connector includes a housing defining a terminal holding chamber extending in a prescribed direction, a terminal member inserted to the terminal holding chamber along a prescribed insertion direction, and a retainer attached to the housing by being inserted to the housing along a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction so as to engage with a locking portion of the terminal member and thereby prevent the terminal member from coming off, wherein the terminal member is a bent article made of a plate material including a protruding portion having a top portion on one side in the direction along which the retainer is inserted to the housing, and the protruding portion has an end surface facing in the insertion direction of the terminal member and constituting the locking portion.