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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2022
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Nishitani, Mie, JP;
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie, JP;
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
It is aimed to prevent the expansion of a connector housing sandwiching and holding a terminal fitting. A connector is provided with a terminal fitting () fixed to a wire () and a connector housing () for sandwiching and holding the terminal fitting () between an upper housing () and a lower housing (). The upper housing () and the lower housing () are assembled by being slid in a direction intersecting a sandwiching direction of the terminal fitting (). The upper housing () and the lower housing () are formed with hooking portions () to be hooked to each other in a non-resilient state in the sandwiching direction of the terminal fitting ().