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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1999
Yuji Hatagishi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kazuhiko Takada, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kentaro Nagai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A crimp connector is provided with a first housing and a second housing. The first housing has a first bottom wall and a first plurality of partition walls extending in a first direction. The second housing has a second bottom wall and a second plurality of partition walls extending in a second direction substantially parallel to the first direction. The first plurality and second plurality of partition walls align with each other during an assembly of the first and second housings to form the crimp connector. These partition walls also have end portions with a step-like configuration having a protruding portion and a cutout portion. A plurality of accommodating chambers are configured to hold a crimp terminal, each accommodating chamber being defined by the first bottom wall, the second bottom wall, and respective adjacent partition walls of the aligned first plurality of partition walls and second plurality of partition walls. The crimp connector has a center portion defined such that the accommodating chambers are substantially evenly disposed on either side of the center portion. One of the first plurality of partition walls and the second plurality of partition walls has the cutout portions facing away from the center portion of the crimp connector, while the other of the first plurality of partition walls and the second plurality of partition walls has the cutout portions facing toward the center portion.