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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2003
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Abstract
A connector housing ( ) has a cavity ( ) and a resiliently deformable lock ( ) cantilevers forwardly from a wall ( ) of the cavity ( ) for engaging a locking surface ( ) of a terminal fitting ( ) inserted into the cavity ( ). A base end of the lock ( ) has a thinned portion ( ). A backward pulling force on the female terminal fitting ( ) creates a compressive force on the lock ( ) in the longitudinal direction. Thus, the lock ( ) undergoes such a resilient deformation at the thinned portion ( ) that the length (L ) of the lock ( ) becomes shorter than its natural length (L ). Buckling strength is enhanced by as much as the lock ( ) is shortened and, as a result, a force for locking the female terminal fitting ( ) is enhanced.