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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Masakazu Suzuki, Yokkaichi, JP;
Toshikazu Sakurai, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yuji Minoda, Wako, JP;
Yohei Kugumiya, Wako, JP;
Kazuyuki Iwashita, Wako, JP;
Masakazu Suzuki, Yokkaichi, JP;
Toshikazu Sakurai, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yuji Minoda, Wako, JP;
Yohei Kugumiya, Wako, JP;
Kazuyuki Iwashita, Wako, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., , JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A connector includes: a terminal fitting having a body portion; and a housing having a cavity that receives the terminal fitting, wherein the body portion has a first protrusion that protrudes from an outer surface of the body portion and an interference avoiding portion, wherein the first protrusion and the interference avoiding portion are disposed to be opposed to each other substantially in a diagonal line on a virtual projection plane, and wherein the cavity is formed with, in an inner surface thereof, a first groove into which the first protrusion is allowed to enter only when the terminal fitting has a proper insertion posture relative to the cavity and an interference portion that is formed to swell from the inner surface of the cavity to narrow a gap with the interference avoiding portion.