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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2014
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Keishi Kitamura, Mie, JP;
Yoshihiro Mizutani, Mie, JP;
Yasuto Takeda, Mie, JP;
Hiroki Hirai, Mie, JP;
Tetsuji Tanaka, Mie, JP;
Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Mie, JP;
Kosuke Sone, Mie, JP;
Abstract
It is aimed to enable a connecting operation to smoothly proceed by preventing erroneous connection of a connector (). A connector structure includes a housing () in which a terminal fitting () is to be accommodated, a wire () to be connected to the terminal fitting () and pulled out from a wire pull-out surface () of the housing (), and an extra-length adjusting portion () provided continuously to the housing () and configured to hold the wire () pulled out from the wire pull-out surface () in a state loosened into a substantially U shape or wounded one or more turns and variably adjust the amount of loosening or winding of the wire.