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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Dowa Metaltech Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Akifumi Onodera, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Sugawara, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Narieda, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
DOWA THERMOTECH CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrical connector connecting a male connector and a female connector in a freely engageable and detachable manner, in which: a male tab is provided at the male connector; a housing part where the male tab is inserted is provided at the female connector; a spring state contact piece and a beat piece to sandwich the male tab are provided at the housing part; and a protrusion protruding toward the male tab inserted into the housing part is provided at least one of the contact piece and the beat piece, wherein the protrusion includes a contact part which is in contact with the male tab inserted into the housing part and a sidewall part which is provided at a periphery of the contact part, and the contact part has so-called a star-shape in a plan view.