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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Abstract
A connector has a male housing () with a forwardly open receptacle () and a female housing () with a terminal accommodating portion () that fits into the receptacle (). A front wall () is mounted on a front of the terminal accommodating portion () and provides terminal insertion holes (). Fitting projections () are formed on an inner peripheral surface of the receptacle (), and fitting grooves () are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the terminal accommodating portion () for receiving the fitting projections (). Backlash preventing ribs () are formed on inner surfaces of the fitting grooves () and are squeezed between inner surfaces of the fitting grooves () and outer surfaces of the fitting projections (). The front wall () has escaping grooves () configured to allow the fitting projections () to be passed therethrough with a clearance and inserted into the fitting grooves ().