Connector having a terminal engaging lance

U.S. Patent Number: 5393248

Abstract: A connector 1 is so formed that a terminal 3 inserted into a connector housing 2 is held within the connector housing by being latched by a holding projection arranged on a front end portion of a housing lance 6 and that flexion of the housing lance is regulated by a strip 12 for preventing a terminal from coming out, such strip being inserted from the front end side of the housing lance into a lance flexion gap. A stepped portion 10 having a holding surface 10a is formed on a front end 8 of the housing lance. The holding surface 10a faces the rear side of the housing lance. The connector housing has a projecting wall 11 on the inner surface thereof, the projecting wall 11 having a confronting holding surface 11a. The confronting holding surface 11a is arranged at a position substantially confronting the holding surface 10a and can abut against the holding surface. When the front end of the strip 12 has pushed the front end of the housing lance 6, the holding surface 10a abuts against the confronting holding surface 11a so as to regulate the positioning of the front ends.

Inventors: Yagi; Sakai (Shizuoka, JP), Jinno; Keishi (Shizuoka, JP)

Assignee: Yazaki Corporation (Tokyo, JP)

Application Number: 08/096,436

Issued: 1995-02-28

Expired: 2007-02-28

Classes: 439/595

Field of search: 439/489,595,752

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