Connector with resilient locking member

专利名称：Connector with resilient locking member发明人：Fukatsu, Yukihiro,Ichida, Kiyofumi,Fujita,

Shinya

申请号：EP03013402.7申请日：20030618公开号：EP1376769B1公开日：20060111

摘要：A locking portion 40 resiliently engageable with a locking surface 24 of afemale terminal fitting 10 is formed at a bottom wall 35 of a cavity 31 to project forwardwhile being supported only at one end. An insertion groove 49 for permitting thepassage of a locking projection 23 of the female terminal fitting 10 is formed in an uppersurface 44 of the locking portion 40. The depth of the insertion groove 40 is made largerat the bottom end of an inclined section of a bottom 50 thereof than at the other part,thereby forming a thinned portion 52. When a backward pulling force acts on the femaleterminal fitting 10 engaged with the locking portion 40, a compressive force acts on thelocking portion 40 in longitudinal direction. However, the locking portion 40 undergoessuch a resilient deformation that the length thereof becomes L1 which is shorter than itsnatural length L0 while being bent at the thinned portion 52. Buckling strength isenhanced by as much as the locking portion 40 is shortened and, as a result, a force forlocking the female terminal fitting 10 is enhanced.

申请人：SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS

地址：JP

国籍：JP

代理机构：Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte

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