Patent ID: 9293840
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A wire connector comprising: a wire holder holding at least a first wire and a second wire; a contact electrically connecting the first wire and the second wire; and a body fixing the contact and holding the wire holder, wherein the wire holder includes: a first end face formed on a first end side in a predetermined direction; a second end face formed on a second end side in the predetermined direction; and a wire holding portion holding the first wire and the second wire in a state of the first wire and the second wire extending in the predetermined direction and being mutually adjacent in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction, the wire holding portion includes: a first holding portion holding the first wire; and a second holding portion formed at a position separated from the first holding portion in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction and holding the second wire, in the first holding portion, an opening enabling the first wire to be pulled through is formed in the first end face and the second end face, in the second holding portion, an opening enabling the second wire to be pulled through is formed in the first end face and an abutting portion for abutting an end portion of the second wire is formed on the second end face side, and on the first end face, in at least a portion of a circumferential edge of the opening in the second holding portion, a protecting portion that projects from the first end face and protects the second wire.