Patent ID: 9124016
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising: first terminals to be mounted respectively to wires; second terminals fittable to the respective first terminals; a first terminal holder including a first terminal holding portion configured to hold the first terminals in a specified arrangement, the first terminal holder defining cavities configured to accommodate the respective first terminals and being open outward in a direction substantially perpendicular to a terminal fitting direction in which the first terminals and the second terminals are fit together, the first terminal holding portion including a base wall configured to support the first terminals from an inner side in a direction substantially perpendicular to the terminal fitting direction, first terminal locks projecting out from the base wall in the terminal fitting direction and configured to prevent separation of the first terminals in a direction away from the second terminals by contacting the respective first terminals accommodated in the cavities from a side opposite to the second terminals fit to the first terminals, and a covering wall configured to at least partly cover rear end parts of the cavities from an outer side, the first terminals being inserted into the cavities through an inner side of the covering wall from behind, the covering wall having flexible pieces corresponding to the respective first terminals and disposed to be deformed by the first terminals that move onto the first terminal locks and to exert resilient restoring forces for suppressing lift of the first terminals and pressing the inserted first terminals inward; and a second terminal holder configured to collectively hold the second terminals and including a second terminal holding portion configured to hold the respective second terminals in an arrangement so that the second terminals are fittable to the respective first terminals and a first terminal restraining portion to be fit to the first terminal holding portion to restrain the first terminals held in the first terminal holding portion from an outer side in a state where the first terminals and the second terminals are fit.