Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016126649-A1
Application number	US-201514922263-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 26, 2015
Priority date	Oct 30, 2014
Publication date	May 5, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A connector includes a terminal, a housing configured to hold the terminal and having an insertion port for a flat conductor and a fitting chamber where the flat conductor and the terminal are in conductive contact, and an engaging projection with which the flat conductor engages in a removing direction inside the fitting chamber. The flat conductor includes an engaging recess provided in a side edge portion along an inserting direction in the fitting chamber and having an engaging edge portion configured to abut on and engage with the engaging projection in the removing direction, and a projecting piece part located between the engaging edge portion and a distal end part of the flat conductor. The fitting chamber has an escape space. When the flat conductor is removed, the projecting piece part abuts on the engaging projection, and is displaced in the inserting direction to enter the escape space.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A connector comprising:
a flat conductor; a terminal in conductive contact with the flat conductor; a housing having an insertion port for the flat conductor and a fitting chamber where the flat conductor and the terminal are in conductive contact with each other; and a lock part with which the flat conductor engages in a removing direction inside the fitting chamber, wherein the flat conductor includes
an engaging recess provided in a side edge portion along an inserting direction into the fitting chamber and having an engaging edge portion configured to abut on and engage with the lock part in the removing direction, and
a projecting piece part located between the engaging edge portion and a distal end part of the flat conductor,
wherein the lock part is displaced in a thickness direction of the flat conductor to enter the engaging recess, and wherein the fitting chamber includes an inner wall provided along the inserting direction to guide the side edge portion of the flat conductor along an insertion length, a back wall configured to abut on the distal end part of the flat conductor, and an escape space provided at a position opposed to a distal end of the projecting piece part on a side of the back wall and configured to receive the projecting piece part that abuts on the lock part and is deformed in the inserting direction by pulling the flat conductor in the removing direction.

2 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the escape space in a widthwise direction of the flat conductor in a fitted state is more than or equal to a length of the projecting piece part in the widthwise direction.

3 . A connector that is conductively connected to a flat conductor serving as a connecting object, the connector comprising:
a terminal in conductive contact with the flat conductor; a housing having an insertion port for the flat conductor and a fitting chamber where the flat conductor and the terminal are in conductive contact with each other; and a lock part with which the flat conductor engages in a removing direction inside the fitting chamber, wherein the flat conductor includes
an engaging recess provided in a side edge portion along an inserting direction into the fitting chamber and having an engaging edge portion configured to abut on and engage with the lock part in the removing direction, and
a projecting piece part located between the engaging edge portion and a distal end part of the flat conductor,
wherein the lock part is displaced in a thickness direction of the flat conductor to enter the engaging recess, and wherein the fitting chamber includes an inner wall provided along the inserting direction to guide the side edge portion of the flat conductor along an insertion length, a back wall configured to abut on the distal end part of the flat conductor, and an escape space provided at a position opposed to a distal end of the projecting piece part on a side of the back wall and configured to receive the projecting piece part that abuts on the lock part and is deformed in the inserting direction by pulling the flat conductor in the removing direction.

4 . The connector according to claim 3 , wherein a length of the escape space in a widthwise direction of the flat conductor in a fitted state is more than or equal to a length of the projecting piece part in the widthwise direction.

Assignees

• Iriso Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takane Toru

Classifications

• H01R13/42

  Securing in a demountable manner · CPC title

• H01R12/771 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• H01R12/79 Primary

  connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures · CPC title

• H01R12/774

  Retainers · CPC title