Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9972938-B2
Application number	US-201515523967-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2015
Priority date	Nov 28, 2014
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

It is aimed to enable a plurality of housings to be stacked without enlarging a connector. A connector includes a housing ( 60 ) including a lock receiving portion ( 67 ) inside and a case ( 10 ) internally provided with accommodation areas ( 13 ) capable of accommodating a plurality of the housings ( 60 ) in parallel and including lock portions ( 21 ) on back surfaces ( 18 ) of the accommodation areas ( 13 ), and the lock portions ( 21 ) resiliently lock the lock receiving portions ( 67 ) of the respective housings ( 60 ) to restrict the separation of the housings ( 60 ) from the accommodation areas ( 13 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connector, comprising:
a housing including a lock receiving portion inside; and
a case internally provided with an accommodation area capable of accommodating a plurality of the housings in parallel and including locks on a back surface of the accommodation area, the locks resiliently locking the lock receiving portions of the respective housings to restrict the separation of the housings from the accommodation area,
wherein the housing includes a jig insertion hole extending from a position facing the lock receiving portion in a direction opposite to an insertion direction into the housing and open on an end surface, a jig for unlocking the locks and the lock receiving portion from each other being insertable into the jig insertion hole through an opening in the end surface.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein, out of outer surfaces of the housing, a surface facing the adjacent housing with the housing accommodated in the accommodation area has no locking structure and is capable of facing and coming into contact with the adjacent housing.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Imai Yasuo

Classifications

• H01R13/514 Primary

  composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them · CPC title

• H01R13/518

  for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames · CPC title

• H01R13/5202

  Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings · CPC title

• H01R13/639 Primary

  Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, {e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap} · CPC title

• H01R33/7671

  having multiple positions or sockets, e.g. stacked sockets while mounting · CPC title