JP2010027369A - Connector - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector not requiring a tool dedicated for extracting a terminal, and capable of readily removing a terminal fitting. <P>SOLUTION: This connector 1 is provided with the terminal fitting, a connector housing 3, and a hole part 5. The connector housing 3 is provided with a terminal storage chamber for storing the terminal fitting in its inside, and a locking lance for locking the terminal fitting in the terminal storage chamber. The hole part 5 is provided to penetrate the connector housing 3, through an inside of the terminal storage chamber, along a direction orthogonal (crossed) to (with) an insertion direction (width direction W of the housing 3). The hole part 5 is inserted with a rod-like body 6 through its inside, and the rod-like body 6 is movable supported, ranging over from an initial position of locking the terminal fitting, by the locking lance up to a locking release position for deforming elastically the locking lance, to release the locking of the terminal fitting. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention has a terminal fitting, a terminal accommodating chamber that accommodates the terminal fitting, and a locking lance that protrudes into the terminal accommodating chamber and is elastically deformable to lock the terminal fitting in the terminal accommodating chamber. And a connector housing.

  Many electronic devices are mounted on automobiles, and electronic devices are connected to automobiles and other electronic devices via wire harnesses. The wire harness and the electronic device are connected to each other by fitting the connectors included in the wire harness, and the wire harness transmits electric power, a control signal, and the like to the electronic device.

  Such a connector includes a terminal fitting and a connector housing. The terminal fitting is formed by bending a conductive sheet metal or the like. The terminal fitting includes an electric wire connecting portion connected to the electric wire of the wire harness and an electric contact portion connected to the terminal fitting of the counterpart connector. The connector housing includes a linear hole-shaped terminal accommodating chamber that accommodates the terminal fitting therein, and a locking lance that protrudes into the terminal accommodating chamber and is elastically deformable to lock the terminal fitting in the terminal accommodating chamber. Yes.

  In the above-described connector, for example, when there is a problem such as poor conduction of the terminal fitting, the connector housing is provided with a removal jig hole in order to take out the terminal fitting from the terminal accommodating chamber (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In the connector described in Patent Document 1, the punching jig hole is provided in the shape of a straight hole along the terminal accommodating chamber in the vicinity of the terminal accommodating chamber. A locking lance that locks the terminal fitting is positioned in the punching jig hole. When taking out the terminal fitting from the terminal accommodating chamber, the jig is inserted into the extraction jig hole to elastically deform the locking lance, and in this state, the terminal fitting is pulled in the direction opposite to the insertion direction of the terminal fitting.

The above-described jig is formed in a shape that can be inserted into the punching jig hole and elastically deform the locking lance, and is provided as a jig dedicated to terminal removal. Furthermore, the jig described in Patent Document 1 has a cross-sectional shape substantially equal to the punching jig hole so as not to damage the partition wall or the like that forms the terminal accommodating chamber when inserted into the punching jig hole. It is formed so that play does not occur in the punching jig hole.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-167832

  However, in the connector described in Patent Document 1 described above, it is necessary to provide a dedicated jig for terminal removal in order to take out the terminal fitting. In addition, when a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers are provided, for example, when it is necessary to take out all the terminal fittings accommodated in these terminal accommodating chambers when disassembling the connector at the time of disposal, the removing operation is performed for each terminal accommodating chamber. It was necessary to do it, and it took a lot of trouble.

  The present invention aims to solve such problems. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a connector that does not require a dedicated jig for terminal removal and can easily take out a terminal fitting.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the invention described in claim 1 is a terminal fitting, a terminal accommodating chamber for accommodating the terminal fitting inside, a protrusion protruding into the terminal accommodating chamber and elastically deformable. And a connector housing having a locking lance for locking the terminal fitting in the terminal receiving chamber, and a connector housing having a locking lance that locks the terminal fitting in the terminal receiving chamber. Through the connector housing, and through the rod-shaped body, the rod-shaped body is inserted into the initial position where the locking lance locks the terminal fitting, and the locking lance is elastically deformed. The connector is characterized in that it has a lock release position for releasing the lock of the terminal fitting and a hole portion that is movably supported.

  The invention described in claim 2 is the connector described in claim 1, wherein a plurality of the terminal accommodating chambers are provided side by side along a direction intersecting the insertion direction of the terminal fitting, The connector is provided so as to pass through the connector housing through the plurality of terminal accommodating chambers.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the connector according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the connector further includes an escape portion that is continuous with the hole and positions the rod-shaped body outside the terminal accommodating chamber. It is a connector.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the connector according to any one of the first to third aspects, the hole is provided so as to protrude from the inner surface of the hole penetrating the outer wall of the connector housing. A connector comprising a locking projection for locking the rod-shaped body at the unlocking position.

  According to the invention described in claim 1, the rod-shaped body is provided through the connector housing through the terminal accommodating chamber along the direction intersecting the insertion direction of the terminal fitting, and the rod-shaped body is passed through the rod-shaped body inside. The locking lance includes a hole portion that is movably supported between an initial position where the terminal fitting is locked and an unlocking position where the locking lance is elastically deformed to release the terminal fitting. For this reason, by moving the rod-shaped body passed through the hole from the initial position to the unlocking position, the locking by the locking lance can be easily released, and the terminal fitting can be easily taken out from the terminal accommodating chamber. . Moreover, if it is a thing of the size which can be penetrated in a hole part, the rod-shaped member used for another use, for example as a rod-shaped body can be used, and the jig | tool only for terminal extraction is unnecessary.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers are provided side by side along a direction intersecting the insertion direction of the terminal fitting, and the hole portion penetrates the connector housing through the plurality of terminal accommodating chambers. It is provided to do. For this reason, by moving the rod-shaped body, the plurality of locking lances can be elastically deformed all at once and the locking of the plurality of terminal fittings can be released all at once. Therefore, the terminal fittings can be taken out from the plurality of terminal accommodating chambers all at once.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the rod-shaped body is provided in the hole portion when the terminal fitting is taken out from the terminal housing chamber because the escape portion is provided to be connected to the hole portion and position the rod-shaped body outside the terminal housing chamber. There is no need to pull it out from the terminal, and the workability when taking out the terminal fitting can be improved.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, since it is provided with a locking projection that protrudes from the inner surface of the hole penetrating the outer wall of the connector housing of the hole portion and locks the rod-shaped body at the unlocking position. When pulling the terminal fitting, it is not necessary to hold down the rod-like body positioned at the unlocking position, and the workability at the time of taking out the terminal fitting can be improved.

  A connector according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. A connector 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal fitting 2 and a connector housing 3 as shown in FIG.

  The terminal fitting 2 is formed by pressing a conductive sheet metal. The terminal fitting 2 is a so-called female terminal fitting. As shown in FIG. 4 and the like, the terminal fitting 2 is integrally provided with an electrical contact portion 21 connected to the counterpart terminal fitting and an electric wire connecting portion 22 connected to the electric wire 4.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4 and the like, the electric wire 4 includes a core wire 41 and a covering portion 42. The core wire 41 is formed by twisting a plurality of strands. The strand which comprises the core wire 41 is comprised with electroconductive metals, such as copper and aluminum. Moreover, the core wire 41 may be comprised from one strand. The covering portion 42 is made of an insulating synthetic resin or the like. The covering portion 42 covers the outer peripheral surface of the core wire 41. The covering portion 42 is partially peeled off at the end of the electric wire 4 to expose the core wire 41.

  The electrical contact portion 21 includes a cylindrical portion 23, a protrusion 24, and an elastic piece 25. The cylinder portion 23 includes a plurality of outer walls 23a, 23b and the like, and is formed in a square cylinder shape. A counterpart terminal fitting is inserted from the opening on one end side of the tube portion 23 away from the wire connection portion 22. The other end side of the cylindrical portion 23 is a locking portion 26. The locking portion 26 is an end of the outer wall 23b facing the outer wall 23a that is continuous with the wire connecting portion 22 among the plurality of outer walls 23a, 23b and the like. The locking portion 26 engages with a locking lance 33 described later of the connector housing 3.

  The protruding portion 24 protrudes from the outer wall 23a described above toward the outside of the cylindrical portion 23. The protrusion 24 is passed through a locking groove 32b described later of the connector housing 3.

  The elastic piece 25 is connected to the end of the outer wall 23a on one end side of the cylindrical portion 23, and extends from this end toward the inner side and the other end side (back side) of the cylindrical portion 23. The elastic piece 25 is provided so as to be elastically deformable, and urges the mating terminal fitting inserted into the cylindrical portion 23 toward the outer wall 23b of the cylindrical portion 23 so that the mating terminal fitting is interposed between the outer wall 23b. Hold it. The elastic piece 25 sandwiches the mating terminal fitting between the outer wall 23b, and the electrical contact portion 21, that is, the terminal fitting 2 is connected to the mating terminal fitting.

  The electric wire connecting portion 22 includes a bottom plate portion 27 and a crimping piece 28. The bottom plate portion 27 is formed in a band plate shape and continues to the outer wall 23 a of the cylindrical portion 23. On the bottom plate portion 27, the end portion of the electric wire 4 with the core wire 41 exposed is placed. A plurality of the crimping pieces 28 are provided at both ends of the bottom plate portion 27 in the width direction. Each crimping piece 28 is bent in a direction approaching the bottom plate portion 27, sandwiches the electric wire 4 between the bottom plate portion 27, and crimps the electric wire 4. When the crimping piece 28 crimps the electric wire 4, the electric wire connecting portion 22, that is, the terminal fitting 2 is connected to the electric wire 4.

  The connector housing 3 is made of an insulating synthetic resin or the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the connector housing 3 includes a housing body 31, a terminal accommodating chamber 32, a locking lance 33 (FIG. 4), a hole 5, and a lock arm 34.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the housing body 31 includes a plurality of outer walls 31 a and the like, and is formed in a box shape. As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal accommodating chamber 32 is provided in the housing body 31 and is formed linearly along the insertion direction S of the terminal fitting. The terminal accommodating chamber 32 is a hole (space) whose both ends are opened on the outer surface of the housing body 31. In the terminal accommodating chamber 32, the terminal fitting 2 is inserted along the arrow S from the insertion port 31b which is one opening, and the arrow S which accommodates the terminal fitting 2 forms the insertion direction S of the terminal fitting ( 2 is drawn with the terminal fitting 2 housed in the terminal housing chamber 32 omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal accommodating chamber 32 includes a protruding portion 32a and a locking groove 32b. The protrusion 32 a protrudes from the inner surface of the terminal accommodating chamber 32 that is away from the insertion port 31 b. The protruding portion 32 a makes the inner diameter of the terminal accommodating chamber 32 slightly larger than the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion 23 of the terminal fitting 2.

  The locking groove 32b is provided as a recess from the outer surface of the protrusion 32a described above. The locking groove 32b is formed with a certain length along the insertion direction S of the terminal fitting from the end portion of the protruding portion 32a near the insertion port 31b. The locking groove 32b passes the protrusion 24 of the terminal fitting 2 inside. One inner surface of the locking groove 32b is provided so as to come into contact with the protrusion 24 of the terminal fitting 2 positioned at the locking position along the insertion direction S of the terminal fitting.

  A plurality of the terminal accommodating chambers 32 described above are provided as shown in FIG. The plurality of terminal accommodating chambers 32 are arranged in a plurality of partition walls 35a (FIG. 4) along the width direction W (indicated by arrow W) of the connector housing 3 and in the height direction H (indicated by arrow H) of the connector housing 3. A plurality of partition walls 35b (FIG. 2) along the line are separated from each other. The longitudinal directions of the plurality of terminal accommodating chambers 32 are parallel to each other.

  Among the plurality of terminal accommodating chambers 32, some (multiple, six in the illustrated example) terminal accommodating chambers 32 are arranged along the width direction W. The plurality of terminal accommodating chambers 32 arranged along the width direction W constitute a terminal accommodating chamber row 36. The width direction W is a direction orthogonal (crossing) to the insertion direction S of the terminal fitting.

  Further, the connector housing 3 includes a plurality of terminal accommodating chamber rows 36 (two in the illustrated example). The terminal accommodating chamber rows 36 are overlapped with each other along the arrow H. Of these two terminal accommodating chamber rows 36, the first terminal accommodating chamber row 36a and the second terminal accommodating chamber row 36b are called in order from the top in FIG.

  The locking lance 33 is provided in each terminal accommodating chamber 32. As shown in FIG. 4, the locking lance 33 includes an arm portion 33a and a locking protrusion 33b. The arm portion 33a is connected to the partition wall 35a and is formed in a cantilever arm shape extending along the insertion direction S of the terminal fitting from the partition wall 35a. The arm portion 33 a is provided so as to be elastically deformable toward the outer side of the terminal accommodating chamber 32.

  The locking projection 33b protrudes from the outer surface of the arm portion 33a toward the terminal accommodating chamber 32. The outer surface of the locking projection 33b near the base end of the arm portion 33a is a tapered surface that is inclined so as to approach the outer surface of the arm portion 33a toward the base end of the arm portion 33a. An outer surface of the locking projection 33b near the tip of the arm portion 33a is a locking surface that engages with the locking portion 26 of the terminal fitting 2 described above. The locking protrusion 33b protrudes into the terminal accommodating chamber 32 when the arm 33a is in an initial state where it is not elastically deformed. At this time, the locking surface is arranged in a direction substantially orthogonal to the insertion direction S of the terminal fitting.

  In the above-described locking lance 33, when the terminal fitting 2 is inserted into the terminal receiving chamber 32, the locking projection 33b protruding into the terminal receiving chamber 32 is pressed against the terminal fitting 2, and the arm portion 33a is initially set. Elastically deforms from the state. Thereafter, when the terminal fitting 2 is positioned at the locking position in the terminal accommodating chamber 32, the arm portion 33a is brought into an initial state by the elastic restoring force, and the locking projection 33b engages with the locking portion 26 of the terminal fitting 2. Then, the locking projection 33b again protrudes into the terminal accommodating chamber 32, and the terminal fitting 2 is locked at the locking position (FIG. 4) in the terminal accommodating chamber 32.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the hole 5 includes a first hole 5 a that passes through the first terminal accommodating chamber row 36 and a second hole 5 b that passes through the second terminal accommodating chamber row 36. Two are provided. These 1st hole 5a and 2nd hole 5b each pass the rod-shaped body 6 inside. In the illustrated example, as an example, the rod 6 is passed through only the first hole 5a.

  The rod-shaped body 6 is made of metal, hard synthetic resin, or the like, and is formed in a rod shape as shown in FIG. The length of the rod-shaped body 6 is longer than the width of the connector housing 3 in the width direction W. The outer diameter of the rod-like body 6 is set to a size that allows the rod-like body 6 to pass through the hole 5. In this embodiment, the outer diameter of the rod-like body 6 is smaller than the width of the hole 5a, and slightly larger than the gap between the tip of a locking projection 57 described later and the inner surface of the long hole 53 facing the tip. .

  The rod-like body 6 is used as a jig for terminal removal in the present invention, but it is not necessary to provide it as a jig exclusively for terminal removal. For example, a rod-like member used for other purposes can be used. The cross-sectional shape of the rod-like body 6 is a circular shape in the illustrated example, but may be a polygonal shape such as a triangular shape or a hexagonal shape.

  Since the first hole 5a and the second hole 5b have substantially the same structure, the first hole 5a will be described below as a representative. As shown in FIG. 2, the first hole 5a includes two holes 51 penetrating a pair of opposed outer walls 31a of the housing body 31 and a plurality of partition walls 35b of the first terminal accommodating chamber row 36a. 5 holes 52 penetrating each other.

  The holes 51 and 52 are formed in substantially the same shape as each other, and are provided side by side along the width direction W. Each of the holes 51 and 52 includes a long hole 53 and a short hole 54 connected to one end of the long hole 53 and orthogonal to the long hole 53, and is formed in an L shape.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the long hole 53 extends along the insertion direction S of the terminal fitting. The long hole 53 is provided at a position where the tapered surface of the locking projection 33b of the locking lance 33 in the initial state is exposed when the connector housing 3 is viewed from the width direction W.

  The short hole 54 is connected to one end of the long hole 53 near the insertion port 31 b, and extends from the one end toward the outside of the terminal accommodating chamber 32. The short hole 54 is shorter than the long hole 53 and has a width substantially equal to the long hole 53.

  Further, each of the holes 51 penetrating the outer wall 31 a of the housing body 31 is provided with a locking projection 57. The locking protrusion 57 protrudes from the inner surface of the long hole 53 of the hole 51 as shown in FIG. The locking projection 57 is provided on the other end side of the long hole 53 away from the short hole 54, and is provided at a position away from the other end at least from the outer diameter of the rod-like body 6. Furthermore, the locking protrusion 57 is provided so that the rod-shaped body 6 can be passed through the gap between the tip and the inner surface of the long hole 53 facing the tip. This gap may not necessarily be larger than the outer diameter of the rod-shaped body 6 as long as the locking projection 57, that is, the connector housing 3 is made of a flexible material such as synthetic resin.

  The first holes 5a are formed by the communication of the holes 51 and 52 described above. That is, the first hole portion 5a is provided along the width direction W, and is provided so as to penetrate the connector housing 3 through the first terminal accommodating chamber row 36a. The first hole portion 5a includes a long hole portion 55 and a short hole portion 56 as a relief portion.

  The long hole portion 55 is a portion formed when the long hole 53 communicates. The rod-like body 6 passed through the first hole portion 5a is movable within an elongated hole portion 55 so as to move between an initial position and an unlocking position described later. That is, the long hole portion 55 supports the rod-like body 6 so as to be movable between the initial position and the unlocking position.

  The short hole part 56 is a part formed when the short hole 54 communicates. The rod-shaped body 6 passed through the first hole portion 5a moves from the inside of the long hole portion 55 to the short hole portion 56 and is freely movable to a later-described escape position. That is, the short hole portion 56 positions the rod-like body 6 at the escape position.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the initial position is a state where the rod-like body 6 is positioned at an end portion of the long hole portion 55 near the short hole portion 56. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the rod-shaped body 6 is positioned on the base end of the arm portion 33 a and does not elastically deform the arm portion 33 a, that is, the locking lance 33. That is, at this time, the locking lance 33 locks the terminal fitting 2 in the terminal accommodating chamber 32.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the unlocking position is a state in which the rod-like body 6 is positioned at an end portion farther from the short hole portion 56 than the locking protrusion 57 in the long hole portion 55. . At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the rod-shaped body 6 is positioned on the locking projection 33 b of the locking lance 33 and elastically deforms the arm portion 33 a, that is, the locking lance 33. And engagement with the latching protrusion 33b and the latching | locking part 26 of the terminal metal fitting 2 is cancelled | released, and the latching lance 33 cancels | releases the terminal metal fitting 2 being latched.

  The escape position is a state in which the rod-like body 6 is positioned in the short hole portion 56 as shown in FIGS. At this time, the rod-shaped body 6 is positioned outside the terminal accommodating chamber 32 as shown in FIG. By positioning the rod-shaped body 6 outside the terminal accommodating chamber 32, the terminal fitting 2 can pass through the terminal accommodating chamber 32 without pulling out the rod-shaped member 6 from the hole 5a, and the terminal fitting 2 is accommodated in the terminal accommodating chamber. It can be taken out from the chamber 32.

  As described above, the first hole portion 5a is formed by communicating the holes 51 and 52 so that the rod-like body 6 passed through the first hole portion 5a can move freely between the initial position, the unlocking position, and the escape position. To support. Similarly, the second hole portion 5b is formed by communicating the holes 51 and 52, and supports the rod-like body 6 passed through the inside so as to be movable between the initial position, the unlocking position, and the escape position. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the lock arm 34 is provided on the outer surface of the housing body 31. The lock arm 34 is engaged with the lock portion of the mating connector when the connector 1 is mated with the mating connector, and holds the state where the connector 1 and the mating connector are mated.

  When assembling the connector 1 having the above-described configuration, first, after connecting the electric wire 4 to the terminal fitting 2, the terminal fitting 2 is inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber 32 of the connector housing 3 along the arrow S direction. . Then, the distal end of the cylindrical portion 23 of the terminal fitting 2 presses the locking projection 33 b of the locking lance 33, and the arm portion 33 a starts to be elastically deformed outward of the terminal accommodating chamber 32.

  When the terminal fitting 2 is further inserted, the cylinder portion 23 slides on the tapered surface of the locking projection 33b, and the arm portion 33a is further elastically deformed. When the terminal fitting 2 is positioned at the locking position, the end of the outer wall 23b of the cylindrical portion 23, that is, the locking portion 26 gets over the locking projection 33b, the arm portion 33a is elastically restored, and the locking portion 26 is engaged. Engaging with the stop protrusion 33b, the locking lance 33 locks the terminal fitting 2 at the locking position in the terminal accommodating chamber 32 (FIG. 4).

  When the terminal fitting 2 positioned at the locking position is pulled in the direction opposite to the arrow S direction, the locking portion 26 comes into contact with the locking surface along the opposite direction and is locked in the terminal accommodating chamber 32. The terminal housing chamber 32 does not escape. Further, even when the terminal fitting 2 is pushed in the direction of the arrow S, the protrusion 24 comes into contact with the inner surface of the locking groove 32b and is locked in the terminal accommodating chamber 32, and may protrude from the terminal accommodating chamber 32. Absent.

  Hereinafter, in the connector 1 assembled as described above, a procedure for taking out the terminal fitting 2 accommodated in the first terminal accommodating chamber row 36a from each terminal accommodating chamber 32 will be described. First, the rod-shaped body 6 is passed through the first hole 5a and positioned at the initial position (FIGS. 1, 3, and 4). And this rod-shaped body 6 is moved to the arrow S direction, and is moved from an initial position to a latch release position. Then, the rod-like body 6 simultaneously presses the locking projections 33b of the locking lances 33 in the first terminal storage chamber row 36a downward in FIG. Begin to elastically deform outward.

  When the rod-like body 6 is further moved, the rod-like body 6 slides on the tapered surfaces of the respective locking projections 33b, and the arm portions 33a are further elastically deformed. When the rod-shaped body 6 gets over the locking projection 57 and is positioned at the unlocking position, the rod-shaped body 6 is held at the locking releasing position by the locking projection 57. At this time, the arm portion 33a is sufficiently elastically deformed so that the locking projection 33b is pushed down below the outer wall 23b of the cylindrical portion 23, and the locking portion 26 is formed on the tapered surface of the locking projection 33b. Get on. That is, the engagement between the respective locking lances 33 and the locking portions 26 is released simultaneously (FIGS. 5 and 6).

  In this state, when the plurality of terminal fittings 2 accommodated in the first terminal accommodating chamber row 36a are pulled in the direction opposite to the arrow S direction, the terminal fitting 2 slightly moves in the arrow S direction and then contacts the rod-like body 6. Touch. Thereafter, the rod-like body 6 is moved in the opposite direction to be positioned at the escape position and positioned outside the terminal accommodating chamber 32. Then, the terminal fitting 2 is pulled again in the opposite direction (FIGS. 7 and 8), and the terminal fitting 2 is completely taken out from the terminal accommodating chamber 32.

  According to this embodiment, the connector housing 3 is provided so as to pass through the terminal accommodating chamber 32 along the width direction W, and the rod-like body 6 is passed through the rod-like body 6 to the locking lance 33. Is provided with a hole 5 that is movably supported between an initial position for locking the terminal fitting 2 and an unlocking position for releasing the locking of the terminal fitting 2 by elastically deforming the locking lance 33. For this reason, by moving the rod-shaped body 6 passed through the hole 5 from the initial position to the unlocking position, the locking by the locking lance 33 is easily released, and the terminal fitting 2 from the terminal accommodating chamber 32 is released. Can be taken out easily. Moreover, if it is a thing of the size which can be penetrated in the hole part 5, the rod-shaped member used for another use can be used as the rod-shaped body 6, for example, and the jig | tool only for terminal extraction is unnecessary.

  A plurality of terminal accommodating chambers 32 are provided side by side along the width direction W, and the hole 5 is provided so as to penetrate through the connector housing 3 through the terminal accommodating chambers 32. For this reason, by moving the rod-shaped body 6, the plurality of locking lances 33 can be elastically deformed all at once, and the locking of the plurality of terminal fittings 2 can be released all at once. Therefore, the terminal fittings 2 can be taken out from the plurality of terminal accommodating chambers 32 all at once.

  Since the short hole portion 56 that is connected to the hole portion 5 and positions the rod-like body 6 outside the terminal accommodating chamber 32 is provided, the rod-like member 6 needs to be pulled out from the hole portion 5 when the terminal fitting 2 is taken out from the terminal accommodating chamber 32. The workability at the time of taking out the terminal fitting 2 can be improved.

  The terminal fitting 2 is pulled because it is provided with a locking projection 57 that protrudes from the inner surface of the hole 51 passing through the outer wall 31a of the housing body 31 of the hole 5 and locks the rod-like body 6 at the unlocking position. At this time, it is not necessary to hold down the rod-like body 6 positioned at the unlocking position, and the workability at the time of taking out the terminal fitting 2 can be improved.

  In the above-described embodiment, the hole portion 5 includes the short hole portion 56. However, the rod-like body 6 needs to be pulled out from the hole portion 5 when the terminal fitting 2 is taken out, but the short hole portion 56 is not necessarily included. It does not have to be. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the locking projection 57 for locking the rod-like body 6 at the unlocking position is provided. However, although it is necessary to pull the terminal fitting 2 while holding the rod-like body 6, the locking projection is provided. 57 may not necessarily be provided.

  In the above-described embodiment, the connector 1 includes two terminal accommodating chamber rows 36 in which six terminal accommodating chambers 32 are arranged. However, the number of terminal accommodating chambers 32 in the terminal accommodating chamber row 36 and the terminal accommodating capacity. The number of chamber rows 36 is not limited at all.

  In addition, embodiment mentioned above only showed the typical form of this invention, and this invention is not limited to embodiment. That is, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

It is a perspective view showing a connector concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing along the II-II line | wire in FIG. (A) It is a side view of the connector shown by FIG. (B) It is an enlarged view of 3B part in Fig.3 (a). FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the connector shown in FIG. 3 taken along line AA in FIG. 1. (A) It is a side view of a connector in the state where the rod-shaped body was located in the latch release position. (B) It is an enlarged view of the 5B part in Fig.5 (a). FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the connector shown in FIG. 5 taken along line AA in FIG. 1. (A) It is a side view of a connector in the state where the rod-shaped body was positioned in the escape position. (B) It is an enlarged view of the 7B part in Fig.7 (a). FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the connector shown in FIG. 7 along the line AA in FIG. 1.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Connector 2 Terminal metal fitting 3 Connector housing 5 Hole part 6 Rod-shaped body 31a Outer wall 32 Terminal accommodating chamber 33 Locking lance 51 Hole 56 Short hole part (flank part)
57 Locking projection S Terminal fitting insertion direction W Connector housing width direction

Claims (4)

Terminal fittings,
A connector housing comprising: a terminal housing chamber that houses the terminal fitting; and a locking lance that protrudes into the terminal housing chamber and is elastically deformable to lock the terminal fitting in the terminal housing chamber. ,
In the connector with
The connector fitting is provided through the terminal housing chamber along the direction intersecting the insertion direction of the terminal fitting and through the connector housing. And an unlocking position for releasing the locking of the terminal fitting by elastically deforming the locking lance, and a hole portion that is movably supported. connector. A plurality of the terminal accommodating chambers are provided side by side along the direction intersecting the insertion direction of the terminal fitting,
The connector according to claim 1, wherein the hole portion is provided so as to pass through the connector housing through the plurality of terminal accommodating chambers.   The connector according to claim 1, further comprising an escape portion that is continuous with the hole and positions the rod-like body outside the terminal accommodating chamber.   2. A locking projection that is provided so as to protrude from an inner surface of a hole that penetrates an outer wall of the connector housing of the hole, and that locks the rod-shaped body at the locking release position. Item 4. The connector according to any one of Items 3.

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