JP2016131089A - connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress short circuit of adjoining terminals, without damaging a front retainer.SOLUTION: A female connector 10 to be fitted to a male connector 70 includes a female housing 20 made of synthetic resin where a plurality of terminal housing sections 25 for housing female terminals 40 from the rear are provided side by side, a front retainer 60 assembled to the female housing 20, and displaceable back and forth between a temporary lock position and a main lock position, a temporary locked portion 31 provided at the edge of a temporary locking hole 33 formed to penetrate a left sidewall 25L in the terminal housing section 25, and holding the front retainer 60 at the temporary lock position by locking a temporary locking portion 68 of the front retainer 60, and a main locking portion 67 provided at the edge of a main locking hole 32 formed to penetrate a right sidewall 25R in the terminal housing section 25, and holding the front retainer 60 at the main lock position by locking the main locking portion 67 of the front retainer 60. The temporary locked portion 31 and a main locked portion 30 are arranged while shifted back and forth.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The technology disclosed by this specification is related with a connector.

  For example, a connector described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-22212 (Patent Document 1 below) is known as a connector to be fitted to the mating connector. The female connector includes a synthetic resin housing, a female terminal fitting accommodated in the housing from the rear, and a retainer that prevents the female terminal fitting accommodated in the housing from being detached, and is provided at the front end of the housing. The five protrusions are arranged at intervals. In these protrusions, female terminal fittings are individually inserted from the rear. When the female terminal fittings are inserted into the protrusions, the lances and female terminal fittings provided in the protrusions And the female terminal fitting is prevented from falling into the protruding portion. In addition, after inserting the female terminal fitting into the protrusion, by attaching the retainer to the five protrusions from the front, the deformation restricting portion provided on the retainer enters the lance escape deformation region, The female terminal fitting is double-locked.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 8-22312

  By the way, in general, in order to be able to insert the terminal fitting with the retainer assembled to the housing, it is displaced back and forth between the temporary locking position where the terminal fitting can be inserted and the final locking position where the terminal fitting is prevented from coming off. A possible retainer is mounted on the housing. In such a configuration, the temporarily locked portion that holds the retainer in the temporarily locked position and the locked portion that holds the retainer in the fully locked position are passed through the wall portion between the adjacent protruding portions. A method of holding the retainer on the housing while forming and retaining the retainer at these locking portions so that the retainer can be displaced back and forth between the temporary locking position and the main locking position is conceivable. .

However, if both the temporarily locked portion and the permanently locked portion are formed by penetrating the wall portion at the front end portion of the protruding portion, the front end portion of the terminal accommodating portion even if each protruding portion is individually partitioned by the retainer If the creepage distance between the temporarily locked portion and the permanently locked portion via the wire becomes close and foreign objects such as metal pieces enter between the terminal fittings accommodated in the adjacent terminal accommodating portions, the terminal fitting There is a risk of short-circuiting each other.
However, if both the temporarily locked portion and the permanently locked portion are arranged at the rear end portion of the terminal accommodating portion, the creepage distance necessary for insulation between the terminal fittings can be secured, but the retainer is temporarily engaged. When displacing from the stop position to the main lock position, the sliding distance between the lock portion protruding from the retainer and the terminal housing portion becomes long, and the lock portion is slidably worn and damaged.

  In this specification, the technique which suppresses the short circuit of adjacent terminal metal fittings, suppressing that a retainer wears is disclosed.

  The technology disclosed in this specification is a connector fitted to a mating connector, and a housing made of a synthetic resin in which a plurality of terminal accommodating portions that accommodate terminals from behind are provided side by side, and the housing from the front A front retainer that is assembled and displaceable back and forth between the temporary locking position and the main locking position, and a temporary lock formed by penetrating one of the adjacent side walls in the adjacent terminal accommodating portion. The temporary locking portion provided at the edge of the locking hole and held by the temporary locking portion provided on the front retainer so as to hold the front retainer at the temporary locking position; and the adjacent side wall The front retainer is held at the main locking position by locking the main locking portion provided on the front retainer, which is provided at the edge of the main locking hole formed through the other side wall. Cover And a locking portion, the said object the present locking portion and the temporary locking portion has a configuration in which are arranged offset back and forth.

  According to the connector having such a configuration, the temporarily locked portion and the permanently locked portion are arranged so as to be displaced in the front-rear direction. The creepage distance between adjacent terminals in between can be increased. Thereby, for example, even when a foreign object enters the housing, the adjacent terminals are prevented from being short-circuited, compared to a case where the temporarily locked portion and the permanently locked portion are not shifted back and forth. be able to.

The connector disclosed by this specification is good also as the following structures.
The front retainer is provided with a partition wall disposed between adjacent terminal accommodating portions, the temporary locking portion is provided on one surface of the partition wall, and the other surface of the partition wall is provided on the other surface. The main locking portion that displaces between the temporary locking position and the main locking position by overcoming the other side wall of the adjacent side walls is provided, and the other side wall is the one side wall. It is good also as a structure by which the said to-be-latched latching | locking part is distribute | arranged ahead rather than the said to-be-latched latching | locking part by setting shorter in the front-back direction.
According to such a configuration, since the side wall over which this locking part gets over is set to be short in the front-rear direction, for example, the other side wall of the adjacent side walls is in the front-rear direction with one side wall of the adjacent side walls. Compared to the case where the same position or a longer length is set, the distance that the main locking portion slides on the other side wall can be shortened, and the main locking portion can be prevented from being subjected to sliding wear.

The housing can be fitted with a mating connector that accommodates a plurality of the terminal accommodating portions therein, and a short-circuit preventing projection protruding from the mating connector is fitted into the front end of the partition wall. By combining, it is good also as a structure provided with the short circuit prevention recessed part which lengthens the creeping distance between the front-end surfaces of the said adjacent terminal accommodating part.
According to such a configuration, even between the housing and the mating connector, the creepage distance between the front end surfaces of the adjacent terminal accommodating portions can be increased, and the adjacent terminals can be prevented from being short-circuited. it can.

  According to the technique disclosed in this specification, it is possible to suppress a short circuit between adjacent terminals without damaging the front retainer.

Front view of connector 1 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1 in a state where the front retainer is disposed at the temporary locking position. Sectional drawing equivalent to the section of Drawing 2 in the state where the connector and the other party connector were fitted 1 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. Front view of housing CC sectional view of FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the main part of FIG. DD sectional view of FIG. EE line sectional view of FIG. Front view of front retainer FF sectional view of FIG. GG sectional view of FIG. HH sectional view of FIG.

<Embodiment>
Embodiments will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14.
This embodiment has illustrated the female connector 10 fitted to the male connector 70 which is a mating connector. In the following description, the vertical direction is based on the vertical direction in FIGS. 1, 6, and 11, and the horizontal direction is based on the horizontal direction in FIGS. 1, 6, and 11. The front-rear direction will be described with the mating side as the front side with reference to the mating direction between the male connector 70 and the female connector 10 in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the male connector 70 includes a pair of square pin-shaped male terminals 71 and a male housing 72 having a small hood portion 73 that opens forward. The pair of male terminals 71 are held on the male housing 72 in a left-right direction in a form protruding forward from the inner wall 73A of the small hood portion 73 toward the internal space, and the pair of male terminals 71 on the inner wall 73A of the small hood portion 73 A short-circuit preventing protrusion 74 protruding forward is formed between the male terminals 71. Further, a lock portion 75 protruding leftward is formed on the left outer surface of the small hood portion 73.

The female connector 10 includes a female housing 20 made of synthetic resin, a female terminal 40 accommodated in the female housing 20 from the rear, and a cylindrical front retainer 60 attached to the female housing 20 from the front. Yes.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, 9, and 10, the female housing 20 has a configuration in which the outer periphery of the tower portion 21 that accommodates the pair of female terminals 40 is surrounded by a large hood portion 22. A small hood portion 73 of a male housing 72 can be fitted into the large hood portion 22, and when the large hood portion 22 and the small hood portion 73 are fitted, a tower portion is formed in the small hood portion 73. 21 is fitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, 6, and 7, a lock arm 23 that can be elastically displaced in the left-right direction is formed on the left side of the large hood portion 22. In the fitting process between the large hood portion 22 and the small hood portion 73, the lock arm 23 rides on the lock portion 75 of the small hood portion 73, and the large hood portion 22 and the small hood portion 73 reach a proper fitted state. Then, the large hood portion 22 and the small hood portion 73 are locked in a fitted state by engaging with the lock portion 75 in the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIGS. 6, 7, 9, and 10, the tower portion 21 is formed as a rectangular tube portion 24 having a rounded rear end portion. A pair of terminal accommodating portions 25 are divided into left and right.
A rubber ring G1 is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the rectangular tube portion 24. When the tower portion 21 is fitted in the small hood portion 73, the rubber ring G1 is connected to the tower portion 21 as shown in FIG. The space between the small hood 73 is stopped.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25 are arranged side by side with a gap S1 therebetween. Each terminal accommodating portion 25 is formed in a substantially rectangular tube shape that is long in the front-rear direction, and as shown in FIGS. 7, 9, and 10, from the front end of the terminal accommodating portion 25 to the substantially central portion in the front-rear direction of the terminal accommodating portion 25. The upper half is open forward and left and right. In each terminal accommodating portion 25, a cavity 26 extending in the front-rear direction from the front end of the terminal accommodating portion 25 to the tower portion 21 is formed. In the cavity 26, as shown in FIG. 40 are inserted.

  The female terminal 40 is crimped to the end of the electric wire W and the rubber plug G2 fitted on the electric wire W, and is accommodated in the cavity 26 together with the rubber plug G2. When the female terminal 40 is inserted to the normal insertion position in the cavity 26, the female terminal 40 is arranged from the front end portion to the rear end portion in the terminal accommodating portion 25, and the rear end inner peripheral surface of the terminal accommodating portion 25, the electric wire W, and the like. Is sealed with a rubber plug G2.

  On the ceiling wall 26A of the cavity 26 in each terminal accommodating portion 25, as shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 9, and 10, a lance 27 extending in a cantilever direction obliquely forward and downward is formed. ing. The lance 27 is elastically displaceable toward a bending space S2 provided above the lance 27. When the female terminal 40 is inserted to the normal insertion position of the cavity 26, the lance 27, the female terminal 40, By locking in the front-rear direction, the female terminal 40 can be prevented from coming out backward. Further, the front end and the left and right openings at the front portion of each terminal accommodating portion 25 are closed by a front retainer 60 attached to the tower portion 21 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the front retainer 60 is mounted so as to cover the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25 in the tower portion 21 from the front, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the front retainer 60 is installed in a large hood. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the front retainer 60 is displaced in the front-rear direction between the temporary locking position protruding forward from the portion 22 and the main locking position where the front retainer 60 is completely accommodated in the large hood portion 22. The tower 21 is held in a possible state.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the front retainer 60 includes a cylindrical portion 61 that collectively covers the outer periphery of the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25, and a retainer body 62 that covers the upper front end of each terminal accommodating portion 25. And a partition wall 63 arranged between the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25.
As shown in FIGS. 11 to 14, the cylindrical portion 61 has a rounded substantially rectangular cylindrical shape. When the front retainer 60 is disposed at the main locking position, the cylindrical portion 61 is As shown in FIG. 5, the outer surface of the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25 is arranged on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 61 and the rubber ring G <b> 1 with the cylindrical portion 61 attached to the tower portion 21 is prevented from coming off. It comes to plan.

As shown in FIG. 13, the retainer main body 62 is integrally provided at the front end portion of the cylindrical portion 61, and has a front wall portion 64 that is slightly thick in the front-rear direction and a pair of rearward extending from the front wall portion 64. And a bending suppression portion 65. When the front retainer 60 is disposed at the main locking position, the front wall portion 64 has a front end surface of the front wall portion 64 that faces the front end surface of the front wall 25A of the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25 as shown in FIG. It is configured to be in one state. Further, at the front end portion of each terminal accommodating portion 25, a terminal insertion hole 28 having a substantially rectangular shape in front view constituted by the front wall 25A of the terminal accommodating portion 25 and the front wall portion 64 of the front retainer 60 is directed forward. It is formed in an open form (see FIG. 1).
Specifically, the lower half of the terminal insertion hole 28 is constituted by the terminal accommodating portion 25, and the upper half of the terminal insertion hole 28 is constituted by the front wall portion 64 of the front retainer 60. Further, the four sides of the opening edge portion constituting each terminal insertion hole 28 are tapered so as to incline toward the axis of the terminal insertion hole 28 toward the rear from the front end surfaces of the terminal accommodating portion 25 and the front wall portion 64. A guide portion 28A is formed.

  Further, when the tower portion 21 is fitted into the small hood portion 73 in the terminal insertion hole 28, the male terminals 71 respectively enter the terminal accommodating portions 25 from the terminal insertion holes 28 as shown in FIG. 3. The male terminal 71 and the female terminal 40 are electrically connected.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a short-circuit preventing protrusion 74 provided on the rear wall 73 </ b> A of the small hood portion 73 of the male housing 72 is fitted and fitted to a substantially central portion in the left-right direction of the front wall portion 64. A short-circuit preventing recess 66 is formed to be recessed rearward. In this short-circuit prevention recess 66, when the small hood portion 73 is fitted in the large hood portion 22, a short-circuit prevention protrusion 74 is fitted, and the rear wall 73A of the small hood portion 73 and a pair of terminals are accommodated. The male terminals 71 are not arranged in a straight line with the front wall 25A of the portion 25 in the left-right direction.
That is, even if a foreign object enters between the large hood portion 22 and the small hood portion 73, the male terminals 71 are connected between the rear wall 73 </ b> A of the small hood portion 73 and the front end surfaces of the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25. Short circuiting can be suppressed.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 13, the pair of deflection suppressing portions 65 are formed in a plate shape extending rearward from the front wall portion 64, and when the front retainer 60 is disposed at the main locking position. The upper portion of the front end of the terminal accommodating portion 25 is configured and enters the bending space S2 of the lance 27 from the front. In other words, the deflection suppressing portion 65 blocks the opening at the upper front end of the terminal accommodating portion 25 and suppresses the elastic displacement of the lance 27 into the bending space S2 so that the female terminal 40 is double-locked. It has become.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 14, the partition wall 63 is formed between the pair of bending suppression portions 65 so as to be connected to the bending suppression portion 65 and the front wall portion 64, and is located behind the bending suppression portion 65. It is in the extended form. Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the partition wall 63 is formed in a flat plate shape having a thickness that is slightly smaller than the dimension of the gap S1 between the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25, and extends upward and downward. When 60 is mounted on the tower portion 21, the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25 are arranged so as to be partitioned between the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25.
The plate thickness dimension at the rear end portion of the partition wall 63 is about half the plate thickness dimension at the front end portion of the partition wall 63, and when the front retainer 60 is disposed at the main locking position. The rear end portion of the partition wall 63 overlaps the auxiliary partition wall 24A extending forward from the rear portion of the square tube portion 24 of the tower portion 21 in the left-right direction, so that the front end portion of the partition wall 63 has substantially the same thickness. The pair of terminal accommodating portions 25 are partitioned.

  Now, at the front end of the right side wall 25R of the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a book-locking mechanism in which a main locking portion 67 provided on the front retainer 60 is locked from the rear. Stop portions 30 are respectively provided, and a temporary locking portion 68 provided on the front retainer 60 is locked from behind at a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction of the left side wall 25L of the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25. Each of the locking portions 31 is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 7, and 10, the to-be-locked portion 30 is a main locking hole formed by penetrating the right side wall 25 </ b> R in the lower half of the terminal accommodating portion 25 in the left-right direction. 32, which is a front end opening edge, and the main locking hole 32 extends from a position slightly behind the position of the front wall 25A of the terminal accommodating portion 25 to the square tube portion 24 which is the base portion of the terminal accommodating portion 25. By being formed, the to-be-locked portion 30 is disposed at a position immediately after the front wall 25 </ b> A of the terminal accommodating portion 25.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 7, and 9, the temporarily locked portion 31 has a temporary locking hole formed by penetrating the left side wall 25 </ b> L in the lower half of the terminal accommodating portion 25 in the left-right direction. The temporary locking hole 33 is formed from the position behind the final locking hole 32 to the square tube portion 24 that is the base portion of the terminal accommodating portion 25, which is the opening edge of the front end 33. In this case, it is disposed at a position shifted backward from the book-locking portion 30. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the temporarily locked portion 31 has a length L2 that is about a half of the length L1 in which the upper half of the terminal accommodating portion 25 is opened back and forth. It is arranged behind the stop 30.
That is, in the side walls 25R and 25L adjacent to each other in the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25, the left side wall 25L of the right terminal accommodating portion 25 is longer in the front-rear direction than the right side wall 25R of the left terminal accommodating portion 25. (The length of the upper half of the terminal accommodating portion 25 is about half the length L1 of the length L1 opened back and forth) (see FIGS. 7 and 8).

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 12, the main locking portion 67 is formed to protrude from the right inner wall 61 </ b> R and the left side surface 63 </ b> L of the partition wall 63 in the tubular portion 61 of the front retainer 60. The projecting dimension of the locking part 67 is about half the thickness of the side walls 25R and 25L in the terminal accommodating part 25. Further, in the state where the front retainer 60 is disposed at the temporary retaining position, the main retaining portion 67 is disposed at a position immediately before the front wall 25A of the terminal accommodating portion 25 as shown in FIG. In a state where the retainer 60 is disposed at the final locking position, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the retainer 60 is disposed immediately after the temporarily locked portion 31.
Therefore, in the temporary locking position, the main locking portion 67 is positioned so that the front retainer 60 is not displaced toward the main locking position by being locked to the front wall 25A of the terminal accommodating portion 25 from the front. At the locking position, the front retainer 60 is positioned so as not to be displaced toward the temporary locking position by being locked to the locked portion 30 from behind.

  Further, the front end surface and the rear end surface of the main locking portion 67 are inclined in the protruding direction so that the front and rear length dimensions of the protruding end surface 67A of the main locking portion 67 are smaller than the length dimension of the base position. The surface 67B is used. When the front retainer 60 is displaced back and forth, the riding surface 67B rides on the front wall 25A of the terminal accommodating portion 25 and the to-be-engaged engaging portion 30, and the main engaging portion 67 is connected to the right side wall 25R in the terminal accommodating portion 25. The front retainer 60 can be displaced back and forth between the temporary locking position and the main locking position.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 12, the temporary locking portion 68 is formed to protrude from the left inner wall 61 </ b> L and the right side surface 63 </ b> R of the partition wall 63 in the tubular portion 61 of the front retainer 60. The projecting dimension of the temporary locking part 68 is about half the thickness dimension of the side walls 25R and 25L in the terminal accommodating part 25. Further, the front surface of the temporary locking portion 68 is a locking surface 68A orthogonal to the assembly direction of the front retainer 60. When the front retainer 60 is disposed at the temporary locking position, as shown in FIG. The front retainer 60 is positioned so as not to be displaced forward from the temporary locking position by the locking surface 68A being locked to the temporarily locked portion 31 from the rear.

The present embodiment is configured as described above. Next, the assembly procedure of the female connector 10 will be described, and the operation and effect of the female connector 10 will be described.
First, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the front retainer 60 is connected to the female housing 20 positioned at the temporary locking position by the temporary locking portion 68 and the main locking portion 67, and the terminal of the electric wire W. The female terminal 40 is prepared, and the female terminal 40 is inserted into each cavity 26 of the female housing 20 from the rear.
When the female terminal 40 reaches the proper insertion position in the cavity 26, the lance 27 and the female terminal 40 are locked in the front-rear direction, so that the female terminal 40 is prevented from coming out backward. Further, the water between the terminal accommodating portion 25 and the electric wire W is stopped by the rubber plug G2 fixed to the end of the electric wire W by the female terminal 40.

Next, the front retainer 60 positioned at the temporary locking position is displaced rearward and disposed at the final locking position.
In the process of displacing from the temporary locking position to the main locking position, the rear riding surface 67B of the main locking part 67 rides on the front wall 25A of the terminal accommodating part 25, and the main locking part 67 is on the right side wall. The front retainer 60 is displaced from the temporary locking position to the final locking position while sliding with 25R.

Here, the main locking part 67 slides with the right side wall 25R of the terminal accommodating part 25, but the region where the main locking part 67 slides with the right side wall 25R is in front of the terminal accommodating part 25. Since the thickness dimension of the wall 25A is substantially the same, for example, compared with a case where the right side wall 25R of the terminal accommodating portion 25 is configured to be elongated in the front-rear direction, the main locking portion 67 is damaged due to sliding wear. This can be suppressed.
When the front retainer 60 is disposed at the final locking position, the deflection suppressing portion 65 closes the opening at the upper front end of the terminal accommodating portion 25, and the deflection suppressing portion 65 enters the deflection space S2 of the lance and enters the lance. By restricting the elastic displacement of 27, the female terminal 40 is double-locked, and the female connector 10 is completed.

Next, a procedure for fitting the completed female connector 10 and the male connector 70 will be described.
First, the female connector 10 and the male connector 70 are arranged facing each other, and the connectors 10 and 70 are fitted together so as to be close to each other.

  In this fitting process, as the large hood portion 22 and the small hood portion 73 are fitted, the tower portion 21 is fitted into the small hood portion 73, and the male terminal 71 and the female terminal 40 are electrically connected. And the water between the tower portion 21 and the small hood portion 73 is stopped by the rubber ring G1. Further, when the large hood portion 22 and the small hood portion 73 reach the proper fitted state, the large hood portion 22 and the small hood portion 73 are locked in the fitted state. The

By the way, when a foreign matter such as a metal piece enters between the large hood portion 22 and the small hood portion 73, the pair of male terminals 71 or the female terminals 40 in the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25 are short-circuited by the foreign matter. Is concerned.
However, according to the present embodiment, of the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25, the left side wall 25L of the right terminal accommodating portion 25 is longer in the front-rear direction than the right side wall 25R of the left terminal accommodating portion 25. It has become. That is, since the creeping path between the female terminals 40 in the lower half of the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25 is not aligned in the left-right direction, for example, the provisionally engaged portion and the subject engaged portion are shifted in the front-rear direction. When the foreign object such as a metal piece enters between the large hood part 22 and the small hood part 73 as compared with the case where the short-circuit path between the female terminals 40 is straight in the left-right direction. It is possible to prevent the female terminals 40 from being short-circuited due to the intrusion.

  In addition, between the back wall 73A of the small hood 73 and the front wall 25A of the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25, the short-circuit preventing recess 66 and the short-circuit preventing protrusion 74 are unevenly fitted in the front-rear direction, so that the male Since the terminals 71 are not aligned in the left-right direction, it is possible to suppress the male terminals 71 from being short-circuited, for example, as compared with the case where the short-circuit preventing recess and the short-circuit preventing protrusion are not provided.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the provisionally engaged portion 31 and the subject engagement portion 30 are arranged so as to be shifted back and forth. The creepage distance between the female terminals 40 in the lower half of the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25 can be increased by the length shifted in the front-rear direction, and short circuit between adjacent female terminals 40 can be suppressed.

In the present embodiment, the short-circuit prevention recess 66 and the short-circuit prevention protrusion 74 are unevenly fitted in the front-rear direction also between the rear wall 73A of the small hood portion 73 and the front wall 25A of the pair of terminal accommodating portions 25. By doing so, the creeping distance is increased by the distance of the concave and convex fitting, so that it is possible to suppress the adjacent male terminals 71 from being short-circuited.
Furthermore, according to this embodiment, the to-be-latched portion 30 is provided at the substantially central portion in the front-rear direction of the terminal accommodating portion 25, and the provisionally retained portion 31 is disposed at the front end portion of the terminal accommodating portion 25 (the front of the terminal accommodating portion 25. Since the provisional locking portion is provided at the same position as the locked portion 30 in the front-rear direction, for example, the final locking portion 67 is located on the right side of the terminal accommodating portion 25. The sliding area with the side wall 25 </ b> R can be shortened, and sliding engagement of the main locking portion 67 can be suppressed.

<Other embodiments>
The technology disclosed in the present specification is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to the above description and drawings, and includes, for example, the following various aspects.
(1) In the said embodiment, it was set as the structure which the upper half from the front end of the terminal accommodating part 25 to the front-back direction approximate center part of the terminal accommodating part 25 opens ahead and right and left. However, the configuration is not limited thereto, and the upper half of the terminal accommodating portion may be closed.
(2) In the above embodiment, a pair of terminal accommodating portions 25 are arranged in the left-right direction. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration in which the terminal accommodating portions are arranged in the vertical direction may be used, or three or more terminal accommodating portions may be arranged in the left-right direction.
(3) In the above embodiment, the rear end portion of the terminal accommodating portion 25 is stopped by the rubber plug G2, and the space between the small hood portion 73 and the square tube portion 24 of the tower portion 21 is stopped by the rubber ring G1. The configuration. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the technology disclosed in this specification may be applied to a non-waterproof connector.

10: Female connector (connector)
20: Female housing (housing)
25: Terminal accommodating part 25L: Left side wall (one side wall)
25R: Right side wall (the other side wall)
30: locked part 31: temporarily locked part 32: hole 33 for permanent locking: hole 40 for temporary locking: female terminal (terminal)
60: Front retainer 63: Partition wall 66: Short-circuit preventing recess 67: Main locking portion 68: Temporary locking portion 70: Male connector (mating connector)
72: Male housing (mating connector)
74: Short-circuit prevention protrusion

Claims (3)

A connector to be mated with a mating connector,
A housing made of synthetic resin provided with a plurality of terminal accommodating portions for accommodating terminals from the rear, and
A front retainer that is assembled to the housing from the front and can be displaced back and forth between a temporary locking position and a final locking position;
Provided at the edge of a temporary locking hole formed through one of the adjacent side walls in the adjacent terminal accommodating portion, and the temporary locking portion provided in the front retainer is locked. A temporarily locked portion that holds the front retainer in the temporarily locked position,
Of the adjacent side walls, the front retainer is provided at the edge of a main locking hole formed through the other side wall, and the main locking portion provided on the front retainer is locked to lock the front retainer. A locked portion to be held in the locking position;
The temporarily locked portion and the locked portion to be locked are arranged so as to be shifted forward and backward. The front retainer is provided with a partition wall disposed between the adjacent terminal accommodating portions,
The temporary locking portion is provided on one surface of the partition wall, and the temporary locking position and the main locking position are obtained by overcoming the other side wall of the adjacent side walls on the other surface of the partition wall. The main locking part that is displaced between is provided,
2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the temporarily locked portion is arranged forward of the locked portion by setting the other side wall to be shorter in the front-rear direction than the one side wall. The housing can be fitted with a mating connector that accommodates a plurality of the terminal accommodating portions therein,
The front end portion of the partition wall is provided with a short-circuit preventing recess for extending the creeping distance between the front end surfaces of the adjacent terminal accommodating portions by engaging the short-circuit preventing protrusion protruding from the mating connector. The connector according to claim 2.

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