JP2020177816A - connector - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a connector that can prevent deformation of a terminal when a continuity inspection pin is brought into contact with the connector.SOLUTION: A connector 11 includes a terminal accommodating chamber interior wall 45 and an insertion retainer wall 39 provided in a connector housing 13 to partition a terminal accommodating chamber 27, and a conductive member 17 that is provided on the terminal accommodating chamber wall 45 and the insertion retainer wall 39 and electrically connected to a terminal 15 mounted on the terminal accommodating chamber 27, and in which a continuity inspection pin contact surface 51 is exposed to the outside of the connector housing 13.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

The present invention relates to a connector.

A connector continuity test that detects the presence or absence of continuity may be performed on a terminal that is inserted and locked in the connector of a wire harness. For the connector continuity inspection, for example, the connector continuity inspection tool disclosed in Patent Document 1 is used.

This connector continuity inspection tool has a continuity inspection pin that can be moved forward and backward to bring one end into contact with the terminal of the connector in the first block that fits the connector, and a flexible locking lance (flexible) of the connector that locks the terminal. An insulating insertion inspection pin that allows one end to enter the flexible space of the locking piece) is offset. A circuit board is sandwiched between the first block and the second block. A conductive movable pin is elastically biased in the terminal direction in the second block. A circuit conductor is provided on the circuit board in the offset direction between the continuity inspection pin and the movable pin.
Then, the other end of the continuity inspection pin comes into contact with one end of the circuit conductor in the first block via the elastic member. The other end of the circuit conductor contacts the movable pin. The other end of the insertion inspection pin along the other end of the circuit conductor passes through the insertion portion of the circuit board and comes into contact with the movable pin. When the movable pin is energized from the outside and one end of the insertion inspection pin comes into contact with the flexible locking lance, the other end of the insertion inspection pin presses the movable pin against the circuit conductor in the contact release direction.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-159654

However, in the conventional connector, when the continuity inspection pin is brought into contact with the terminal, there is a risk that the terminal may be deformed depending on the pressing force of the continuity inspection pin. That is, the continuity inspection pin is pushed by the terminal and retracts in a sliding manner against the urging force of the coil spring, and elastically contacts the tip of the terminal by the urging force of the coil spring. Therefore, if the slide mechanism does not operate normally for some reason and the continuity inspection pin does not retract, the terminal will be deformed by the pressing force of the continuity inspection pin.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a connector capable of preventing deformation of terminals during a connector continuity inspection.

The above object according to the present invention is achieved by the following configuration.
(1) The connector is electrically connected to a partition wall portion provided in the connector housing to partition the terminal accommodating chamber and a terminal provided in the partition wall portion and mounted in the terminal accommodating chamber, and a part of the connector is provided. A connector comprising: a conductive member exposed to the outside of a housing.

According to the connector having the configuration of (1) above, a terminal accommodating chamber for accommodating terminals is provided inside the connector housing. The terminal accommodating chamber is partitioned by a partition wall portion provided in the connector housing. A conductive member is provided on the partition wall portion. By facing the terminal accommodating chamber, the conductive member can be electrically connected to the terminal mounted in the terminal accommodating chamber. A part of the conductive member connected to the terminal is exposed to the outside of the connector housing. Therefore, the terminal can be electrically connected from the outside of the connector housing via the continuity member by the continuity inspection pin coming into contact with a part of the continuity member from the outside of the connector housing. At this time, even if the slide mechanism of the continuity inspection pin does not operate normally for some reason and the continuity inspection pin comes into contact with the continuity member without retracting, the pressing force of the continuity inspection pin does not act on the terminal. As a result, the terminal is prevented from being deformed due to excessive pressing pressure of the continuity inspection pin.

(2) At least one of the terminal accommodating interior wall formed in the connector housing and the insertion retainer wall formed in the retainer fitted in the connector housing to partition the terminal accommodating chamber. The connector according to (1) above, characterized in that it is one of them.

According to the connector having the configuration of (2) above, the partition wall portion is at least one of the terminal accommodating interior wall and the insertion retainer wall. The retainer is formed separately from the connector housing and is fitted into the connector housing after the terminals are mounted. In the retainer fitted to the connector housing, the insertion tip of the insertion retainer wall is arranged in the evacuation space of the flexible locking piece that locks the terminal. The flexible locking piece is restricted from moving in the direction opposite to the locking direction by arranging the insertion tip of the insertion retainer wall in the evacuation space. That is, in the connector housing, when the retainer is fitted, the unlocking of the flexible locking piece with respect to the terminal is double regulated in addition to the elastic restoring force of the flexible locking piece, and the holding reliability of the terminal is increased. The sex becomes high. In the connector having this configuration, since the conductive member is provided on the insertion retainer wall of the retainer, it is not necessary to secure a space for providing the conductive member in the connector housing. That is, in the connector housing using the retainer, it is possible to prevent the terminal from being deformed by the continuity inspection pin without increasing the size of the connector housing.

(3) The connector housing is formed with a flexible locking piece that protrudes into the terminal accommodating chamber and regulates the detachment of the terminal, and the conductive member sandwiches the terminal and is opposite to the flexible locking piece. The connector according to (1) or (2) above, which is provided on the partition wall portion on the side.

According to the connector having the configuration of (3) above, a flexible locking piece projecting into the terminal accommodating chamber is formed in the connector housing. When the terminal is inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber, the flexible locking piece elastically deforms to the outside of the terminal accommodating chamber due to the insertion force of the terminal. When the terminal is inserted to a predetermined position in the terminal accommodating chamber, the locking step portion of the terminal is locked to the locking protrusion formed at the tip of the flexible locking piece. Then, in the flexible locking piece, the locking protrusion presses the locking step portion of the terminal toward the inside of the terminal accommodating chamber by the elastic restoring force. At this time, the elastic restoring force of the flexible locking piece acts in the direction of bringing the terminal closer to the partition wall portion on the opposite side of the flexible locking piece. As a result, the terminal can be brought into strong contact with the conductive member by the amount of the elastic restoring force of the flexible locking piece. That is, according to the connector having this configuration, it is possible to improve the electrical connection reliability between the terminal and the conduction member and perform a more reliable continuity inspection.

(4) The conductive member is formed in a plate shape, one of the front and back surfaces of the conductive member is in contact with the terminal, and the end surface of the conductive member perpendicular to the front and back surfaces of the connector housing. The connector according to any one of (1) to (3) above, which is exposed to the outside.

According to the connector having the configuration of (4) above, the conductive member is formed in a plate shape. One of the front and back surfaces of the plate-shaped conductive member comes into contact with the terminal. In the connector of this configuration, the terminal is often a female terminal. This is because in the case of the female terminal, the entire terminal is covered with the connector housing, so it is more necessary to provide a continuity inspection unit than the male terminal. In the female terminal, a leaf spring that serves as an electrical contact portion with the mating terminal (male terminal) is provided inside a box portion having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape. The conductive member is arranged so that one of the front and back surfaces is in contact with the outer surface along the longitudinal direction of the box portion. In this case, the conductive member can secure a large contact area with respect to the box portion of the terminal and can be electrically stably connected to the terminal.
In this contact structure, one end face of the conductive member formed in a plate shape is exposed to the outside of the connector housing. The end face of the continuity member comes into contact with the continuity inspection pin. In the conductive member whose end face is pressed, even if the end face is excessively pressed by the continuity inspection pin, the displacement direction is the direction along the outer surface in contact with the box portion of the terminal, so that the conductive member is in the box portion. The conduction performance does not deteriorate due to the displacement from the outer side surface. This also makes it possible for the connector of this configuration to improve the electrical connection reliability between the terminal and the conductive member, and to perform a more reliable continuity inspection.

According to the connector according to the present invention, deformation of the terminal during the connector continuity inspection can be prevented.

The present invention has been briefly described above. Further, the details of the present invention will be further clarified by reading through the embodiments for carrying out the invention described below (hereinafter, referred to as "embodiments") with reference to the accompanying drawings. ..

It is a perspective view which shows the connector housing of the connector which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the connector housing shown in FIG. (A) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. 2B is an enlarged view of part B of FIG. It is a perspective view of a retainer. It is a front view of the retainer shown in FIG. (A) is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 5, and (b) is an enlarged view of part D of FIG. It is a front view of the connector in which the retainer is fitted in the connector housing. It is a figure explaining the connector continuity inspection state in the EE cross section of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a connector housing 13 of a connector 11 (see FIG. 7) according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the connector housing 13 shown in FIG. FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. 3B is an enlarged view of part B of FIG. 3A.

The connector 11 according to the present embodiment has a connector housing 13, a partition wall portion for partitioning the terminal accommodating chamber 27, terminals 15 (see FIG. 8), and a conductive member 17 as main configurations. Further, the connector 11 according to the present embodiment includes a retainer 19 (see FIG. 4) for fitting the connector housing 13 and double-locking the terminals 15.

In this embodiment, the terminal 15 is a female terminal. The female terminal has a box portion 21 (see FIG. 8) formed by press working or the like on the tip end side in the insertion direction into the connector housing 13. Inside the box portion 21, a leaf spring portion (not shown) that is press-processed at the same time as the box portion 21 and serves as an electrical contact portion with the mating terminal is provided. Therefore, the connector 11 according to the present embodiment is a female connector that accommodates the female terminal.

The connector housing 13 is integrally molded with an insulating resin. The connector housing 13 has a main body portion 23. The main body 23 has a fitting cylinder 25 on the fitting side with a mating connector (not shown). A plurality of terminal accommodating chambers 27 are formed vertically and horizontally in the fitting cylinder portion 25. In the present embodiment, a total of six terminal accommodating chambers 27 are formed, three in the horizontal direction and two in the vertical direction. Each terminal accommodating chamber 27 communicates with the entrance 31 of the mating terminal (male terminal) that opens in the front end surface 29 of the fitting cylinder portion 25. Further, each terminal accommodating chamber 27 communicates with a terminal insertion port 35 that opens in the rear end surface 33 of the main body 23. Notch grooves 41 into which the insertion retainer wall 39 (see FIG. 5) of the retainer 19 enters are formed on both side surfaces 37 of the fitting cylinder portion 25. At the upper part of the fitting cylinder portion 25, a retainer locking claw 43 that engages with the retainer 19 and regulates the detachment of the retainer 19 projects toward the front end surface 29.

The fitting cylinder portion 25 is formed with a terminal accommodating chamber wall 45, which is a partition wall portion forming a partition for the terminal accommodating chamber 27. The terminal accommodating chamber wall 45 forms the bottom wall of the lower three terminal accommodating chambers 27. A conduction member bay window 47 opens at the front end surface 29 of the terminal accommodating interior wall 45.

A conductive member 17 is provided on the front end surface side of the terminal accommodating interior wall 45. The conductive member 17 is embedded in the terminal accommodating interior wall 45 by insert molding or press fitting. Three conductive members 17 are provided on the terminal accommodating chamber wall 45 so as to face each of the lower three terminal accommodating chambers 27. The conductive member 17 can be electrically connected to the terminal 15 mounted in the terminal accommodating chamber 27.

In the present embodiment, the conductive member 17 is formed in a plate shape. The conductive member 17 is formed of a conductive and elastic metal material such as phosphor bronze or stainless steel. One of the front and back surfaces of the conductive member 17 comes into contact with the terminal 15. In this embodiment, the upper surface shown in FIG. 3 comes into contact with the terminal 15. That is, the surface of the conductive member 17 is the terminal contact surface 49. Then, one end surface (front end surface) of the conductive member 17 that is perpendicular to the front and back surfaces is exposed to the outside from the conductive member front window 47 of the connector housing 13. That is, the end surface (front end surface) of the continuity member 17 is a continuity inspection pin contact surface 51. The conductive member 17 is surrounded on all four sides by a conductive member bay window 47 having an upper frame portion 53, and is restricted from being detached upward. The upper frame portion 53 also serves as a lower guide wall of the entrance 31 into which the mating terminal enters at the same time.

The fitting cylinder portion 25 has a top wall 55 above the terminal accommodating interior wall 45, which is a bottom wall. In the fitting cylinder portion 25, a partition wall 57 is formed between the bottom wall (terminal accommodating interior wall 45) and the top wall 55. The partition wall 57 partitions the upper three terminal accommodating chambers 27 and the lower three terminal accommodating chambers 27.

The top wall 55 is formed with three flexible locking pieces 59 protruding from each of the three upper terminal accommodating chambers 27. Further, the partition wall 57 is formed with three flexible locking pieces 59 protruding from each of the lower three terminal accommodating chambers 27. The flexible locking piece 59 is formed in the shape of a cantilever whose base end is connected to the top wall 55 or the partition wall 57 and whose tip is a free end. Above each of the flexible locking pieces 59, a retracting space 61 is secured which allows movement when pushed up by the inserted terminal 15.
The locking protrusion 83 formed at the tip of the flexible locking piece 59 is accommodated in the terminal accommodating chamber 27 by locking the locking step 81 formed at the rear end of the box 21 at the terminal 15. The detachment of the terminal 15 is restricted (see FIG. 8).

4 and 5 are a perspective view and a front view of the retainer 19. 6 (a) is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 5, and FIG. 6 (b) is an enlarged view of part D of FIG. 6 (a). In the connector 11 according to the present embodiment, a retainer 19 for double-locking the terminal 15 is fitted in front of the fitting cylinder portion 25. The retainer 19 is integrally molded with an insulating resin to form a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape. The front end surface 29 of the retainer 19 is opened with a fitting cylinder portion accommodating hole 63 for exposing the front end surface 29 of the fitting cylinder portion 25. The fitting cylinder portion accommodating hole 63 is divided into upper and lower parts by an insertion retainer wall 39 horizontally provided at a height of about two-thirds from the bottom. A fitting hole 67 into which the fitting rod 65 (see FIG. 1) of the fitting cylinder portion 25 enters and a locking hole 69 into which the retainer locking claw 43 enters are opened in the upper portion of the front end surface 29 of the retainer 19. ..

The fitting cylinder portion accommodating hole 63 is divided into a lower lower fitting cylinder portion accommodating hole 71 and an upper upper fitting cylinder portion accommodating hole 73 by the insertion retainer wall 39. The terminal accommodating interior wall 45 of the fitting cylinder 25 enters the lower fitting cylinder accommodating hole 71. A lower terminal accommodating chamber 27 is partitioned between the terminal accommodating chamber wall 45 that has entered the lower fitting cylinder accommodating hole 71 and the lower surface of the insertion retainer wall 39 (see FIG. 8).

On the other hand, an upper terminal accommodating chamber 27 is partitioned in the upper fitting cylinder accommodating hole 73 (see FIG. 8). That is, the front portion of the upper terminal accommodating chamber 27 is substantially partitioned by the upper fitting cylinder accommodating hole 73.

In the present embodiment, the partition wall portion is the terminal accommodating interior wall 45 formed in the connector housing 13 and the insertion retainer wall 39 formed in the retainer 19. In the present embodiment, the terminal accommodating chamber wall 45 and the insertion retainer wall 39, which are partition walls, both form a terminal accommodating chamber 27.

A conductive member 17 is provided on the front end surface side of the insertion retainer wall 39. The conductive member 17 is embedded in the insertion retainer wall 39 by insert molding or press fitting. Three conductive members 17 are provided on the insertion retainer wall 39 so as to face the upper three terminal accommodating chambers 27, respectively. The conductive member 17 can be electrically connected to the terminal 15 mounted in the terminal accommodating chamber 27. That is, the surface of the conductive member 17 is the terminal contact surface 49. Further, the front end surface of the conductive member 17 is exposed to the outside of the insertion retainer wall 39 (that is, the connector housing 13) from the conductive member bay window 47. That is, the front end surface of the conduction member 17 is the continuity inspection pin contact surface 51.

The conductive member 17 provided on the insertion retainer wall 39 is also formed in a plate shape like the conductive member 17 provided on the terminal accommodating indoor wall 45. In the conductive member 17 provided on the insertion retainer wall 39, the terminal contact surface 49 on the surface contacts the terminal 15 housed in the upper terminal storage chamber 27. Then, the continuity inspection pin contact surface 51 on the front end surface is exposed to the outside from the continuity member bay window 47 of the insertion retainer wall 39. The conductive member 17 provided on the insertion retainer wall 39 is surrounded on all four sides at the front end by a conductive member bay window 47 having an upper frame portion 53, and is restricted from being detached upward. The upper frame portion 53 also serves as a lower guide wall of the entrance 31 into which the mating terminal enters.

The insertion retainer wall 39 is formed in a tapered shape in which the insertion tip 75 on the side opposite to the front end surface 29 gradually becomes thinner toward the rear end surface 33 of the connector housing 13. The insertion tip 75 of the insertion retainer wall 39 is inserted into the evacuation space 61 of the flexible locking piece 59 on the lower stage side described above. Further, above the insertion retainer wall 39, an upper retainer wall 77 projecting in the same direction as the insertion retainer wall 39 is formed. The insertion tip 75 of the upper retainer wall 77 is inserted into the evacuation space 61 of the flexible locking piece 59 on the upper stage side. The insertion retainer wall 39 and the upper retainer wall 77 in which the insertion tip 75 is inserted into the evacuation space 61 restrict the movement of the flexible locking piece 59 with respect to the terminal 15 in the unlocking direction. As a result, the retainer 19 double-regulates the movement of the flexible locking piece 59 in addition to the elastic restoring force of the flexible locking piece 59 to prevent the terminal 15 from coming off. In the present specification, the locked state of the terminal 15 by the flexible locking piece 59 and the retainer 19 is referred to as "double locking".

In the connector 11, a conductive member 17 is provided on a partition wall portion (that is, a terminal accommodating interior wall 45 or an insertion retainer wall 39) on the opposite side of the flexible locking piece 59 with the terminal 15 interposed therebetween (see FIG. 8). .. As a result, the box portion 21 of the terminal 15 in which the locking step portion 81 is locked by the locking protrusion 83 of the flexible locking piece 59 is urged in a direction approaching the conductive member 17.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 7 is a front view of the connector 11 in which the retainer 19 is fitted to the connector housing 13, and FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a connector continuity inspection state in the EE cross section of FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, in the connector 11 according to the present embodiment, a terminal accommodating chamber 27 accommodating the terminal 15 is provided inside the connector housing 13. The terminal accommodating chamber 27 is partitioned by a terminal accommodating chamber wall 45 and an insertion retainer wall 39, which are partition walls provided in the connector housing 13. Conductive members 17 are provided on the terminal accommodating interior wall 45 and the insertion retainer wall 39, respectively. By facing the terminal accommodating chamber 27, the conductive member 17 can be electrically connected to the terminal 15 mounted in the terminal accommodating chamber 27. A part of the conductive member 17 connected to the terminal 15 is exposed to the outside of the connector housing 13.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the terminal 15 receives electricity from the outside of the connector housing 13 via the continuity member 17 when the continuity inspection pin 79 comes into contact with a part of the continuity member 17 from the outside of the connector housing 13. Connection is possible. At this time, even if the slide mechanism of the continuity inspection pin 79 does not normally operate for some reason and the continuity inspection pin 79 comes into contact with the continuity member 17 without retracting, the pressing force of the continuity inspection pin 79 is applied to the terminal 15. Does not work. As a result, the terminal 15 is prevented from being deformed due to the excessive pressing pressure of the continuity inspection pin 79.

In the connector 11 of the present embodiment, the partition wall portion is formed on the terminal accommodating chamber wall 45 and the insertion retainer wall 39, respectively, but at least one of them depending on the arrangement of the plurality of terminal accommodating chambers 27. May be good. In addition, "at least one" means that when the partition wall portion is only the terminal accommodating interior wall 45 of the connector housing 13 or only the insertion retainer wall 39 of the retainer 19, the terminal accommodating interior wall 45 and the insertion retainer wall are used. It is intended to include both cases of 39.

The retainer 19 is formed separately from the connector housing 13 and is fitted into the connector housing 13 after the terminals 15 are mounted. The retainer 19 fitted in the connector housing 13 is arranged in the evacuation space 61 of the flexible locking piece 59 in which the insertion tip 75 of the insertion retainer wall 39 locks the terminal 15. The flexible locking piece 59 is restricted from moving in the direction opposite to the locking direction by arranging the insertion tip 75 of the insertion retainer wall 39 in the evacuation space 61. That is, in the connector housing 13, when the retainer 19 is fitted, the unlocking of the flexible locking piece 59 with respect to the terminal 15 is doubly restricted in addition to the elastic restoring force of the flexible locking piece 59. , The holding reliability of the terminal 15 is increased.

In the connector 11 according to the present embodiment, since the conductive member 17 is provided on the insertion retainer wall 39 of the retainer 19, it is not necessary to secure a space for providing the conductive member 17 in the connector housing 13. That is, in the connector housing 13 using the retainer 19, the terminal 15 can be prevented from being deformed by the continuity inspection pin 79 without increasing the size of the connector housing 13.

Further, in the connector 11 of the present embodiment, the flexible locking piece 59 protruding into the terminal accommodating chamber 27 is formed in the connector housing 13. When the terminal 15 is inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber 27, the flexible locking piece 59 is elastically deformed to the outside of the terminal accommodating chamber 27 by the insertion force of the terminal 15. When the terminal 15 is inserted to a predetermined position in the terminal accommodating chamber 27, the locking step 81 of the terminal 15 is locked to the locking protrusion 83 formed at the tip of the flexible locking piece 59. Then, in the flexible locking piece 59, the locking protrusion 83 presses and urges the locking step 81 of the terminal 15 toward the inside of the terminal accommodating chamber 27 by the elastic restoring force. At this time, the elastic restoring force of the flexible locking piece 59 acts in the direction of bringing the terminal 15 closer to the partition wall portion (terminal accommodating indoor wall 45 or insertion retainer wall 39) on the opposite side of the flexible locking piece 59. .. As a result, the terminal 15 can be brought into strong contact with the conductive member 17 by the amount of the elastic restoring force of the flexible locking piece 59. That is, according to the connector 11 of the present embodiment, the electrical connection reliability between the terminal 15 and the conductive member 17 can be improved, and a more reliable continuity inspection can be performed.

Further, in the connector 11 of the present embodiment, the conductive member 17 is formed in a plate shape. The surface of the plate-shaped conductive member 17 comes into contact with the terminal 15. The terminal 15 of the connector 11 is a female terminal. This is because, in the case of the female terminal, since the entire terminal 15 is covered by the connector housing 13, it is more necessary to provide the conductive member 17 than the male terminal. In the female terminal, a leaf spring serving as an electrical contact portion with the mating terminal (male terminal) is provided inside the box portion 21 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape. The surface of the conductive member 17 is arranged so as to be in contact with the outer surface of the box portion 21 along the longitudinal direction. In this case, the conductive member 17 can secure a large contact area with respect to the box portion 21 of the terminal 15 and can be electrically stably connected to the terminal 15.

Further, in the contact structure between the box portion 21 and the conductive member 17, the continuity inspection pin contact surface 51, which is the front end surface of the conductive member 17 formed in a plate shape, is exposed to the outside of the connector housing 13. In the continuity member 17, the continuity inspection pin contact surface 51 on the front end surface comes into contact with the continuity inspection pin 79. Even if the front end surface of the conduction member 17 whose front end surface is pressed is excessively pressed by the continuity inspection pin 79, the displacement direction is the direction along the outer surface in contact with the box portion 21, so that the conduction member 17 However, the conduction performance is not deteriorated due to the displacement from the outer surface of the box portion 21. Also by this, the connector 11 of the present embodiment can improve the electrical connection reliability between the terminal 15 and the conductive member 17, and can perform a more reliable continuity inspection.

Therefore, according to the connector 11 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent the terminal 15 from being deformed when the continuity inspection pin 79 is brought into contact with the connector 11.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately modified, improved, and the like. In addition, the material, shape, size, number, arrangement location, etc. of each component in the above-described embodiment are arbitrary and are not limited as long as the present invention can be achieved.

For example, in the configuration example of the above embodiment, the conductive member of the present invention is formed in a plate shape, but may be formed in a prism shape or a pin shape having another polygonal cross section.
Further, the conductive member may be formed with a locking claw, an engaging hole, or the like for preventing the conductive member from coming off from the partition wall portion.

Here, the features of the above-described connector embodiments according to the present invention are briefly summarized and listed below in [1] to [4], respectively.
[1] A partition wall portion (terminal accommodating interior wall 45 and insertion retainer wall 39) provided in the connector housing (13) to partition the terminal accommodating chamber (27), and
It is electrically connected to a terminal (15) provided in the partition wall portion (terminal accommodating chamber wall 45 and insertion retainer wall 39) and mounted in the terminal accommodating chamber (27), and a part (end face) is the connector. A conductive member (17) exposed to the outside of the housing (13) and
A connector (11) comprising.
[2] The partition wall portion is formed in a terminal accommodating interior wall (45) formed in the connector housing (13) and a retainer (19) fitted in the connector housing (13) to accommodate the terminals. The connector (11) according to the above [1], which is at least one of the insertion retainer walls (39) that partition the chamber (27).
[3] The connector housing (13) is formed with a flexible locking piece (59) that projects into the terminal accommodating chamber (27) and regulates the detachment of the terminal (15).
The conductive member (17) is provided on the partition wall portion (terminal accommodating chamber wall 45 and insertion retainer wall 39) on the opposite side of the flexible locking piece (59) with the terminal (15) interposed therebetween. The connector (11) according to the above [1] or [2].
[4] The conductive member (17) is formed in a plate shape.
One of the front and back surfaces (upper surface) of the conductive member (17) comes into contact with the terminal (15).
Any of the above [1] to [3], wherein the end surface (continuity inspection pin contact surface 51) perpendicular to the front and back surfaces of the continuity member (17) is exposed to the outside of the connector housing (13). One of the connectors (11).

11 ... Connector 13 ... Connector housing 15 ... Terminal 17 ... Conducting member 19 ... Retainer 27 ... Terminal storage chamber 39 ... Insertion retainer wall (partition wall)
45 ... Terminal accommodating interior wall (partition wall)
51 ... Continuity inspection pin contact surface (end surface)
59 ... Flexible locking piece

Claims (4)

A partition wall provided in the connector housing to partition the terminal accommodating chamber,
A conductive member provided on the partition wall and electrically connected to a terminal mounted in the terminal housing chamber, and a part of which is exposed to the outside of the connector housing.
A connector characterized by being provided with. The partition wall portion is at least one of a terminal accommodating chamber wall formed in the connector housing and an insertion retainer wall formed in a retainer fitted in the connector housing to partition the terminal accommodating chamber. The connector according to claim 1. The connector housing is formed with a flexible locking piece that projects into the terminal accommodating chamber and regulates the detachment of the terminal.
The connector according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conductive member is provided on the partition wall portion on the opposite side of the flexible locking piece with the terminal interposed therebetween. The conductive member is formed in a plate shape.
One of the front and back surfaces of the conductive member comes into contact with the terminal,
The connector according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an end surface of the conductive member perpendicular to the front and back surfaces is exposed to the outside of the connector housing.

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