JP5151962B2 - connector - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector.

Conventionally, as a connector provided with a moving plate, for example, a connector described in Patent Document 1 below is known. This connector includes a male connector having a cylindrical hood portion and a female connector fitted into the hood portion from the front. The moving plate is accommodated in the hood so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. The moving plate includes a plate-shaped plate body having a plurality of positioning holes, and at the initial position before fitting with the female housing, the tip of the male terminal fitting passes through the positioning holes and the plate body. It faces the front side. Thereby, a continuity test can be performed by pressing the probe pin from the front to the tip of the male terminal fitting protruding from the front surface of the main body at the initial position.
JP 2006-196225 A

  However, as described above, when the front end portion of the male terminal fitting protrudes from the front surface of the main body portion in order to perform the continuity test, the female housing has entered the hood portion in a posture inclined with respect to the front-rear direction. Sometimes, the corner of the female housing hits the tip of the male terminal fitting, and the tip of the male terminal fitting might be deformed.

  The present invention has been completed based on the above situation, and an object thereof is to prevent deformation of a male terminal fitting in a connector having a moving plate.

According to the present invention, a plurality of sub-housings are assembled to a frame, so that a male-side housing provided with a cylindrical hood portion, a female-side housing fitted into the hood portion from the front, and accommodated in the male-side housing. And a moving plate for positioning the male terminal fitting in the hood portion, the moving plate having a positioning hole and a plate-like plate body portion, and the plate body portion having a positioning hole at the tip of the male terminal fitting. A protective wall that moves from the initial position that protrudes to the front side of the plate body part to the back side of the hood part together with the female housing, and protects the tip part of the male terminal fitting that protrudes at the initial position on the plate body part Is provided with a female housing and a recess for allowing the protective wall to escape. The protective wall is aligned with the one sub-housing. A plurality of male terminal fittings kicked when as one of the male terminal fitting group is disposed between the other of the male terminal fitting group adjacent and to one of the male terminal fitting group, the protective wall A pair of reinforcing walls facing each other so as to project to the side are continuously provided, and a jig insertion hole is provided at a position corresponding to between the pair of reinforcing walls in the plate body portion. However, it has characteristics.

  According to such a configuration, even if the female housing that has taken an illegal posture from the front enters the hood portion with the moving plate housed in the initial position in the hood portion, the corner portion of the female housing is By striking against the protruding end of the protective wall, deformation of the male terminal fitting can be prevented. Here, the unauthorized posture is defined as both an oblique posture inclined in the vertical direction and an oblique posture inclined in the horizontal direction when the directions orthogonal to each other among the directions intersecting the fitting direction are the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. Say. In other words, since the front of the hood part is substantially square, the female side housing can assume both a vertically inclined position and a horizontally inclined position. Even in the case of deformation, the deformation of the male terminal fitting can be prevented.

The moving plate includes a peripheral wall portion that protrudes forward from the peripheral edge of the plate main body portion, and both side edges from the both ends of the front end portion of the protective wall to the plate main body portion are connected to the peripheral wall portion. The cutout portion may be formed by cutting out the front end portion.
According to such a configuration, by connecting both side edges of the protective wall to the peripheral wall portion, the protective wall can be prevented from falling down and the rigidity of the entire moving plate can be increased. Further, by providing the notch portion, for example, when a lock portion or the like is provided in the recess, it is possible to prevent the lock portion and the protective wall from interfering with each other.

A reinforcing wall may be continuously provided on the protective wall so as to protrude sideways, and a jig insertion hole may be provided at a position corresponding to the reinforcing wall in the plate body. .
According to such a configuration, the protective wall can be prevented from falling by the reinforcing wall, and when the jig is inserted into the hole, the jig can be prevented from coming into contact with the male terminal fitting. Also, the provision of the reinforcing wall increases the area that can interfere with the female housing in an illegal posture, and the female housing is likely to interfere with the protective wall or the reinforcing wall. Can be prevented.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, a deformation | transformation of a male terminal metal fitting can be prevented in the connector provided with the moving plate.

<Embodiment 1>
Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings of FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the connector of this embodiment includes a male connector 10 and a female connector 60 that can be fitted to each other based on a turning operation of a lever 80, and a moving that is attached to the male connector 10. Plate 40. In the following description, in the front-rear direction, the fitting surface side of both connectors 10 and 60 is the front.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the female connector 60 has a structure in which a plurality of female sub-connectors 61 are assembled to a female frame 62 made of synthetic resin. Each female sub-connector 61 has a female sub-housing 63 made of synthetic resin. The female housing referred to in the present invention includes a female frame 62 and a plurality of female sub-housings 63. The female housing has a generally square block shape as a whole, and has a substantially square fitting surface.

  As shown on the right side of FIG. 6, a female side sub-connector accommodating portion 64 that can accommodate the female side sub-connector 61 is formed through the female side frame 62 in the front-rear direction. A lock receiving portion 63 </ b> A is provided on the outer surface of the female sub-housing 63. On the other hand, inside the female side sub-connector accommodating portion 64, there is provided a lock portion 64A that is engaged with the lock receiving portion 63A and holds the female side sub-connector 61 in a retaining state.

  Accordingly, when the female sub connector 61 is inserted into the female sub connector housing portion 64 from the rear at the regular insertion position shown in FIG. 6, the lock portion 64A is engaged with the lock receiving portion 63A, thereby the female portion. The side sub-connector 61 is accommodated in a state in which the side sub-connector 61 is prevented from coming out backward in the female side sub-connector accommodating portion 64.

  As shown in FIG. 9, a cavity 65 that accommodates the female terminal fitting 70 is arranged in the height direction (vertical direction in FIG. 9) in the female sub-connector 61. The cavity 65 is formed so as to penetrate the female sub-housing 63 in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 6, the female terminal fitting 70 is accommodated in a state in which the female terminal fitting 70 is prevented from coming out backward in the cavity 65 by the lance 64 </ b> B and the retainer 69.

  As shown in FIG. 9, a recess 66 is formed between the female sub-connectors 61 on the fitting surface (front surface) of the female frame 62. The recess 66 is formed in a recess so as to be one step lower than the fitting surface of each female sub-connector 61. As will be described later, the protective wall 41 provided on the moving plate 40 enters the recess 66 when the connectors 10 and 60 are fitted together.

  On both side surfaces of the female side frame 62, a pair of first cam pins 67 having an oval cross section extending in the front-rear direction are projected from substantially the center in the height direction. A pair of guide ribs 68 extending in the front-rear direction are formed below the first cam pins 67. The guide ribs 68 guide the fitting of the connectors 10 and 60 and prevent the connectors 10 and 60 from being misfitted.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the male connector 10 has a structure in which a plurality of male sub-connectors 11 are assembled to a male frame 12 made of synthetic resin. Each male sub-connector 11 has a male sub-housing 13 made of synthetic resin. The male housing referred to in the present invention includes a male frame 12 and a plurality of male sub-housings 13.

  A substantially square tube-shaped hood portion 14 is formed so as to protrude forward from the male side sub-housing 13 in the male side frame 12. The hood portion 14 projects forward from the periphery of the fitting surface formed by the plurality of male sub-housings 13. The hood part 14 has a substantially square frontage. A moving plate 40 can be accommodated inside the hood portion 14.

  As shown on the left side of FIG. 6, a male side sub-connector accommodating portion 16 that can accommodate the male side sub-connector 11 is formed in the male side frame 12 so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction. A lock receiving portion 13 </ b> A is provided on the outer surface of the male sub-housing 13. On the other hand, a lock portion 16A is provided inside the male side sub-connector accommodating portion 16 so as to be engaged with the lock receiving portion 13A and hold the male side sub-connector 11 in a retaining state.

  Thus, when the male sub-connector 11 is inserted into the male sub-connector housing portion 16 from the rear at the proper insertion position shown in FIG. 6, the lock portion 16A is engaged with the lock receiving portion 13A, so that the male The side sub-connector 11 is accommodated in a state in which the side sub-connector 11 is prevented from coming out backward in the male side sub-connector accommodating portion 16.

  As shown in FIG. 17, a cavity 15 that accommodates the male terminal fitting 20 is arranged in the height direction in the male sub-connector 11. As shown on the left side of FIG. 6, the cavity 15 is formed through the male sub-housing 13 in the front-rear direction. The male terminal fitting 20 is accommodated in a state in which the male terminal fitting 20 is prevented from coming out backward in the cavity 15 by the lance 16B and the retainer 17. When the connectors 10 and 60 are fitted, the terminal fittings 20 and 70 are electrically connected.

  On both side surfaces of the male side frame 12, a pair of support shafts 18 that support the lever 80 are provided so as to project substantially at the center in the height direction. Further, as shown in FIG. 16, a pair of relief grooves 19 that are notched in a straight line from the front end opening edge of the hood portion 14 toward the support shaft 18 are formed on both side surfaces of the male side frame 12. . When the connectors 10 and 60 are fitted together, the first cam pin 67 enters the escape groove 19.

  The lever 80 is made of synthetic resin, and includes a pair of left and right plate-like arm portions 81 and an operation portion 82 for connecting both arm portions 81, as shown in FIG. ing. A bearing hole 83 that receives the support shaft 18 is formed in the arm portion 81. The lever 80 is configured such that the support shaft 18 is fitted into the bearing hole 83 so that the arm portion 81 is cut in the height direction around the fitting position, and the arm portion 81 is located on both sides of the female connector 60. The operation part 82 can be rotated between the fitting position where the operation part 82 wraps around the rear side of the female connector 60 across the outside of the surface. On the rear surface of the female connector 60, a lever locking portion 60A that locks with the operation portion 82 of the lever 80 at the fitting position is provided to protrude rearward. Further, an arc-shaped cam groove 84 centering on the bearing hole 83 is formed on the inner surface of the arm portion 81 so as to open to the periphery of the arm portion 81.

  The moving plate 40 is made of synthetic resin and is disposed in the hood portion 14 and plays a role of positioning each male terminal fitting 20 in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. Here, the vertical direction and the horizontal direction are directions orthogonal to each other on a plane orthogonal to the front-rear direction when a direction parallel to the fitting / removing direction of the connectors 10 and 60 is defined as the front-rear direction. The moving plate 40 can be moved in the front-rear direction in the hood portion 14. As shown in FIG. 10, the moving plate 40 includes a substantially rectangular plate main body portion 42 having a plate shape substantially perpendicular to the moving direction, and a substantially square cylindrical peripheral wall portion protruding forward from the periphery of the plate main body portion 42. 43. When the connectors 10 and 60 are fitted together, the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion 43 moves so as to be slidable on the inner peripheral surface of the hood portion 14. A pair of cutouts 44 are formed on the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion 43 at positions corresponding to the guide ribs 68 as shown in FIG. A pair of receiving grooves 14 </ b> A for receiving the guide ribs 68 are formed in the inner surface of the hood portion 14 at positions corresponding to the notches 44.

  A pair of introduction grooves 45 extending in the front-rear direction and opening at the front end edge of the peripheral wall 43 are formed on both side surfaces of the peripheral wall 43 so as to be able to receive the first cam pins 67. The second cam pins 46 are formed on both side surfaces of the peripheral wall 43 so as to protrude outward so as to straddle the introduction groove 45. The second cam pin 46 has a substantially portal shape when viewed from the front, and the first cam pin 67 can be fitted inside the second cam pin 46. When the first cam pin 67 enters the inside of the second cam pin 46, the cam groove 84 of the lever 80 is combined with the first cam pin 67 until the fitting of both the connectors 10 and 60 is completed. Is engaged. Accordingly, the female connector 60 and the moving plate 40 are moved together by the turning operation of the lever 80.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the portion constituting both side walls of the introduction groove 45 is a restriction protrusion 48 that protrudes outward from the outer surface of the peripheral wall portion 43. The restricting protrusions 48 are respectively provided on both side surfaces of the peripheral wall portion 43 and project from the side surfaces in an overhang shape, and extend in the front-rear direction as shown in FIGS. 12 to 14. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 17, a pair of restriction recesses 21 that receive both restriction protrusions 48 are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the hood part 14 that accommodates the moving plate 40. Both regulating recesses 21 are fitted with both regulating projections 48 and can be fitted in a groove shape. Thereby, even if it is a case where the surrounding wall part 43 is dented inward in the shaping | molding process, the surrounding wall part 43 is correct | amended to a regular attitude | position by fitting both the control protrusions 48 and the both control recessed parts 21. Can do.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 11, positioning holes 47 through which the male terminal fittings 20 are inserted are aligned and formed in the plate main body portion 42. As shown in detail in FIG. 15, the positioning hole 47 expands in a trumpet shape on the rear surface of the plate main body portion 42 to guide each male terminal fitting 20, while constricting the front surface of the plate main body portion 42. The positioning of each male terminal fitting 20 is ensured by being opened in a state of being closed. The moving plate 40 is moved from the initial assembly position (hereinafter referred to as the initial position) where the plate main body 42 floats from the front surface of each male sub-connector 11 when the connectors 10 and 60 are fitted together. Is moved to a position (end position) at the time of completion of fitting that contacts the front surface of each male side sub-connector 11, but the male terminal fitting 20 is positioned in the positioning hole 47 regardless of the position of the movement path. In this way, the male terminal fitting 20 is reliably positioned. When the moving plate 40 is in the initial position, as shown in FIG. 6, the front end portion of the male terminal fitting 20 protrudes from the front surface of the plate main body portion 42 to face the fitting surface side. In this state, it is used for a continuity test (not shown). In addition, the front-end | tip position of each male terminal metal fitting 20 in the food | hood part 14 has aligned in the same position about the front-back direction.

  Now, as shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of protective walls 41 are provided on the front surface of the plate main body portion 42 (the surface facing the female connector 60) so as to protrude forward. These protective walls 41 are provided corresponding to the recesses 66 formed on the front surface of the female connector 60 (the fitting surface with the male connector 10). That is, it means that each female sub-connector 61 is partitioned by the protective wall 41 when both the connectors 10 and 60 are fitted. In other words, this means that the protective wall 41 is provided at a position that divides each male sub-connector 11. That is, when the plurality of male terminal fittings 20 arranged side by side in any one of the male side sub-connectors 11 is used as one male terminal fitting group 20, the protective wall 41 is connected to the one male terminal fitting group 20 and this. Between the other male terminal fitting groups 20 adjacent to each other. Accordingly, when a plurality of positioning holes 47 that are inserted through one male terminal fitting group 20 are used as one positioning hole group 47, the protective wall 41 includes one positioning hole group 47 and the same as shown in FIG. It arrange | positions between the other positioning hole groups 47 adjacent.

  The protective wall 41 is connected to the plate body 42 in a form that rises substantially vertically from the front surface of the plate body 42. Further, both side edges from the both end portions of the front end portion of the protective wall 41 to the plate main body portion 42 are respectively connected to the peripheral wall portion 43. Specifically, the protective wall 41 connects a pair of wall portions of the peripheral wall portion 43 where the second cam pin 46 is not provided. As a result, the protective wall 41 is disposed substantially parallel to the pair of wall portions provided with the second cam pins 46 in the peripheral wall portion 43. Thus, the protective wall 41 is restricted from falling to the front surface of the plate main body portion 42 by connecting both side edges to the peripheral wall portion 43, and the entire moving plate 40 is also integrally connected to the protective wall 41. This increases the rigidity.

  At the front end of the protective wall 41, three notches 41A are formed by notching the center in the width direction and both sides in the width direction. The lock part 64A of the female connector 60 is arranged in the center cutout part 41A among the three cutout parts 41A when the connectors 10 and 60 are fitted together. In other words, the cutout 41A in the center can avoid interference between the protective wall 41 and the lock portion 64A when the connectors 10 and 60 are fitted.

  Further, the protective wall 41 has a pair of opposing walls (the “reinforcing wall” of the present invention) so as to protrude to the side of the protective wall 41 at a position corresponding to the central cutout 41A among the three cutouts 41A. Example) 41B is continuously provided. For this reason, the protective wall 41 is restricted from falling to the front surface of the plate main body portion 42. Further, the front end portion of the facing wall 41B is flush with the front end portion of the cutout portion 41A. Therefore, when the female connector 60 enters the hood portion 14 in an illegal posture, the area that can interfere with the female connector 60 increases, and the female connector 60 is connected to the protective wall 41 or the opposing walls 41B. It becomes easy to interfere. Therefore, the deformation of the male terminal fitting 20 can be effectively prevented.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in the plate main body portion 42, a through hole through which a release jig for releasing the lock portion 16A is inserted (as shown in FIG. An example of “hole” 42A is formed through. Accordingly, even when the moving plate 40 is housed in the hood portion 14, the locking between the lock portion 16A and the lock receiving portion 13A can be released by inserting the release jig through the through hole 42A. it can. At this time, since the release jig is inserted into the through hole 42A through between the opposing walls 41B, the release jig can be prevented from contacting the male terminal fitting 20, and deformation of the male terminal fitting 20 can be prevented. be able to.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the protective wall 41 has a shape that becomes thinner toward the front. Further, the inner and outer edges (both edges in the thickness direction) of the front end of the protective wall 41 are notched and chamfered. As a result, when the connectors 10 and 60 are fitted together, the side walls of the protective wall 41 guide the protective wall 41 to enter the recess 66, and the protective wall 41 is fitted into the recess 66 of the female connector 60. In addition, the moving plate 40 can be moved in the positioning state in the hood portion 14.

  Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 6, the protruding amount of the protective wall 41 from the front surface of the plate main body 42 is larger than the protruding amount of the front end portion of the male terminal fitting 20 protruding forward from the positioning hole 47. The reason for this is that, as shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5, the female connector 60 takes an illegal posture from the front in the hood portion 14 in a state where the moving plate 40 is accommodated in the hood portion 14 at the initial position. This is to prevent the corner portion of the female connector 60 from abutting against the front end portion of the protective wall 41 even when the connector enters and prevent the male terminal fitting 20 from being damaged.

  In particular, the female connector 60 of the present embodiment has a substantially square block shape, and the male connector 10 includes the hood portion 14 having a substantially square opening. There is a possibility that any of the corners located on the four sides of the mating surface will enter the hood part 14 in an inclined posture with an equal probability. For this reason, if the protective wall is provided so as to project outwardly surrounding the hole group in which all the positioning holes 47 are gathered, any corner of the fitting surface of the female connector 60 enters the center of the hole group. In such a case, the male terminal fitting 20 is easily damaged. In that respect, in the present embodiment, since the plurality of protective walls 41 are arranged between the adjacent male terminal fitting groups 20, the corner of the fitting surface of the female connector 60 is provided at the center of the front surface of the hood portion 14. Even when the adjacent protective wall 41 comes into contact with any two sides adjacent to each other on the fitting surface of the female connector 60, the tip of the male terminal fitting 20 is damaged by the corner of the fitting surface. Can be avoided.

  The present embodiment is configured as described above, and its operation will be described subsequently. First, when the female connector 60 and the male connector 10 are fitted, as shown in FIG. 6, the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion 43 is shown in FIG. 2 along the inner peripheral surface of the hood portion 14. As described above, the moving plate 40 is held at the initial position, and the lever 80 is held at the standby position. In this state, the female connector 60 is caused to enter the hood portion 14 from the front. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, when the female connector 60 takes the normal posture and enters the hood portion 14, that is, the female connector 60 causes its front surface (fitting surface) to follow the height direction. When entering the hood portion 14 with its front face oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the female connector 60 is fitted into the moving plate 40 and the side surface of the female connector 60 is surrounded by the peripheral wall portion 43. In addition, the front surface of the female connector 60 faces the front surface of the plate main body 42. In this state, as shown in FIG. 2, the first cam pin 67 enters the inlet of the cam groove 84 of the lever 80 and is fitted into the introduction groove 45, and the first cam pin 67 and the second cam pin 46 are joined together. The groove 84 can be engaged.

  Next, when the lever 80 is rotated to the fitting position side, the relative movement is performed so that the female connector 60 is pulled into the back side of the hood portion 14 by the cam action by the engagement of the second cam pin 46 and the cam groove 84. Then, both connectors 10 and 60 approach each other. At this time, the protective wall 41 of the plate body 42 is fitted into the recess 66 of the female connector 60, and the moving plate 40 moves in parallel with the female connector 60 to the back side of the hood portion 14. While the moving plate 40 moves, each male terminal fitting 20 remains in the correct position while penetrating the positioning hole 47, and enters the female terminal fitting 70 sequentially from the tip end side thereof. Increase the mating depth. When the moving plate 40 reaches the end position and the lever 80 reaches the fitting position, as shown in FIG. 3, both the connectors 10 and 60 are properly fitted, and the male terminal fitting 20 is properly fitted to the female terminal fitting 70. The two terminal fittings 20 and 70 are connected so as to be conductive by fitting at a depth.

  On the other hand, when the female connector 60 takes an illegal posture and enters the hood portion 14, that is, one of the four sides (corner portion) 60 </ b> B on the fitting surface of the female connector 60 is the other side ( When entering the hood portion 14 prior to the corner portion 60C, as shown in FIG. 4, the female connector 60 enters the hood portion 14 with its front surface inclined in the longitudinal direction with respect to the front-rear direction. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 5, the female connector 60 enters the hood portion 14 with its front surface tilted laterally with respect to the front-rear direction. Then, one side (corner part) 60B hits the front end of the protective wall 41, specifically, the front ends of the two adjacent protective walls 41, and is received there. At this time, one side (corner) 60B is arranged so as to straddle over the male terminal fitting 20 arranged between the two adjacent protective walls 41, and both end portions in the width direction are in contact with the two protective walls 41. The intermediate portion in the width direction is kept out of contact with the male terminal fitting 20. Therefore, even if the female connector 60 takes an illegal posture and enters the hood portion 14, the tip of the male terminal fitting 20 does not contact one side (corner portion) 60B of the female connector 60. The male terminal fitting 20 is placed in a protected state by the protective wall 41. In addition, when the front surface of the female connector 60 is displaced in the longitudinal direction or the lateral direction with respect to the front-rear direction, the front surface of the female connector 60 abuts against the opening edge of the hood portion 14. There is no entry into the section 14. Therefore, as a mode in which the female connector 60 takes an unauthorized posture and enters the hood portion 14, only when the front surface of the female connector 60 described above is inclined in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction with respect to the front-rear direction is considered. It ’s enough.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects are obtained. When the female connector 60 in an illegal posture enters the hood portion 14 from the front, one corner portion 60B of the female connector 60 abuts against the front end of the protective wall 41, so Since contact can be avoided, it is possible to prevent the male terminal fitting 20 from being plastically deformed. Further, since the protective wall 41 has a shape that becomes thinner toward the front, it is possible to invite the protective wall 41 when the protective wall 41 enters the recess 66. Further, since the notch 44 is provided at the front end of the protective wall 41, it is possible to avoid the interference between the protective wall 41 and the lock part 64A by accommodating the lock part 64A in the notch 44.

<Other embodiments>
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to the above description and drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.
(1) In this embodiment, when the moving plate 40 is in the initial position, the notch 44 is arranged at a position protruding forward from the tip of the male terminal fitting 20, but according to the present invention, the notch 44 is in the initial position. Even if the notch 44 is disposed at a position retracted from the distal end portion of the male terminal fitting 20, any structure other than the notch 44 of the protective wall 41 can prevent deformation of the male terminal fitting 20.

  (2) In the present embodiment, both side edges of the protective wall 41 are connected to the peripheral wall part 43, but according to the present invention, both side edges of the protective wall 41 may not be connected to the peripheral wall part 43. Further, the moving plate 40 may be configured not to include the peripheral wall portion 43.

  (3) In this embodiment, although the plurality of male terminal fittings 20 provided on the male sub-connector 11 are defined as one male terminal fitting group 20, according to the present invention, in the male sub-connector 11 Among the plurality of male terminal fittings 20 arranged in two rows, the plurality of male terminal fittings 20 arranged in the first row are defined as one male terminal fitting group 20, and the plurality of male terminal fittings 20 arranged in the second row. May be defined as another male terminal fitting group 20.

(4) In this embodiment, the front end of the protective wall 41 protrudes forward from the front end portion of the male terminal fitting 20, but according to the present invention, the front end of the protective wall 41 is the same position as the front end portion of the male terminal fitting 20. You may have it.
(5) The present invention may be applied to a connector that is not a lever type.

  (6) In the present embodiment, the protective wall 41 has a shape that becomes thinner toward the tip. However, according to the present invention, the protective wall 41 may be protruded with the same width.

  (7) In this embodiment, the notches 44 are provided on both sides in the width direction and the center in the width direction at the front end portion of the protective wall 41, but according to the present invention, only the width direction center at the front end portion of the protection wall 41 is provided. The notch 44 may be provided, or the notch 44 may not be provided at all.

  (8) In the present embodiment, although the opposing walls 41B are connected to the protective wall 41, according to the present invention, a single reinforcing wall may be provided instead of the opposing walls 41B. The through hole 42A may not be provided.

The side view before the moving plate in Embodiment 1 was assembled | attached to a male side connector, and the state before the fitting of both connectors was shown Side view showing the moving plate assembled to the male connector at the initial position and before the connectors are mated Side view showing the state after both connectors are mated Side sectional view showing a state in which the female connector has entered the hood with an illegal posture inclined in the vertical direction with respect to the fitting direction. Side sectional view showing a state in which the female connector has entered the hood with an illegal posture inclined laterally with respect to the fitting direction. Side sectional view showing a state in which the moving plate is assembled to the male connector in the initial position and before the connectors are fitted together Side sectional view showing a state in which the female connector is properly fitted in the hood at the initial position. Front view of male connector Front view of female connector Perspective view of moving plate Front view of moving plate Moving plate side view Top view of moving plate Bottom view of moving plate Rear view of moving plate Side view of male housing Front view of male housing

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Male side connector 11 ... Male side sub connector 12 ... Male side frame 13 ... Male side sub housing 14 ... Hood part 20 ... Male terminal metal fitting 40 ... Moving plate 41 ... Protection wall 41A ... Notch part 42 ... Plate main-body part 47 ... Positioning hole 60 ... Female connector 61 ... Female sub connector 62 ... Female frame 63 ... Female sub housing 66 ... Recess

Claims (3)

A plurality of sub-housings are assembled to the frame, so that a male housing provided with a cylindrical hood portion, a female housing fitted into the hood portion from the front, and the male housing are accommodated in the male housing. A moving plate for positioning the male terminal fitting in the hood,
The moving plate includes a plate-shaped plate main body portion having a positioning hole, and the plate main body portion is an initial stage in which a front end portion of the male terminal fitting projects through the positioning hole to the front side of the plate main body portion. Move from the position to the back side of the hood together with the female housing,
The plate body is provided with a protective wall that protrudes forward to protect the tip of the male terminal fitting that protrudes at the initial position, and the female housing is provided with a recess that allows the protective wall to escape. A connector,
When the plurality of male terminal fittings provided side by side in the one sub-housing are used as one male terminal fitting group, the protective wall is the one male terminal fitting group and the other male adjacent thereto. It is arranged between the terminal bracket group ,
A pair of reinforcing walls facing each other so as to protrude sideways are connected to the protective wall, and a jig insertion position is provided at a position corresponding to the space between the pair of reinforcing walls in the plate body. The connector is provided with a hole .   The connector according to claim 1, wherein the protective wall has a shape that becomes thinner toward the front. The moving plate includes a peripheral wall portion protruding forward from a peripheral edge of the plate main body portion, and both side edges from both ends of the protective wall to the plate main body portion are connected to the peripheral wall portion, respectively. ,
The connector according to claim 1, wherein the protective wall has a notch formed by notching a front end.

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