JP6514053B2 - Connector cover - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector cover that protects a connector.

  In vehicles and the like, as a protective component for protecting a connector, there is a connector cover that accommodates the connector inside by exposing the terminal portion of the connector to the outside and pulling out the wiring member connected to the connector (patented Literature 1).

JP, 2013-145708, A

  Among such connector covers, there is one in which an upper cover covering the upper side of the connector and a lower cover covering the lower side are assembled. In this case, the connector is disposed on the lower cover, and the upper cover must be assembled to the lower cover after the connector is pressed with a finger so as not to be misaligned. Further, although the connector can be pressed with a finger, it can not be pressed down to the wiring member, so that there is a possibility that the wiring member may be caught when assembling the upper cover and the lower cover.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a connector cover capable of improving the workability at the time of assembling the connector and preventing the biting of the wiring member at that time.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

In order to solve the above-mentioned subject, the connector cover of the present invention,
A connector cover that accommodates the connector inside by exposing the terminal portion of the connector to the outside and pulling out the wiring member connected to the connector,
The upper cover, the lower cover having the cover side engaging portion for engaging and fixing the connector, and the wiring arrangement portion for arranging the wiring member drawn from the connector are engaged and fixed. With
The upper cover is configured such that the connector is engaged with and fixed to the cover-side engaging portion with respect to the lower cover, and the connector-side end of the wiring member drawn out from the connector is disposed in the wiring arrangement portion It can be engaged and fixed, and it is premised that it is possible to accommodate both the connector and the connector side end of the wiring member inside by the engagement and fixing.

According to the premise configuration of the present invention, after the connector is temporarily fixed to the lower cover, the upper cover can be assembled to the lower cover, so that the troublesome operation of pressing the connector with a finger is eliminated. In addition, since the finger that has conventionally pressed the connector can also be used to press the wiring member so that the wiring member does not shift, biting of the wiring member when assembling the upper cover to the lower cover can also be prevented. . Furthermore, when the connector is temporarily fixed to the lower cover, the wiring member drawn out from the connector is positioned, for example, by being accommodated in the concave wiring disposition portion, and the wiring member used when assembling the upper cover It is possible to prevent biting. Moreover, although the connection location between the connector and the wiring member is a location relatively weak to external impact, the present invention also has the advantage of being able to protect this location.

In the present invention, the upper cover and the lower cover are engaged and fixed to the upper cover and the lower cover, and the connector is engaged and fixed to the cover-side engaging portion. in the accommodated state Te, openings for exposing the terminal portions of the housing and the connector to the outside that having a retaining portion to prevent the exit from the (first opening below). According to this configuration, the cover side engaging portion and the retaining portion can form a double drop prevention state with respect to the accommodated connector. Furthermore, if the upper cover and the lower cover are engaged and fixed and the connector is housed inside the case, even if the part temporarily fixing the connector to the lower cover is damaged, this removal is The presence of the stopper can prevent the connector inside the case from falling off the connector cover.

Further, the connector cover of the present invention is provided with a first opening for exposing the terminal portion of the accommodated connector to the outside in a state where the upper cover and the lower cover are engaged and fixed. In this configuration, assembly of the connector to the cover-side engaging portion of the lower cover causes the connector to approach from the first opening side to the inner side of the cover with respect to the lower cover, and is prevented from coming out in the opposite direction Ru is engaged fixed in the form. That is, the cover-side engaging portion of the lower cover in this configuration is designed to prevent the cover from coming off from the inside of the cover to the first opening side. In this case, since the above-mentioned retaining fixing portion also prevents the removal from the inside of the cover to the first opening side, the connector can be reliably removed even if the cover side engaging portion is damaged as described above. Can be prevented.

Further, in the present invention, the upper cover and the lower cover, in a state in which the upper cover and the lower cover are engaged and fixed to each other, form a connector accommodating portion for accommodating the connector and a wire accommodating portion for accommodating the connector side end of the wiring member. And having the first opening in the connector housing. In this case, the connector is engaged with the cover-side engaging portion is slid on the wiring arrangement portion side from the first opening. Since the assembling direction of the lower cover and the connector is different from the assembling direction of the lower cover and the upper cover, when assembling the upper cover to the lower cover to which the connector is fixed, the connector is not easily displaced.

The perspective view which shows the state which accommodated the connector in the connector cover which is 1st Example of this invention. The disassembled perspective view of FIG. FIG. 2 is a first perspective view of an upper cover constituting the connector cover of FIG. 1; The 2nd perspective view of the upper side cover which comprises the connector cover of FIG. FIG. 6 is a first perspective view of a lower cover that constitutes the connector cover of FIG. 1; The 2nd perspective view of the lower side cover which comprises the connector cover of FIG. FIG. 2 is a first perspective view of the connector cover of FIG. 1; FIG. 7 is a second perspective view of the connector cover of FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is a first perspective view of the connector of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a second perspective view of the connector of FIG. 1; The perspective view which shows the other party of the connector of FIG. The perspective view which shows the state which connected the other party of connection to the connector in the connector cover of FIG. Sectional drawing which cut | disconnected the connector cover of FIG. 8A in the thickness direction (vertical direction) center. The 1st figure which showed the procedure of fixing a connector to the lower side cover of FIG. 1 in the cross section cut | disconnected in the center of the width direction (left-right direction) of a connector cover. The figure following FIG. 9A. The perspective view which shows the cross section which cut | disconnected the connector accommodating part of the connector cover of FIG. The perspective view which shows the cross section which cut | disconnected the connector cover of FIG. 1 in the center of the width direction (left-right direction). The 1st figure which showed the procedure of connecting a connection other party to the connector of FIG. 1 in the cross section cut | disconnected in the center of the width direction (left-right direction) of a connector cover. The figure following FIG. 12A. The perspective view which shows the state which accommodated the connector in the connector cover which is 2nd Example of this invention. The disassembled perspective view of FIG. The 1st perspective view of the upper side cover which comprises the connector cover of FIG. The 2nd perspective view of the upper side cover which comprises the connector cover of FIG. The 1st perspective view of the lower side cover which comprises the connector cover of FIG. The 2nd perspective view of the lower side cover which comprises the connector cover of FIG. The 1st perspective view of the connector cover of FIG. FIG. 14 is a second perspective view of the connector cover of FIG. 13; The perspective view which shows the state which connected the other party of connection to the connector in the connector cover of FIG. Sectional drawing which cut | disconnected the connector cover of FIG. 18A in the thickness direction (vertical direction) center.

  Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the connector cover 1 of the present embodiment accommodates the connector 5 therein, and a first opening 1A for exposing the terminal portion 59 of the accommodated connector 5 to the outside; And a second opening 1B from which the wiring member 6 (see FIG. 8B) connected to the accommodated connector 5 is drawn out. Furthermore, the connector cover 1 of the present embodiment is configured such that the upper cover 2 and the lower cover 3 are engaged and fixed, and the connector side of the connector 5 and the wiring member 6 drawn from the connector 5 is formed therein. The end 6A (see FIG. 8B) is housed together. That is, the connector cover 1 accommodates and protects not only the connector 5 but also the root portion 6A of the wiring member 6. Therefore, the upper cover 2 and the lower cover 3 of the present embodiment form the root of the connector housing portion 11 for housing the connector 5 and the wiring member 6 as shown in FIG. And a wiring accommodating portion 12 for accommodating the connector side end 6A. The connector housing 11 has a first opening 1A, while the wiring housing 12 has a second opening 1B, and the connector cover 1 has a cylindrical shape with these openings 1A and 1B. There is no.

  The wiring member 6 can be one or more. Here, a plurality of wire harnesses connected to the connector 5 are used.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, the upper cover 2 and the lower cover 3 have a cylindrical shape in which the wiring member 6 is disposed so as to pass through at the end on the second opening 1B side in the state where the two are engaged and fixed. It has the cylindrical member arrangement | positioning part 14 which arrange | positions the member 7 in the removal prevention state.

  In addition, as shown to FIG. 8A, the cylindrical member 7 of a present Example is a tube body, what is called a corrugated tube in which cyclic | annular unevenness | corrugation is repeatedly formed in the outer peripheral surface toward the axial direction. On the other hand, on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical member disposition portion 14, a concavo-convex fitting portion to be fitted with the concavities and convexities is formed. The corrugated tube 7 is arrange | positioned in the form which engage | inserts the unevenness | corrugation of the self to the uneven | corrugated fitting part of the cylindrical member arrangement | positioning part 14, as shown to FIG. 8B. Thereby, the positional deviation to the second opening 1B side and the first opening 1A side (cover inside side) in the axial direction 1X of the connector cover 1 and the removal from the second opening 1B side are prevented. .

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the upper cover 2 is housed at the connector housing 11 side (the first opening 1A side) with the upper surface portion 20A located on the upper side of the connector 5 housed inside, and A left side surface 21L and a right side surface 21R sandwiching the connector 5 from the outer side in the left-right direction. The upper surface portion 20A is formed to be biased toward the first opening 1A side, and connects the left side surface portion 21L and the right side surface portion 21R at their upper ends. The wiring accommodating portion 12 side (the second opening 1B side in the axial direction 1X) of the upper surface portion 20A is opened upward and to the wiring accommodating portion 12 side as a release operation opening 27 as shown in FIG. The operation unit 500 provided in the connector 5 to be accommodated is exposed and operable. The upper cover 2 has an upper surface 20B located on the upper side of the wiring member 6 accommodated on the side of the wiring accommodation portion 12 and a left side surface 23L and a right side surface 23R sandwiching the accommodated wiring member 6 from the outside in the left-right direction. And.

  As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the lower cover 3 is accommodated at the connector accommodation portion 11 side (the first opening 1A side) with the lower surface portion 30A located below the accommodated connector 5, and The left side surface 31L and the right side surface 31R sandwich the connector 5 from the outside in the left-right direction. The lower cover 3 has a lower surface 30B located below the wiring member 6 to be accommodated and a wiring member 6 accommodated in the lateral direction on the side of the wiring accommodation portion 12 (the side of the second opening 1B). It has left side part 33L and right side part 33R pinched from the outside. The lower surface portion 30B, the left side surface portion 33L and the right side surface portion 33R constitute a concave wiring disposition portion 30C in which the connector side end portion 6A of the wiring member 6 is disposed and accommodated when the upper cover 2 is assembled.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, the lower cover 3 has a cover side engaging portion 35 for engaging and fixing the connector 5. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6B, the connector 5 has a connector side engaging portion 55 that engages with and is fixed to the cover side engaging portion 35. Since the upper cover 2 can be assembled | attached in the state which temporarily fixed the connector 5 with respect to the lower side cover 3 by these, workability | operativity can be improved. In the prior art, it was necessary to assemble the upper cover 2 with the other hand while holding the connector 5 at the predetermined position on the lower cover 3 with one hand, but according to this embodiment, the workability is It will be greatly improved.

  Here, the engagement and fixing between the lower cover 3 and the connector 5 in the present embodiment will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the connector side engagement portion 55 causes the cover side engagement of the lower cover 3 to move the connector 5 relative to the lower cover 3 from the first opening 1A side to the inside of the cover. The part 35 is engaged and fixed. The connector 5 of the present embodiment is slid from the first opening 1 A toward the wiring arrangement portion 12 and engaged with the cover-side engaging portion 35 of the lower cover 3.

  Here, the cover-side engaging portion 35 of the lower cover 3 and the connector-side engaging portion 55 of the connector 5 are formed as a protruding engaging portion, one of which protrudes toward the other, and the other is a protruding engaging portion thereof. It is formed as a receiving engagement for receiving and engaging. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4A, the cover-side engaging portion 35 of the lower cover 3 is a projecting engaging portion 35 that protrudes from the inside of the cover toward the first opening 1A side, and As shown in FIG. 6B, the connector side engaging portion 55 of the connector 5 is a receiving engaging portion 55 which is engaged by causing the projecting engaging portion 35 to approach from the projecting distal end side.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, the connector side engaging portion 55 of the connector 5 here faces the main body portion 50 of the connector 5 on the lower side, and protrudes from the first opening 1A side to the inside of the cover, The projecting end side is a receiving engagement portion 55 configured to have an elastic portion 53 that can be rocked by elastic deformation. The elastic portion 53 is connected to the main body portion 50 at the first opening 1A side, and the projecting tip end side can be vertically oscillated from the connecting portion 54 (see FIG. 6B). In addition, the elastic portion 53 has a locking claw portion 53T which protrudes in a direction (here, upward) orthogonal to the protruding direction on the protruding tip side. When the connector 5 is engaged with and fixed to the lower cover 3, the connector 5 receives the projecting engagement portion 35 of the lower cover 3 between the main body 50 and the elastic portion 53 so as to approach the lower cover 3. Do. At this time, the locking claw portion 53T at the tip of the elastic portion 53 is the inside of the cover from the first opening 1A side with respect to the tip portion (locking portion) 35S of the projecting engagement portion 35 of the lower cover 3. Abuts toward the two-opening portion 1B). At this time, the elastic portion 53 is swung in the form accompanied by the elastic deformation by passing a force to make it approach further, and gets over the tip portion 35S. Then, the elastic portion 53 elastically returns in the form of causing the locking claw portion 53T to enter the claw housing portion 35U at the point where the elastic portion 53 gets over and enters. As a result, the locking claw portion 53T is abutted and locked from the inside of the cover with respect to the tip portion 35S which has passed over, and the connector 5 is engaged with the lower cover 3 so as to be prevented from coming off to the first opening 1A side. It becomes a fixed state.

  The lower cover 3 in which the connector 5 is engaged and fixed to the cover-side engaging portion 35 in this manner is pulled out from the connector 5 in the retaining state (engaged and fixed state) as shown in FIG. 9B. The connector side end 6A of the wiring member 6 can be disposed and accommodated in the concave wiring disposition portion 30C (30B, 33L, 33R), and the upper cover 2 can be engaged and fixed in that state (see FIG. 11). By this engagement and fixing, both the connector 5 and the connector side end 6A of the wiring member 6 drawn from the connector 5 are accommodated in the inside of the connector cover 1.

  The assembly of the upper cover 2 and the lower cover 3 is performed by engaging and fixing the respective assembling engaging portions 22 and 32 (see FIGS. 1 and 10).

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the assembling engagement portion 32 of the lower cover 3 is provided on the upper end side of the left side portions 31L and 33L and the right side portions 31R and 33R of the lower cover 3. It is a protruding engaging portion 32 that protrudes outward in the direction. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the assembling engagement portion 22 of the upper cover 2 protrudes outward from the left side surface portions 21L and 23L and the right side surface portions 21R and 23R of the upper surface cover 2 and the protruding tip end side is downward. The receiving engagement portion 22 is formed as an extended outer lower extension 22 and receives and engages the projecting engagement portion 32.

  Specifically, the protruding engagement portion 32 of the lower cover 3 is a locking claw portion 32 that protrudes outward from the upper ends of the left side surface portions 31L, 33L and the right side surface portions 31R, 33R. On the other hand, the lower end side of the receiving engagement portion 22 of the upper cover 2 is an elastic portion 22 that can be pivoted outward by elastic deformation. The elastic portion 22 receives the locking claw portion 32 of the lower cover 3 from below when the upper cover 2 is assembled by bringing the upper cover 2 closer to the lower cover 3 from the upper side, but the locking claw The distal end portion (locking portion) 22S of itself 22 abuts against the portion 32 from below. At this time, by applying a further downward force to the upper cover 2, the elastic portion 22 swings outward in a form accompanied by elastic deformation, and the tip end portion 22S gets over the locking claw portion 32. Then, the elastic portion 22 elastically returns in the form of allowing the locking claw portion 32 to enter the claw housing portion 22U (see FIGS. 5A and 5B) at the point where the locking claw portion 32 is crossed and entered. As a result, the tip portion 22S which has passed over is locked in contact with the locking claw portion 32 from the lower side toward the upper side, and the upper cover 2 is engaged with the lower cover 3 so as to be fixed upward. It becomes a state.

  By the way, either or both of the upper cover 2 and the lower cover 3 are engaged and fixed with each other, and in the state where the connector 5 is engaged and fixed and accommodated, from the first opening 1A of the accommodated connector 5 It has detachment prevention parts 21T and 201C which block omission.

  The retaining portions 21T and 201C of the present embodiment are formed only on the upper cover 2 as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B. Therefore, the retaining portions 21T and 201C play a role only when the upper cover 2 is assembled to the lower cover 3 in which the connector 5 is engaged and fixed.

  The first retaining portion 21T will be described.

  The upper cover 2 of the present embodiment, when the first opening 1A is viewed from the front, extends leftward from both sides in the left-right direction, and covers the left and right sides of the connector 5 from the outside It has 21R. As shown in FIG. 3A, an engaging convex portion 21T that protrudes inward is formed as a retaining portion 21T on either or both of the left side surface portion 21L and the right side surface portion 21R. In the present embodiment, the engagement convex portion 21T is formed only on one of the left side surface portion 21L and the right side surface portion 21R of the upper cover 2 (here, the left side surface portion 21L). On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6A, the connector 5 is formed with an engagement recess 51U in the side surface on the corresponding side of the left and right side surfaces. When the upper cover 2 is assembled by bringing the upper cover 2 closer to the lower cover 3 from the upper side to the lower side, the engaging convex portion 21T of the upper cover 2 enters the inner side of the engaging concave portion 51U of the connector 5 from the upper side. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 8B, the engaging convex portion 21T is provided on both the first opening 1A side and the second opening 1B side (cover inner side) in the axial direction 1X with respect to the engaging concave portion 51U. Since the connector 5 faces the upper cover 2 in the first opening 1A side and the inner side of the cover, the connector 5 is prevented from coming off. In this manner, the engagement convex portion 21T functions as the retaining portion 21T.

  Due to the presence of the retaining state of the connector 5 by the retaining portion 21T, the connector 5 can maintain the first opening 1A regardless of the engagement state of the lower cover 3 with the cover side engaging portion 35. It will be in the state of retaining to the side. That is, even if either the cover side engaging portion 35 of the lower cover 3 or the connector side engaging portion 55 of the connector 5 is damaged and the engaged state due to them is not maintained, It does not fall off from the opening 1A.

  The engaging convex portion 21T of the present embodiment is formed as a protruding portion (rib) 21T extending in the vertical direction. Furthermore, the engaging convex portions 21T, 21T here are formed as a pair of projecting ridge portions 21T, 21T juxtaposed in the axial direction 1X so as to extend in the vertical direction. Further, the engagement recess 51U of the present embodiment is formed as a single accommodation recess 51U that accommodates the pair of engagement projections 21T, 21T, and the engagement projections 21T, 21T are formed in the axial direction 1X. It faces both the one opening 1A side and the cover inner side (second opening 1B side), and restricts the movement to both of them.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the left side surface 31L and the right side surface 31R of this embodiment respectively extend upward from the left and right ends of the lower surface 30A, and the tips of the left side surface 21L and the right side surface 21R of the upper cover 2 It forms as the left side accommodating part 31L and the right side accommodating part 31R which accommodate the part 21A from the upper part in the form which covers the outer side of the left-right direction. When the upper cover 2 is assembled to the lower cover 3 in which the connector 5 is engaged and fixed, the left side surface 31L and the right side surface 31R of the lower cover 3 are the tip 21A of the left side surface 21L of the upper cover 2 and the right side surface 21R. Function as an accommodation unit for accommodating (see FIGS. 3A and 3B). At this time, the left side surface 31L and the right side surface 31R of the lower cover 3 face the front end 21A of the left side surface 21L and the right side surface 21R of the housed upper side cover 2 at the first opening 1A side in the axial direction 1X. Between the movement restriction wall parts 31L1 and 31R1 located on the second opening 1B side (cover inner side) and movement restriction wall parts 31L2 and 31R2 located opposite to each other, and restrict movement to both sides. ing. That is, simultaneously with the engagement and assembly of the upper cover 2 and the lower cover 3, the upper cover 2 and the lower cover 3 are positioned relative to each other.

  The second retaining portion 201C will be described.

  Before that, the connector 5 will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the connector 5 includes a retaining engagement portion 58 for securing the connection partner 9 connected to the terminal portion 59 in a retaining state and a release operation portion 57 for releasing the retention state. And. The upper cover 2 exposes the release operation portion 57 to the outside from the release operation opening 27 in a state in which the upper cover 2 is engaged and fixed to the lower cover 3, so that the user can operate it.

  The connector 5 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6A, includes a swing operation portion 500 having a release operation portion 57 and a retaining engagement portion 58. In the swing operation unit 500 of the present embodiment, the retaining engagement portion 58 is provided on the side of the first opening 1A in the axial direction 1X, and the release operation portion 57 is provided on the side of the second opening 1B. The rocking starting point 56 is provided on the When the user presses the release operation portion 57 downward by the user, the connector 5 lifts the locking engagement portion 58 upward starting from the rocking starting point portion 56, and the locking and fixing state with the connection partner 9 is achieved. Is released. The rocking starting point portion 56 is connected to the upper end left side wall portion 501L and the upper end right side wall portion 501R which sandwich the rocking operation portion 500 from both sides in the left-right direction with a gap.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the terminal portion 99 of the connection partner 9 of the connector 5 is in a connected state by being press-fit to the concave terminal portion 59 of the connector 5. Further, the connection counterpart 9 of the connector 5 has a locking claw 98T projecting upward on the upper surface side. The rocking operation portion 500 of the connector 5 is a rocking start point between the retaining engagement portion 58 on the first opening 1A side and the release operation portion 57 on the second opening 1B side in the axial direction 1X. By elastic deformation starting from the portion 56, it can be swung up and down. When the terminal 99 of the connection partner 9 is connected from the first opening 1A to the terminal 59 of the connector 5 accommodated in the upper cover 2 and the lower cover 3 in the engaged fixed state (see FIG. 12A) In the swinging operation portion 500, the locking claw portion 98T abuts on the tip end portion (locking portion) 58S of the retaining engagement portion 58 from the first opening 1A side. However, by further applying to the connection partner 9 a force that causes the locking claw portion 98T to enter the back side in the depth direction (cover inner side), the rocking operation portion 500 is engaged in the form of a resilient engagement in the form of detachment prevention The portion 58 side swings upward and gets over the tip portion 58S. Then, the rocking operation portion 500 elastically returns in the form that the locking claw portion 98T enters the claw housing portion 58U of the rocking operation portion 500 as it gets over and enters. As a result, the resiliently restored rocking operation unit 500 is engaged with the distal end 58S from the side of the first opening 1A opposite to the inside of the cover with the locking claw 98T being abutted and locked. It will be in the engagement fixation state currently held off with respect to the connector 5 to the 1st opening 1A side (refer FIG. 12B).

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the swing operation portion 500 of the connector 5 has a shape in which the retaining engagement portion 58 side is narrower in the left-right direction than the release operation portion 57 side. Further, the connector 5 has an upper end left side wall portion 501L and an upper end right side wall portion 501R which sandwich the swinging operation portion 500 from both sides in the left-right direction with a gap. The upper end left side wall portion 501L and the upper end right side wall portion 501R, similarly to the swing operation portion 500, have a shape in which the retaining engagement portion 58 side is narrower than the release operation portion 57 and opposed. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5A, the upper cover 2 has a left side 21L and a right side 21R that respectively extend downward from both sides in the left-right direction and cover the left and right sides of the connector 5. The left side surface portion 21L and the right side surface portion 21R, like the upper end left side wall portion 501L and the upper end right side wall portion 501R of the connector 5, have a shape in which the retaining engagement portion 58 is narrower than the release operation portion 57 side. The left side 21L and the right side 21R of the upper cover 2 and the upper left wall 501L and the upper right wall 501R of the connector 5 extend in the left-right direction from the retaining engagement portion 58 side to the release operation portion 57 side. The width-increased portions 201C, 201C, 501C, and 501C in which the opposing widths spread out are in contact with each other in the axial direction 1X. By the contact, the upper cover 2 prevents the connector 5 from coming off the first opening 1A. Thus, the width expanding part 201C of the upper cover 2 functions as the second retaining part 201C by coming into contact with the width expanding part 501C of the connector 5.

  The upper surface portion 20A of the upper cover 2 and the left side surface portion 21L and the right side surface portion 21R form a release operation opening 27 from the width expanded portions 201C and 201C to the release operation portion 57 side. The left side surface 21L and the right side surface 21R that form the release operation opening 27 form an inclined side surface that descends downward in the section closer to the release operation unit 57 than the wide-width portions 201C and 201C. Thus, the left side surface portion 21L and the right side surface portion 21R do not prevent the release operation opening portion 27 from moving downward of the finger pressed by the user through the release operation portion 57.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the left side surface 21L and the right side surface 21R of the upper cover 2 are a left side main portion 21L1 and a right side main portion 21R1 sandwiching the main portion 50 of the connector 5 from both sides in the left and right direction The left side upper part 21L2 and the right side upper part 21R2 located on the upper side of 50 and sandwiching the retaining engagement portion 58 from both sides in the left-right direction, the left side main part 21L1 and the right side main part 21R1 from the left side upper part 21L2 and the right side upper part It has left side upper part 21LC and right side upper part 21RC in which the width in the left and right direction becomes narrower toward the upper side toward 21R2. The left side upper portion 21LC and the right side upper portion 21RC forming the width reduction portion in this manner abut on the main body portion 50 of the connector 5 from above. This contact prevents the connector 5 from being pulled upward.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to this, as long as it does not deviate from the scope of the claims, without departing from the knowledge of those skilled in the art. Based on the above, various changes such as additions and omissions are possible.

  Hereinafter, another embodiment or modification different from the above embodiment will be described. The parts having the same functions as those in the above embodiment are indicated by the same reference numerals and the detailed description is omitted. Moreover, the said Example and the following modification can be implemented suitably combining in the range which technical contradiction does not produce.

  13 to 18 show modifications of the above embodiment. The connector housing portion 11 has a common structure, and the engagement and fixation to the lower cover 3 of the connector 5 and the engagement and assembly of the upper cover 2 and the lower cover 3 are performed by a common structure. Ru. A different point is that the wiring accommodating portion 12 has a bent shape.

Reference Signs List 1 connector cover 2 upper cover 27 opening for release operation 3 lower cover 35 cover engagement portion 5 connector 58 release engagement portion 57 release operation portion 59 terminal portion 6 wiring member 6A connector end portion 9 connector connection partner

Claims (4)

A connector cover that accommodates the connector inside by exposing the terminal portion of the connector to the outside and pulling out the wiring member connected to the connector,
The upper cover, the lower cover having the cover side engaging portion for engaging and fixing the connector, and the wiring arrangement portion for arranging the wiring member drawn from the connector are engaged and fixed. With
The upper cover is configured such that the connector is engaged with and fixed to the cover-side engaging portion with respect to the lower cover, and the connector-side end of the wiring member drawn out from the connector is disposed in the wiring arrangement portion Can be engaged and fixed, and both the connector and the connector side end of the wiring member can be accommodated therein by the engagement fixing ,
The upper cover and the lower cover form a connector accommodating portion for accommodating the connector in a state in which the upper cover and the lower cover are engaged and fixed to each other, and the connector accommodating portion is a first opening for exposing a terminal of the accommodated connector And the connector is engaged with the lower cover by being slid from the first opening to the wiring arrangement part with respect to the lower cover and engaged with the cover-side engaging part. On the other hand, in the engagement fixed state in which it is prevented from coming off to the first opening side,
The upper cover has both side portions covering the both sides of the connector from the outside, and the connector is on the cover side engaging portion of the lower cover on the inner side of either or both side portions of the upper cover. A retaining portion is formed which is housed in a fixedly engaged manner, and in the state where the upper cover and the lower cover are engaged, the removal of the housed connector from the first opening is prevented. Connector cover characterized by. The connector has a retaining engagement portion for retaining the connection partner connected to the terminal portion of the connector in the retaining state, and a release operation portion for releasing the retaining state.
The connector cover according to claim 1, wherein the upper cover has a release operation opening that exposes the release operation portion to the outside when the upper cover is engaged and fixed to the lower cover. The retaining portion is formed as an engaging protrusion projecting inward from either or both side portions of the upper cover, while an engaging recess is formed on the side surface of the corresponding connector, By bringing the upper cover closer to the lower cover from the upper side and assembling the upper cover, the engaging convex portion of the upper cover is configured to enter from the upper side to the inner side with respect to the engaging recess of the connector The connector cover according to claim 1 or 2. Both side surfaces of the connector and both side surfaces of the upper cover each have an enlarged width portion in which the opposing widths between the side surfaces and the side surfaces extend from the first opening side toward the wiring disposition side. The width-increased portion of the upper cover functions as a second retaining portion that prevents removal of the accommodated connector from the first opening by abutting on the width-increased portion of the connector. Connector cover according to 3.

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