JP6930561B2 - connector - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a connector.

Patent Document 1 discloses a female connector and a male connector that can be fitted to each other. The male connector includes a terminal support on which the male terminal is supported and a main body that accommodates the terminal support. The male terminal has a form in which the male tab protrudes forward, and when the connector is fitted, the male tab is received by the female terminal and electrically connected.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 06-333629

By the way, when the terminal support is housed in the main body, the male tab may interfere with the outer wall of the main body and may be broken or damaged. In view of this, it is conceivable to attach a protective member to the terminal support so as to cover the male tab, and to protect the male tab with the protective member. However, with such a configuration, after the terminal support is housed in the main body, it is necessary to remove the protective member from the terminal support using a jig or the like in order to expose the male tab. There is a problem that the number of man-hours increases and workability deteriorates.

The present invention has been completed based on the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a connector capable of improving assembly workability.

The connector of the present invention accommodates a relatively slidable terminal support and a terminal covering, a male terminal fitting supported by the terminal support and having a male tab, and the terminal support and the terminal covering. A housing having a portion and a hood portion connected to the accommodating portion and surrounding the male tab is provided, and the terminal covering body has a protective position for covering the male tab and an exposure for exposing the male tab. The relative slidable portion is provided at the position, and the accommodating portion is provided with a retaining portion for abutting the normally accommodated terminal covering body, and the terminal support is the terminal covering body at the protective position. Is held against the retaining portion, and when a certain force or more is applied, the terminal covering body slides relative to the exposed position so as to be displaced to the exposed position, and is normally accommodated in the accommodating portion. It is characterized in that the male tab is configured to be located in the hood portion.

When the terminal support and the terminal coating are inserted into the accommodating portion and a certain force or more is applied to the terminal support while the terminal coating at the protection position is pressed against the retaining portion, the terminal supports are relative to each other. The terminal covering is displaced to the exposed position by sliding, and the male tab is exposed and arranged in the hood portion, so that the male tab can be electrically connected to the female terminal fitting on the other side.

In the state before the terminal support and the terminal covering are housed in the housing portion, the male tab is protected by the terminal covering in the protected position, and breakage or breakage is avoided.

Since the operation of the terminal support and the terminal covering being housed in the accommodating portion is linked to the operation of the terminal support and the terminal covering being relatively slid, the terminal covering can be automatically displaced to the exposed position. , A special jig or the like for displacing the terminal covering body to the exposed position is not required, and the work manpower does not increase, so that the assembling workability can be improved.

In the connector according to the first embodiment of the present invention, a cross-sectional view in the side view showing a state in which a unit composed of a terminal support and a terminal covering is inserted into a housing housing portion and the terminal covering is arranged at a protective position. be. Further, it is sectional drawing which shows the state which the terminal covering body was displaced to the exposed position. Further, it is sectional drawing which shows the state which the terminal covering body returned to the protection position and was displaced in the process of taking out a unit from a housing part. It is a front view which shows the state which the unit is regularly accommodated in the accommodating part. It is a top view of the unit in which the terminal covering body is arranged in a protection position. It is a side view of the unit in which a terminal covering body is arranged in a protection position. It is a bottom view of the unit in which the terminal covering body is arranged in a protection position. It is a perspective view of the unit in which the terminal covering body is arranged in a protection position. It is a perspective view of the unit which arranged the terminal covering body in an exposed position. It is a rear view of the unit which arranged the terminal covering body in an exposed position. It is a perspective view of a terminal support. It is a perspective view of the terminal covering body. It is a top view of the terminal covering body. It is a bottom view of the terminal covering body. It is a partially cutaway perspective view of a housing. It is sectional drawing of the housing.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown below.
One of the terminal support and the terminal coating is provided with a flexible and deformable semi-lock portion, and the other is elastically locked to the semi-lock portion at the protection position, and the terminal support is at least a certain level. When no force is applied, it is preferable that a regulating portion for regulating the relative displacement of the terminal covering body to the exposed position is provided. According to this, it is possible to prevent the terminal covering body from being easily displaced to the exposed position before the terminal supporting body and the terminal covering body are housed in the accommodating portion.

It is preferable that the accommodating portion is provided with a flexible and deformable lance that prevents and locks the normally accommodating terminal support. According to this, it is possible to prevent the terminal support from coming out of the accommodating portion. Further, since the male terminal fitting is supported by the terminal support locked to the lance, when the cable or the like connected to the male terminal fitting is pulled, the pulling force can be effectively resisted.

When a force in the pull-out direction is applied to the terminal support, the accommodating portion elastically contacts the terminal covering in the pull-out direction to slide the terminal covering to the protective position. Further, it is preferable that a hook portion is provided to allow the terminal coating body displaced to the protection position to be taken out. According to this, when the terminal support and the terminal coating are taken out from the housing, when a force in the pulling direction is applied to the terminal support, the terminal coating elastically abuts on the hook portion and is displaced to the protection position. In that state, the terminal support and the terminal coating can be taken out from the housing. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately perform a slide operation for displacing the terminal covering body to the protective position with respect to the taken-out terminal supporting body and the terminal covering body, and workability can be further improved.

<Example 1>
Hereinafter, Example 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 16. The connector 10 according to the first embodiment is a connector for in-vehicle communication, and includes a male terminal fitting 20, a terminal support 30, a terminal covering 50, and a housing 70, as shown in FIG. The male terminal fitting 20 is supported by the terminal support 30. The terminal support 30 and the terminal covering 50 are assembled so as to be relatively slidable in the front-rear direction. The assembled terminal support 30 and terminal covering 50 are inserted into the housing 70 and accommodated along the front-rear direction. Hereinafter, the structure of each member will be specifically described.

The male terminal fitting 20 is integrally molded by bending a conductive metal material or the like, and has a male tab 21 that elongated forward from the tubular main body portion as shown in FIG. 5, and is rearward of the main body portion. Is connected to the terminal portion of the cable 90. The cable 90 is configured as a twisted pair wire in which two electric wires 91 are twisted in pairs. The two electric wires 91 are untwisted at the portion where the coating 92 is removed, and the male terminal fitting 20 is electrically and mechanically connected to the untwisted portion.

Subsequently, the terminal support 30 and the terminal covering 50 will be described. The vertical direction in the description is based on the state of FIGS. 1 to 4 in which the terminal support 30 and the terminal covering 50 are housed in the housing 70.

The terminal support 30 is a dielectric made of synthetic resin, and as shown in FIG. 11, has a rectangular plate-shaped support body 31 that is long in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 8, a housing lock portion 32 is projected from the front portion of the upper surface of the support main body 31, and a pair of forward restricting portions 33 are projected from the left and right sides of the housing lock portion 32 and rearward. ..

As shown in FIG. 11, on the lower surface of the support main body 31, a pair of rail portions 34 are provided at both left and right ends extending in the front-rear direction, and a partition portion 35 is provided extending in the front-rear direction at the left and right center portions. ing. In the terminal support 30, a pair of left and right terminal insertion spaces 36 are partitioned between each rail portion 34, the partition portion 35, and the support main body 31. A male terminal fitting 20 is inserted and accommodated in each terminal insertion space 36 of the terminal support 30. On the lower surface of the support main body 31, a terminal retaining portion 37 for preventing the male terminal fitting 20 housed in each terminal insertion space 36 from coming off is projected, and further, the male terminal fitting 20 housed in each terminal insertion space 36 is provided. A support piece 38 capable of supporting the male tab 21 is projected.

In the terminal support 30, one cable end insertion space 39 is partitioned between the support main body 31 and each rail portion 34 and behind the partition portion 35. The end of the coating 92 of the cable 90 is accommodated in the cable end insertion space 39. Since each terminal insertion space 36 is located immediately before the cable end insertion space 39, the length of the untwisted portion from the end of the coating 92 of the cable 90 to the connection to the male terminal fitting 20 is shortened. Communication performance can be improved. The male terminal fitting 20 inserted into each terminal insertion space 36 is fixed to the terminal support 30 and behaves integrally with the terminal support 30.

A pair of rectangular plate-shaped restricting portions 41 are provided so as to project downward from the lower end front portion of each rail portion 34. Further, guide grooves 42 having a concave cross section are provided on the left and right outer surfaces of each rail portion 34 so as to extend in the front-rear direction.

The terminal covering body 50 is a dielectric made of synthetic resin, and as shown in FIG. 12, has a rectangular plate-shaped covering main body 51 that is long in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 14, a contact portion 52 is provided so as to project from the lower surface of the covering main body 51. The contact portion 52 has a long square block shape in the front-rear direction at the left and right central portions of the covering main body 51, and the rear end corner portion is chamfered. Further, on the lower surface of the covering main body 51, a pair of hooked portions 53 are provided so as to project on the left and right sides of the contact portion 52. Each hooked portion 53 is provided in a stepped manner on the left and right end surfaces of the abutting portion 52 so as to be one step lower than the abutting portion 52. As shown in FIG. 6, the front surface of the hooked portion 53 is inclined toward the rear, and the rear surface of the hooked portion 53 is arranged so as to be substantially steep in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 14, a pair of through grooves 54 are provided at both left and right ends of the covering main body 51. Each through groove 54 is formed in a slit shape extending in the front-rear direction. The left and right outer ends of each through groove 54 are partitioned by a pair of semi-locked portions 55 in the covering main body 51. Each semi-locking portion 55 has a double-sided beam shape extending in the front-rear direction, and has an interfering portion 56 protruding in the central portion in the extending direction so as to narrow the groove width of the through groove 54. As will be described later, when the regulating portion 41 interferes with the interfering portion 56, each semi-locking portion 55 bends and deforms outward in a bow shape to allow the relative displacement of the regulating portion 41 in the through groove 54. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, a pair of side wall portions 57 are provided on the upper surface of the covering main body 51 extending in the front-rear direction at both left and right ends, and a partition wall portion 58 extends in the front-rear direction at the left and right center portions. And, at the front end portion, a front wall portion 59 connected to each front end of each side wall portion 57 and the partition wall portion 58 is provided so as to extend in the left-right direction.

Each side wall portion 57 has a portion corresponding to each semi-lock portion 55 cut out, and is located outside each semi-lock portion 55 in the left-right direction. Each semi-lock portion 55 can be flexed and deformed into a space reserved inward from the outer surface of each side wall portion 57. A guide portion 64 is provided at the upper end portion of each side wall portion 57 so as to project inward. As shown in FIG. 10, the guide portion 64 enters the guide groove 42 and is made slidable in the guide groove 42, enabling the relative sliding of the terminal support 30 and the terminal covering body 50.

As shown in FIG. 12, in the terminal covering body 50, a pair of left and right covering spaces 61 are partitioned between each side wall portion 57, the partition wall portion 58, the front wall portion 59, and the covering main body 51. A male terminal fitting 20 is covered and arranged in each covering space 61. The front wall portion 59 is provided with a pair of left and right tab insertion ports 62 through which the male tab 21 of the male terminal fitting 20 penetrates. A slit groove 63 that extends in the vertical direction and opens at the upper end of the front wall portion 59 communicates with each tab insertion port 62. Each slit groove 63 serves as a passage when the male tab 21 is introduced into each tab insertion port 62, and as shown in FIG. 4, each support piece 38 of the terminal support 30 enters inside. ing.

Subsequently, the housing 70 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the housing 70 is made of synthetic resin and has a tubular shape that penetrates in the front-rear direction as a whole. It has a part 72.

The accommodating portion 71 has an accommodating space 73 penetrating in the front-rear direction. A flexible and deformable lance 74 is provided on the upper surface of the inner wall of the accommodating portion 71 (the upper surface of the inner wall of the accommodating space 73) so as to project forward in a cantilever shape. The front end of the lance 74 has a claw-like shape that protrudes downward. On the lower surface of the inner wall of the accommodating portion 71, a stepped retaining portion 75 is provided at the left and right central portions, and an approach groove 76 having a concave cross section is provided behind the retaining portion 75 so as to be recessed from the front. .. The retaining portion 75 is configured as a vertical wall surface that stands up along the vertical direction.
The entry groove 76 extends in the front-rear direction on the lower surface of the inner wall of the accommodation space 73 and opens at the rear end of the accommodation portion 71, and the contact portion 52 of the terminal covering 50 and each hooked portion 53 enter inside. It is possible.

As shown in FIG. 15, a pair of hooking portions 77 are provided on the left and right sides of the approach groove 76 on the lower surface of the inner wall of the accommodating portion 71. Each hooking portion 77 has an arm portion 78 extending rearward from the retaining portion 75 in a cantilever shape, and an approach groove 76 protruding inward from the rear end portion (tip portion, free end portion) of the arm portion 78. It is composed of a rectangular plate-shaped hook main body portion 79 that narrows the groove width, and a mountain-shaped resistance portion 81 that protrudes upward (accommodation space 73 side) with the same width as the arm portion 78 from the rear end portion of the arm portion 78. The arm portion 78 can be flexed and deformed with a proximal end portion connected to the retaining portion 75 as a substantially fulcrum. On the upper surface of the inner wall of the accommodating portion 71, a pair of die-cutting grooves 82 due to the passage of the mold for forming each hook main body portion 79 extend in the front-rear direction in the front region sandwiching the retaining portion 75. It is provided. As shown in FIG. 16, on the lower surface side of the accommodating portion 71, an attachment portion 83 for attaching to a bracket on the vehicle body side (not shown) is provided.

The hood portion 72 has a fitting space 84 that is shorter in the front-rear length than the accommodation portion 71, is slightly larger in the radial direction, penetrates in the front-rear direction, and communicates with the accommodation space 73. A claw-shaped lock portion 85 is provided at the front end portion of the inner surface of the upper wall of the hood portion 72 so as to project downward. A female connector on the other side (not shown) is fitted in the fitting space 84 of the hood portion 72, and a lock arm (not shown) provided on the female connector elastically locks the lock portion 85, and both connectors are fitted. It is designed to be held in a state.

Next, the method and operation of assembling the connector 10 of the first embodiment will be described.
At the time of assembly, the male terminal fitting 20 is accommodated and held in each terminal insertion space 36 of the terminal support 30. Subsequently, the terminal covering body 50 is put on the terminal support body 30. The guide portion 64 of each side wall portion 57 of the terminal covering body 50 elastically enters the guide groove 42 of each rail portion 34 of the terminal supporting body 30, so that the terminal supporting body 30 and the terminal covering body 50 are in a detachment restricted state. Retained (see Figure 10). Further, each regulation portion 41 of the terminal support 30 enters the rear portion of each through groove 54 of the terminal covering body 50, and each regulation portion 41 restricts movement in the front-rear direction between each through groove 54 and each interference portion 56. Placed in a state (see FIG. 7). At this time, the male tab 21 of each male terminal fitting 20 projects to the front of the terminal support 30, but the lower, both sides, and the front of the male tab 21 of each male terminal fitting 20 are the covering main body 51, both side wall portions 57, and the front wall portion of the terminal covering body 50. Each is covered by 59 (see FIG. 8). Thus, the terminal covering 50 is held in a protective position that protects the male tab 21 against the terminal support 30. When the terminal covering 50 is in the protective position, the male tab 21 of each male terminal fitting 20 is kept protected from external foreign matter.

Subsequently, the assembled terminal support 30 and terminal covering 50 (hereinafter referred to as unit 100) are inserted into the accommodation space 73 of the accommodation portion 71 of the housing 70 from behind. At this time, the unit 100 is pushed into the accommodation space 73 while holding the cable 90 extending rearward from the terminal support 30. Since the male tab 21 of each male terminal fitting 20 is covered by the terminal covering body 50 at the protected position, the wall surface of the housing 70 does not directly interfere with each male tab 21, and each male tab 21 is broken. It is prevented from being damaged.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the contact portion 52 of the terminal covering body 50 comes into contact with the retaining portion 75 of the housing 70 and reaches a position where the advance of the terminal covering body 50 is restricted, the terminal covering body 50 comes into contact with the housing 70. It is normally inserted into the accommodation space 73 of the above in a front-stopped state. At this time, the rear end portion of the terminal support 30 is exposed and arranged behind the housing 70. Further, each regulating portion 41 of the terminal support 30 comes into contact with the resistance portion 81 of each hooking portion 77, and each hooking portion 77 is bent and deformed.

Further, when the pushing force of the cable 90 is continued and the pushing force becomes a force equal to or higher than the frictional resistance acting on the unit 100, mainly the locking force between each regulating portion 41 and each interfering portion 56, The terminal support 30 begins to slide relative to the terminal covering 50. When the terminal support 30 starts to slide relative to each other, each regulating portion 41 is separated from each resistance portion 81 to eliminate the bent state of each hooking portion 77, and the sliding speed of the terminal support 30 is accelerated by inertia. Further, in the process of the terminal support 30 sliding relative to each other, each regulation portion 41 is displaced toward the front portion of each through groove 54, each interference portion 56 is pressed by each regulation portion 41, and each semi-lock portion 55 is pressed. It flexes and deforms elastically.

When the terminal support 30 reaches the position where it is normally inserted into the accommodation space 73 of the housing 70, each regulation portion 41 shifts to the front portion of each through groove 54, each semi-lock portion 55 elastically returns, and each regulation portion 41 is arranged between each through groove 54 and each interference portion 56 in a movement restricted state in the front-rear direction. As a result, the relative slide of the terminal support 30 and the terminal covering 50 is restricted, and the entire unit 100 is inserted into the accommodation space 73 (see FIG. 2). Further, the male tab 21 of each male terminal fitting 20 is arranged so as to project from each tab insertion port 62 into the hood portion 72, and the terminal covering body 50 is held at an exposed position where the male tab 21 is exposed to the terminal support 30. Will be done.

Further, in the process of the terminal support 30 sliding relative to each other, the housing lock portion 32 of the terminal support 30 presses the lance 74 to bend and deform it, but as the terminal support 30 is normally inserted into the accommodation space 73, The lance 74 elastically returns and is arranged so as to be locked to the housing lock portion 32 from the rear. As a result, the terminal support 30 and thus the unit 100 are housed in the housing space 73 of the housing 70 in a retaining state. Further, each advance restricting portion 33 of the terminal support 30 comes into contact with each stopper 86 (see FIG. 16) provided in the accommodating portion 71, so that the advance of the terminal support 30 toward the hood portion 72 side is restricted. NS.

After that, a female connector on the other side (not shown) is fitted into the fitting space 84 of the hood portion 72. When both connectors are normally fitted, the male tab 21 protruding into the fitting space 84 of the hood portion 72 is inserted into the box portion of the female terminal fitting on the other side (not shown), and both terminal fittings are electrically connected. ..

By the way, when the unit 100 is taken out from the accommodation space 73 of the housing 70 due to maintenance or the like, the lance 74 is bent and deformed in the direction of releasing the lock with the housing lock portion 32 by a jig (not shown) or the like. In that state, the cable 90 is pulled backward. Then, each hooked portion 53 of the terminal covering body 50 interferes with the hooked main body portion 79 of each hooking portion 77, and the interference resistance exerts a locking force between each regulating portion 41 and each interfering portion 56 due to the pulling of the cable 90. By exceeding, the locking between each regulating portion 41 and each interfering portion 56 is released, and each regulating portion 41 is relatively displaced toward the rear portion of each through groove 54. In the process of pulling the cable 90 in this way, the terminal support 30 and the terminal covering 50 slide relative to each other, and the terminal covering 50 is automatically displaced from the exposed position to the protected position.

Further, when the pulling operation of the cable 90 is continued, each hooking portion 77 is pressed by each hooked portion 53 to be flexed and deformed, and the backward displacement of the terminal covering body 50 in the accommodation space 73 is allowed (FIG. 3). See). After that, when the unit 100 is taken out from the housing 70, each male tab 21 is quickly protected by the terminal covering 50 in the protective position.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the unit 100 is inserted into the accommodating space 73 of the accommodating portion 71, and the terminal covering body 50 at the protection position is attached to the retaining portion 75 to support the terminals. When a certain force or more is applied to the body 30, the terminal support 30 slides relative to each other, the terminal covering 50 is displaced to the exposed position, and the male tab 21 is exposed and arranged in the fitting space 84 of the hood portion 72. Therefore, the male tab 21 is in a state where it can be electrically connected to the female terminal fitting on the other side. Here, in the state before the unit 100 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 71, the male tab 21 is protected by the terminal covering body 50 at the protected position, so that the male tab 21 is prevented from being broken or damaged.

As described above, the operation of the terminal support 30 and the terminal covering 50 being relatively slid interlocked with the work of being accommodated in the accommodating portion 71, so that the terminal covering 50 can be automatically displaced to the exposed position. , A special jig or the like for displacing the terminal covering body 50 to the exposed position is not required, and the number of work steps is not increased, so that the assembling workability can be improved.

Further, the terminal covering body 50 is provided with a semi-locking portion 55 that can be flexed and deformed, the terminal support 30 is elastically locked to the semi-locking portion 55 at a protective position, and the terminal support 30 is subjected to the above-mentioned constant force or more. When it is not added, the terminal covering body 50 is easily provided in the state before the unit 100 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 71 because the regulating portion 41 for restricting the relative displacement of the terminal covering body 50 to the exposed position is provided. It is possible to prevent the displacement to the exposed position.

Further, since the accommodating portion 71 of the housing 70 is provided with a flexible and deformable lance 74 that prevents and locks the normally accommodating terminal support 30, the terminal support 30 can be prevented from coming out of the accommodating portion 71. Can be prevented. In particular, since the male terminal fitting 20 is supported by the terminal support 30 locked to the lance 74, when the cable 90 or the like connected to the male terminal fitting 20 is pulled, it effectively resists the pulling force. can do.

Further, when a force is applied to the accommodating portion 71 in the pull-out direction so that the terminal support 30 pulls out rearward, the terminal support 30 elastically contacts the terminal covering 50 in the pull-out direction to form a terminal. Since the hooking portion 77 is provided so that the covering body 50 is relatively slid to the protection position and the terminal covering body 50 displaced to the protection position is taken out, the terminal 100 is taken out from the housing 70. The covering body 50 is automatically displaced to the protective position. Therefore, after the unit 100 is taken out from the housing 70, it is not necessary to separately return the terminal covering body 50 to the protected position in order to protect each male tab 21, and the workability can be further improved.

<Other Examples>
Hereinafter, other embodiments will be briefly described.
(1) In the first embodiment, the terminal support is arranged on the upper side and the terminal covering is arranged on the lower side with respect to the housing. On the contrary, the terminal support is arranged on the lower side with respect to the housing. The terminal covering may be arranged on the upper side. Further, the terminal support and the terminal covering may be arranged on both the left and right sides with respect to the housing.
(2) In the first embodiment, the semi-lock portion is provided on the terminal covering and the regulation portion is provided on the terminal support. On the contrary, the semi-lock portion is provided on the terminal support and the regulation portion is provided. It may be provided on the terminal covering body.
(3) In the first embodiment, the hooking portion is flexibly provided in the accommodating portion, and the hooked portion is fixed to the terminal covering body. On the contrary, the hooking portion is fixed to the accommodating portion. , The hooked portion may be provided on the terminal covering body so as to be flexible.
(4) A retaining portion is provided at the opening edge of the accommodating space on the rear surface of the accommodating portion, and the rear end portion of the terminal covering is applied to the opening edge portion (retaining portion) on the rear surface of the accommodating portion. There may be.
(5) The lance provided in the accommodating portion so as to be flexible and deformable may be a lance that prevents and locks at least one of the terminal support and the terminal covering, and is not necessarily limited to the case where the terminal support is prevented from coming off and locked. I can't.
(6) A special locking structure such as a semi-locking portion may not be provided between the terminal support and the terminal covering, and the relative slides of both may be temporarily restricted only by frictional resistance.

10 ... Connector 20 ... Male terminal metal fittings 21 ... Male tab 30 ... Terminal support 41 ... Regulatory part 50 ... Terminal covering 55 ... Semi-lock part 70 ... Housing 71 ... Housing part 72 ... Hood part 74 ... Lance 75 ... Stopping part 77 … Hook 90… Cable

Claims (3)

Relatively slidable terminal support and terminal coating,
A male terminal fitting that is supported by the terminal support and has a protruding male tab,
And a housing having a terminal support and the yield capacity portion accommodate terminal cover member,
The terminal covering body has a covering body that is relatively slidable and can cover the male terminal fitting at a protective position that covers the male tab and an exposed position that exposes the male tab. death,
A contact portion is provided on the covering body, and the coating body is provided with a contact portion.
On the inner surface of the accommodating portion, a retaining portion is provided to which the abutting portion abuts and abuts the terminal covering body which is normally accommodated.
The terminal covering body is displaced from the protective position to the exposed position in a state of being pressed against the retaining portion.
The terminal support slides relative to each other as the terminal covering body is displaced to the exposed position, and is normally accommodated in the accommodating portion.
The terminal covering has a hooked portion and an interfering portion, and the accommodating portion has a hooked portion.
When a force in the pulling direction is applied to the terminal support, an interference resistance is generated between the hooked portion and the hooked portion, and the interference resistance exceeds the locking force between the terminal support and the interfering portion. As a result, the lock between the terminal support and the interference portion is released, the terminal coating body slides relative to the protection position from the exposed position, and the force in the pull-out direction continues, so that the hook is hooked. A connector in which the portion is disengaged from the hooked portion so that the terminal support and the terminal covering can be taken out from the housing portion. To one of said terminal support body and the terminal cover body, deformable semi-lock portion is provided deflection, on the other, is elastically locked to the semi-lock unit in the protective position, the exposed position before SL terminal cover body The connector according to claim 1, wherein a regulating unit for regulating relative displacement to the connector is provided. The connector according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the accommodating portion is provided with a flexible and deformable lance that prevents and locks the normally accommodating terminal support.

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