Connector that includes assembly detecting portion

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11417990
APP PUB NO 20210006014A1
SERIAL NO

16979554

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It is aimed to detect whether or not a shorting terminal fitting is properly mounted. A female connector (F) is provided with a terminal mounting portion (21) formed in a female housing (20), a shorting terminal fitting (30) mounted in the terminal mounting portion (21), a lock arm (24) formed in the female housing (20) and resiliently displaceable toward the terminal mounting portion (21) due to interference with a male housing (10) in an incompletely connected state, and assembly detecting portions (29) for detecting an improperly assembled state of the shorting terminal fitting (30) by interfering with the shorting terminal fitting (30) in a connection process of the female housing (29) and the male housing (10) when the shorting terminal fitting (30) is improperly mounted in the terminal mounting portion (21).

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SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTDYOKKAICHI

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Matsuura, Junya Mie, JP 18 36

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