Claims
- 1. A double-retaining connector comprising:
- a connector housing having terminal receiving chambers and a cavity formed in the connector housing across the terminal receiving chambers, said cavity opened to an outer surface of the connector housing; and
- a spacer inserted into the cavity, said spacer having openings which are aligned respectively with the terminal receiving chambers for allowing terminals to pass through the openings, respectively,
- wherein each of the terminal receiving chambers are divided by the cavity into a front receiving chamber at a front side of said connector housing in a terminal inserting direction and a rear receiving chamber at a rear side of said connector housing in such a manner that the cavity is interposed between the front and rear receiving chambers, one end of each of the openings is larger than an open end of the rear receiving chamber at a boundary between the one end of each of the openings and the rear receiving chamber, and an open end of the front receiving chamber is larger than the opposite end of each of the openings at a boundary between the front receiving chamber and the opposite end of each of the openings.
- 2. A double-retaining connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein tapering surfaces are formed respectively at the one end of each of the openings and at terminal insertion-side open end of the front receiving chamber.
- 3. A double-retaining connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the tapering surfaces are formed respectively at the opposite end of each of the openings and at the terminal withdrawal-side open end of the rear receiving chamber.
- 4. A double-retaining connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the shape of the tapering surfaces are one of flat and convexity.
- 5. A double-retaining connector according to claim 1, wherein the spacer is inserted into the cavity in a two-stage manner of a provisionally-retained condition and a completely-retained condition.
- 6. The double-retaining connector of claim 1, wherein the inner dimension of the openings at the one end is equal to the inner dimension of the openings at the other end.
- 7. The double-retaining connector of claim 1, wherein the inner dimension of the openings at the one end is different from the inner dimension of the opening at the opposite end.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/385,304 filed Feb. 7, 1995.
US Referenced Citations (2)
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5224883 |
Yamamoto |
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5299958 |
Ohsumi |
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Divisions (1)
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