US-20260128544-A1 - CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD

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Abstract

An object is to provide a connector and a connector manufacturing method capable of performing more appropriate assembly of a terminated wire to a housing member. The connector includes: a terminated wire; and a housing member that includes: a terminal housing section that is opened toward one end side in a height direction and houses the terminal of the terminated wire; a terminal engagement lock that is provided on a sidewall of the terminal housing section; and a terminal engagement block that is provided on a bottom wall of the terminal housing section. The housing member allows the terminal to be inserted into the terminal housing section along the height direction while bending the terminal engagement lock and the sidewall.

Inventors

Kazuhide Ikeya
Mai YOKOYAMA

Assignees

YAZAKI CORPORATION

Dates

Publication Date: 20260507
Application Date: 20251003
Priority Date: 20241007

Claims (7)

1 . A connector comprising: a terminated wire that includes an electric wire extending along an axial direction and a terminal provided at an end of the electric wire; and a housing member that includes: a terminal housing section that is opened toward one end side in a height direction intersecting with the axial direction and houses the terminal of the terminated wire; a terminal engagement lock that is provided on a sidewall of the terminal housing section and restricts movement of the terminal housed in the terminal housing section along the height direction by abutting against the terminal; and a terminal engagement block that is provided on a bottom wall of the terminal housing section and restricts movement of the terminal housed in the terminal housing section along the axial direction by abutting against the terminal, the housing member allowing the terminal to be inserted into the terminal housing section along the height direction while bending the terminal engagement lock and the sidewall, wherein the terminal engagement block includes: an engagement face that is engaged with the terminal along the axial direction; and a sloping face that slopes toward one end side of the axial direction as going from the engagement face toward the one end side of the height direction and guides the terminal toward the engagement face.
2 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal includes: an electrical connection part that is engaged with the engagement face and electrically connected to a mating terminal; and a conductor joint part that is joined to a conductor part of the electric wire, and the terminal engagement block includes a base face that extends along the axial direction and supports the conductor joint part.
3 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the housing member includes a plurality of the terminal engagement locks, and the terminal engagement locks are provided in line along the axial direction on one of a pair of the sidewalls of the terminal housing section.
4 . The connector according to claim 2 , wherein the housing member includes a plurality of the terminal engagement locks, and the terminal engagement locks are provided in line along the axial direction on one of a pair of the sidewalls of the terminal housing section.
5 . The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the housing member includes a plurality of the terminal engagement locks, and the terminal engagement locks are provided by being shifted from each other along the axial direction on each of a pair of the sidewalls of the terminal housing section.
6 . The connector according to claim 2 , wherein the housing member includes a plurality of the terminal engagement locks, and the terminal engagement locks are provided by being shifted from each other along the axial direction on each of a pair of the sidewalls of the terminal housing section.
7 . A connector manufacturing method comprising: a first step of inserting, into a terminal housing section that is provided in a housing member and opened toward one end side in a height direction intersecting with an axial direction of a terminated wire, a terminal of the terminated wire along the height direction while bending a sidewall of the terminal housing section and a terminal engagement lock provided on the sidewall; a second step of guiding, to a terminal engagement block provided on a bottom wall of the terminal housing section, the terminal toward an engagement face by a sloping face that slopes toward one end side of the axial direction as going from the engagement face of the terminal engagement block toward the one end side of the height direction; and a third step of engaging the terminal and the engagement face along the axial direction.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) The present application claims priority to and incorporates by reference the entire contents of Japanese Patent Application No. 2024-175573 filed in Japan on Oct. 7, 2024. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connector and a connector manufacturing method. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventional technologies related to connectors include, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2019-16575. This Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2019-16575 discloses a connector that includes: a terminated wire; and a housing member including: a terminal housing section in which a terminal of the terminated wire is housed; a terminal engagement lock that is provided on a sidewall of the terminal housing section and restricts movement of the terminated wire along a height direction by abutting against the terminal; and a terminal engagement block that is provided on a bottom wall of the terminal housing section and restricts movement of the terminated wire along an axial direction by abutting against the terminal. In this regard, with the connector disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2019-16575 described above, for example, the terminal is inserted into the terminal housing section of the housing member along the height direction while bending the terminal engagement lock and the sidewall. However, there is room for further improvement in terms of enabling more appropriate assembly of the terminated wire to the housing member. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is designed in view of the aforementioned circumstances, and it is an object thereof to provide a connector and a connector manufacturing method capable of performing more appropriate assembly of a terminated wire to a housing member. In order to achieve the above mentioned object, a connector according to one aspect of the present invention includes a terminated wire that includes an electric wire extending along an axial direction and a terminal provided at an end of the electric wire; and a housing member that includes: a terminal housing section that is opened toward one end side in a height direction intersecting with the axial direction and houses the terminal of the terminated wire; a terminal engagement lock that is provided on a sidewall of the terminal housing section and restricts movement of the terminal housed in the terminal housing section along the height direction by abutting against the terminal; and a terminal engagement block that is provided on a bottom wall of the terminal housing section and restricts movement of the terminal housed in the terminal housing section along the axial direction by abutting against the terminal, the housing member allowing the terminal to be inserted into the terminal housing section along the height direction while bending the terminal engagement lock and the sidewall, wherein the terminal engagement block includes: an engagement face that is engaged with the terminal along the axial direction; and a sloping face that slopes toward one end side of the axial direction as going from the engagement face toward the one end side of the height direction and guides the terminal toward the engagement face. Further, in order to achieve the above mentioned object, a connector manufacturing method according to another aspect of the present invention includes a first step of inserting, into a terminal housing section that is provided in a housing member and opened toward one end side in a height direction intersecting with an axial direction of a terminated wire, a terminal of the terminated wire along the height direction while bending a sidewall of the terminal housing section and a terminal engagement lock provided on the sidewall; a second step of guiding, to a terminal engagement block provided on a bottom wall of the terminal housing section, the terminal toward an engagement face by a sloping face that slopes toward one end side of the axial direction as going from the engagement face of the terminal engagement block toward the one end side of the height direction; and a third step of engaging the terminal and the engagement face along the axial direction. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exemplary perspective view of a connector according to an embodiment; FIG. 2 is an exemplary exploded perspective view of the connector according to the embodiment; FIG. 3 is an exemplary plan view of a housing member of the connector according to the embodiment; FIG. 4 is an exemplary perspective view (partially in cross section) of the connector according to the embodiment; FIG. 5 is an exemplary sectional view of the connector according to the embodiment, which is a diagram illustrating a state before insertion of the terminal into a terminal housing section; FIG. 6 is an exemplary perspective view of the connector according to the embodiment, which is a diagram illustra