ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

摘要

When housing connecting terminals (12) in a housing (14), a rear holder (13) is inserted halfway into the housing (14) and temporarily engaged with the housing (14). In such a state, connecting terminals (12) connected to electric wires (11) are passed through the terminal holding chambers (32) of the holder (13) one by one and the terminal connecting sections (21) of the terminals (12) are obliquely pushed between the rear locking sections (37) of the holder (13) and slopes (43b and 43c) of the housing (14). When the terminals (12) are further pushed, the front ends of the connecting sections (21) come into contact with the front locking sections (36a and 36b) of the holder (13) and the forward movement of the terminals (12) is controlled. When the front ends of the connecting sections (21) come into contact with the locking sections (36a and 36b), the rear ends of the connecting sections (21) get over the rear locking sections (37). When the terminals (12) are pressed down in such a state, the rear sections of the terminals (12) move downward, the lower surfaces of the connecting sections (21) are brought into close contact with terminal holding sections (33), coated press-contact sections (23) nearly come into contact with lower-step sections (38), and the rear ends of the connecting sections (21) are locked by the rear locking sections (37). When the rear holder (13) is further pushed forward, the holder (13) is completely engaged with the housing (14) and the upper surfaces of the connecting sections (21) are pressed against the parallel surfaces (43a) of the roof (43) of the housing (14). In addition, the front ends of the connecting sections (21) are locked by the front locking sections (36a and 36b) and projections (45). As a result, the connecting terminals (12) are fully inserted into the housing (14) and firmly locked.