阅读说明：本技术 连接器 (Connector with a locking member ) 是由 近藤悠城 陈龙 于 2020-03-10 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种连接器,其防止端子发生破损的情况,并且防止容易产生端子的脱落的情况。本公开的连接器是安装于电线的端部的连接器(10),具备端子(20)和壳体,壳体具有端子收容部(38),端子收容部(38)形成为包括一对侧壁和前壁(36),一对侧壁沿着端子(20)配置,前壁(36)设置在一对侧壁的前端部之间,端子收容部(38)具有端子收容开口(40),端子收容开口(40)能够供端子(20)从与电线的导出方向交叉的交叉方向插入,一对侧壁中的至少一个侧壁具有端子卡定部(42),端子卡定部(42)从侧壁突出形成,形成有端子卡定部(42)的侧壁与前壁(36)被分割。(The invention provides a connector, which prevents a terminal from being damaged and easily falling off. The connector is a connector (10) mounted on an end of an electric wire, and is provided with a terminal (20) and a housing, wherein the housing is provided with a terminal receiving portion (38), the terminal receiving portion (38) is formed to include a pair of side walls and a front wall (36), the pair of side walls are arranged along the terminal (20), the front wall (36) is arranged between the front ends of the pair of side walls, the terminal receiving portion (38) is provided with a terminal receiving opening (40), the terminal receiving opening (40) can be inserted by the terminal (20) from a cross direction crossed with a lead-out direction of the electric wire, at least one side wall of the pair of side walls is provided with a terminal blocking portion (42), the terminal blocking portion (42) is formed by protruding from the side wall, and the side wall formed with the terminal blocking portion (42).)

1. A connector is mounted on an end portion of an electric wire, wherein,

the connector comprises at least one terminal and a resin housing,

the terminal is connected to a terminal end of the electric wire,

the housing has at least one terminal receiving portion,

the terminal housing part is formed to include a pair of side walls and a front wall, houses the terminal, and guides the electric wire backward,

the pair of side walls are arranged along the terminal in a lead-out direction of the electric wire,

the front wall is disposed between front end portions of the pair of side walls,

the terminal receiving portion has a terminal receiving opening,

the terminal receiving opening is surrounded by the pair of side walls and the front wall, and the terminal can be inserted from a crossing direction crossing a lead-out direction of the electric wire,

at least one of the pair of side walls has a terminal detent,

the terminal locking portion is formed to protrude from the side wall so as to be capable of locking with the terminal housed in the terminal housing portion in the intersecting direction,

the side wall on which the terminal locking portion is formed is divided from the front wall.

2. The connector of claim 1,

a groove is formed at a boundary portion between the front wall and the side wall where the terminal locking portion is formed.

3. The connector of claim 2,

the slot is a demoulding hole formed in front of the terminal clamping part.

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to connectors.

Background

For example, a connector described in japanese patent application laid-open No. 2017-228447 (patent document 1) is known as a shield connector including an inner housing that houses an inner terminal. The inner housing is formed with a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers having upper-layer-side terminal accommodating openings that open upward. The terminal housing chamber is provided with a terminal holding portion for holding the inner terminal in the terminal housing chamber. The terminal holding portion has a stepped wall portion protruding in a lateral direction from a lateral wall of the terminal accommodating chamber and connected to a front wall of the terminal accommodating chamber, and a curved recess portion formed recessed in a lower portion of the stepped wall portion.

When the inner terminal is inserted into the terminal receiving chamber from the upper terminal receiving opening, the inner terminal is prevented from falling off from the upper terminal receiving opening by the step wall portion and is held in the curved recess.

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2017-228447

However, according to the shield connector described above, the inner terminal is press-fitted from the upper-layer-side terminal receiving opening of the terminal receiving chamber, and the inner terminal is accommodated in the curved-surface-shaped recess of the terminal receiving chamber by expanding the stepped wall portion outward.

However, when the lateral wall of the terminal accommodating chamber is difficult to flex, the projecting dimension of the step wall portion from the lateral wall cannot be increased. Thus, the stepped wall portion becomes smaller in card amount with respect to the inner terminal, resulting in the inner terminal being easily detached from the inner terminal receiving chamber.

If the projecting dimension of the step wall portion is increased, the inner terminal may be forcibly pushed from the upper-layer-side terminal-receiving opening and deformed when the lateral wall is hard to bend.

Disclosure of Invention

In the present specification, a technique for preventing a terminal from being broken and preventing the terminal from being easily detached is disclosed.

The connector of the present disclosure is attached to an end portion of an electric wire, and includes at least one terminal connected to a terminal of the electric wire, and a resin housing configured to include a pair of side walls and a front wall, the pair of side walls being arranged along the terminal in a direction in which the electric wire is led out, the front wall being provided between front end portions of the pair of side walls, and the terminal housing having a terminal housing opening surrounded by the pair of side walls and the front wall, the terminal being insertable from a cross direction intersecting with the lead-out direction of the electric wire, at least one of the pair of side walls having a terminal locking portion capable of locking with the terminal housed in the terminal housing in the cross direction The side wall is formed to protrude from the side wall, and the side wall on which the terminal locking portion is formed is divided from the front wall.

Effects of the invention

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to prevent the terminal from being damaged and to prevent the terminal from easily falling off.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the connector.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a state before the assembly of the housing main body and the inner cover.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the housing main body.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing a process of housing the terminal in the housing main body, and is a sectional view corresponding to a section taken along line IV-IV in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a state where the terminal is inserted into the terminal housing portion.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view VI-VI of fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a front view of a conventional housing main body.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of a conventional casing main body, and is a sectional view corresponding to the section of fig. 6.

Description of the reference symbols

1: inner shell

2: terminal with a terminal body

3: terminal receiving opening

4: terminal housing part

5: side wall

6: terminal clamping part

10: connector with a locking member

20: terminal with a terminal body

22: terminal connection part

24: connecting part

26: crimping part

30: inner casing (an example of a 'casing')

31: case body (an example of the case)

32: bottom wall

34: outer side wall (an example of a "side wall")

35: locking protrusion

36: front wall

36A: terminal insertion hole

37: trough

38: terminal housing part

39: partition wall

39D: lower bulkhead

39U: upper bulkhead

39W: horizontal partition wall

40: terminal receiving opening

42: terminal clamping part

42D: clamping and fixing surface

42F: front surface

42U: inclined plane

46: inner cover

47: roof wall

48: card fixing sheet

48A: locking hole

50: outer conductor

52: outer conductor body

54: shielding crimping part

60: outer casing

62: fitting part

64: first seal member

66: second seal member

68: rear holder

80: shielded electric wire (an example of "electric wire")

81: covered electric wire

84: knitted body

86: outer coating body

R1: card quantity

R2: card quantity

Detailed Description

[ description of embodiments of the present disclosure ]

First, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described.

(1) A connector to be attached to an end of an electric wire, wherein the connector includes at least one terminal connected to a terminal of the electric wire, and a resin housing having at least one terminal receiving portion formed to include a pair of side walls and a front wall, the pair of side walls being arranged along the terminal in a direction in which the electric wire is led out, the front wall being provided between front end portions of the pair of side walls, the terminal receiving portion having a terminal receiving opening formed so as to be surrounded by the pair of side walls and the front wall, the terminal being insertable from a direction intersecting with the direction in which the electric wire is led out, at least one of the pair of side walls having a terminal locking portion capable of locking with the terminal received in the terminal receiving portion in the intersecting direction The side wall on which the terminal locking portion is formed to protrude from the side wall, and the side wall and the front wall are divided.

Since the side wall on which the terminal locking portion is formed is divided from the front wall of the terminal receiving portion, the side wall on which the terminal locking portion is formed is more likely to flex in a direction opposite to the projecting direction of the terminal locking portion than in a case where the side wall and the front wall on which the terminal locking portion is formed are not divided, for example.

That is, since the side walls are easily bent, the amount of engagement between the terminal engagement portions and the terminals can be increased, and the terminals can be easily inserted into the terminal housing portions. This prevents the terminal from being damaged when the terminal is inserted, and prevents the terminal from falling out of the terminal housing portion.

(2) A groove may be formed in a boundary portion between the front wall and the side wall on which the terminal locking portion is formed.

For example, a method is conceivable in which a groove is formed in a side wall to divide a front wall and the side wall, thereby facilitating the bending of the side wall on which the terminal locking portion is formed. However, if the groove is formed in the side wall, the rigidity of the side wall subjected to flexural deformation is lowered, and the side wall may be broken during the flexural deformation.

However, according to this structure, since the groove is formed in the front wall, the side wall can be easily flexed without lowering the rigidity of the flexed side wall.

(3) The groove may be a die-off hole formed in front of the terminal locking portion.

The front wall and the side walls can be divided by forming the mold release hole for forming the terminal locking portion as a groove of the front wall. This can prevent the structure of the front wall from becoming complicated, as compared with a case where a groove is formed in the front wall separately from the demolding hole, for example.

Further, for example, as compared with the case where both the groove and the knockout hole are formed in the front wall, it is possible to prevent the rigidity of the front wall from being lowered.

[ details of embodiments of the present disclosure ]

Specific examples of the connector of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the following drawings. Further, the present disclosure is not limited to these examples, but is shown by the claims, and is intended to include all changes within the meaning and range equivalent to the claims.

< embodiment >

An embodiment of the present disclosure is explained with reference to fig. 1 to 6.

[ connector 10]

The connector 10 of the present embodiment is a connector attached to an end of a shielded wire (an example of a "wire") 80. As shown in fig. 1, the connector 10 includes a plurality of terminals 20 connected to ends of shielded wires 80, an inner housing (an example of a "housing") 30 accommodating the plurality of terminals 20, an outer conductor 50 covering an outer periphery of the inner housing 30, and an outer housing 60 accommodating the outer conductor 50.

[ shielded electric wire 80]

As shown in fig. 1, the shielded electric wire 80 includes a plurality of covered electric wires 81, a braid 84 covering the outer peripheries of the plurality of covered electric wires 81, and an outer cover 86 covering the outer periphery of the braid 84.

The shielded electric wire 80 of the present embodiment includes 4 covered electric wires 81.

At the tip end of the shielded electric wire 80, the braid 84 and the outer coating 86 are peeled off to expose 4 coated electric wires 81. Behind the exposed 4 coated wires 81, only the braided body 84, which is peeled off from the outer coating body 86 and exposed, is folded back toward the outer periphery of the outer coating body 86.

[ terminal 20]

The terminal 20 is formed by processing a metal plate material having conductivity. The terminal 20 is a female terminal, and as shown in fig. 4, includes a terminal connection portion 22 connected to a mating terminal, not shown, a pressure-bonding portion 26 connected to a covered wire 81 of the shield wire 80, and a connection portion 24 connecting the terminal connection portion 22 and the pressure-bonding portion 26.

The terminal connecting portion 22 is formed in a square tubular shape that opens in a rectangular shape toward the front. The crimp portion 26 is connected to the covered electric wire 81 by being crimped to the core wire exposed at the end of the covered electric wire 81.

[ inner case 30]

The inner case 30 is formed of an insulating synthetic resin. As shown in fig. 2, the inner case 30 includes a case main body (an example of a "case") 31 in a rectangular parallelepiped shape elongated in the front-rear direction, and an inner cover 46 assembled to the case main body 31 from above.

[ case body 31]

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the housing main body 31 includes: a bottom wall 32; a pair of outer side walls (an example of "side walls") 34 extending upward from both lateral edges of the bottom wall 32; and a front wall 36 disposed between the pair of outer side walls 34.

The bottom wall 32 is formed in a rectangular flat plate shape long in the front-rear direction. The pair of outer side walls 34 are formed in a rectangular flat plate shape elongated in the front-rear direction so as to extend along the side edges of the bottom wall 32 on both sides in the left-right direction. The front wall 36 is provided between front end portions of the pair of outer side walls 34 in such a manner as to connect between the pair of outer side walls 34.

As shown in fig. 3, the front wall 36 is formed with a plurality of terminal insertion holes 36A corresponding to a plurality of terminal receiving portions 38 provided inside the housing main body 31. The terminal insertion hole 36A is formed as a rectangular-shaped hole penetrating the front wall 36 in the front-rear direction.

A groove 37 penetrating the front wall 36 in the front-rear direction is formed at the end portion of the front wall 36 on the outer side wall 34 side.

The groove 37 is formed to extend in a rectangular shape downward from the upper end of the front wall 36 at a boundary portion between the front wall 36 and the outer side wall 34. That is, the groove 37 divides the upper end of the front wall 36 from the upper end of the outer wall 34.

[ terminal housing portion 38]

The plurality of terminal receiving portions 38 are formed inside the housing main body 31 in a vertically and horizontally aligned manner. As shown in fig. 3 to 6, the housing body 31 of the present embodiment is formed by dividing an area surrounded by the bottom wall 32 and the pair of outer side walls 34 by a partition wall 39 having a cross-shaped cross section, and thereby 4 terminal receiving portions 38 are formed to extend in the front-rear direction.

The terminal housing portions 38 can house the terminals 20. When the terminals 20 are received in the terminal receiving portions 38, the housing body 31 is in a state in which the 4 coated wires 81 are led out rearward, as shown in fig. 4 and 5.

As shown in fig. 3 and 6, the partition wall 39 includes: a horizontal partition wall 39W of a rectangular flat plate shape extending in the left-right direction between the pair of outer side walls 34; and an upper partition wall (an example of a "side wall") 39U and a lower partition wall 39D provided at the center in the left-right direction of the horizontal partition wall 39W.

The horizontal partition wall 39W is formed over the entire length of the housing main body 31 in the front-rear direction so as to vertically face the bottom wall 32.

The lower partition wall 39D is formed over the entire length of the housing main body 31 in the front-rear direction so as to vertically connect the horizontal partition wall 39W and the bottom wall 32.

The upper partition wall 39U is formed to extend upward from the horizontal partition wall 39W over the entire length of the housing main body 31 in the front-rear direction.

As shown in fig. 3 and 6, the height dimension of the upper partition wall 39U is substantially the same as the length dimension of the pair of outer side walls 34 extending upward from the position of the horizontal partition wall 39W. The term "substantially the same" includes the case where the height dimension of the upper partition wall 39U is the same as the length dimension of the pair of outer side walls 34 extending upward from the horizontal partition wall 39W, and the case where the height dimension of the upper partition wall 39U is not the same as the length dimension of the pair of outer side walls 34 extending upward from the horizontal partition wall 39W.

The lower terminal receiving portion 38 of the 4 terminal receiving portions 38 is formed by being surrounded by the bottom wall 32, one of the pair of outer side walls 34, the horizontal partition wall 39W, and the lower partition wall 39D.

That is, in the lower terminal housing portion 38, the outer wall 34 and the lower partition wall 39D are arranged along the terminal 20 in the lead-out direction of the covered wire 81, and the terminal 20 is inserted from an opening formed in a rectangular shape at the rear end of the housing main body 31.

The upper terminal receiving portion 38 of the 4 terminal receiving portions 38 is formed by being surrounded by a horizontal partition wall 39W, one outer wall 34 of the pair of outer walls 34, and an upper partition wall 39U.

The terminal receiving portion 38 of the upper layer is formed with a terminal receiving opening 40 into which the terminal is inserted from above.

[ terminal accommodation opening 40]

As shown in fig. 5, the terminal receiving opening 40 is surrounded by the outer wall 34, the upper partition wall 39U, and the front wall 36, and is opened in a rectangular shape in an upper direction which is a direction intersecting a direction in which the covered electric wire 81 is led out.

Therefore, in the upper terminal housing portion 38, the outer wall 34 and the upper partition wall 39U are arranged along the terminal 20 in the lead-out direction of the covered wire 81, and the terminal 20 is inserted from the terminal housing opening 40.

As shown in fig. 2 to 6, terminal locking portions 42 arranged above the terminals 20 accommodated in the terminal accommodating portions 38 are formed at the opening edge portions of the terminal accommodating openings 40.

[ terminal locking portion 42]

The terminal locking portions 42 are formed to protrude from the upper end edge of the outer wall 34 into the terminal receiving portions 38. As shown in fig. 3 and 6, the terminal engagement portion 42 has an upper surface formed as an inclined surface 42U inclined toward the horizontal partition wall 39W as the upper partition wall 39U goes, and a lower surface formed as an engagement surface 42D vertically opposed to the horizontal partition wall 39W.

Therefore, in the process of inserting the terminal 20 into the upper-layer terminal receiving portion 38 from the terminal receiving opening 40, the terminal connecting portion 22 of the terminal 20 presses the inclined surface 42U of the terminal retaining portion 42. When the inclined surface 42U of the terminal locking portion 42 is pressed by the terminal connecting portion 22, the outer wall 34 is elastically displaced in a direction (left-right direction) away from the upper partition wall 39U with the lower end portion of the groove 37 as a fulcrum. That is, since the outer wall 34 is divided from the front wall 36 by the groove 37, it is more easily elastically displaced in a direction away from the upper partition wall 39U than in a case where the outer wall and the front wall are connected to each other over the entire height in the vertical direction.

When the terminal connecting portion 22 is accommodated in the terminal accommodating portion 38 beyond the terminal locking portion 42, the outer wall 34 is elastically returned, and as shown in fig. 6, the locking surface 42D of the terminal locking portion 42 is in a state of facing the terminal connecting portion 22 in the vertical direction.

That is, when the terminal 20 is housed in the terminal housing portion 38, the locking amount R1 by which the terminal connecting portion 22 and the locking surface 42D of the terminal locking portion 42 are locked in the vertical direction is secured to be large. Thereby, the terminal 20 is prevented from falling off from the terminal receiving opening 40.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the front surface 42F of the terminal locking portion 42 faces forward from the groove 37 of the front wall 36 of the housing main body 31. That is, the groove 37 is a relief hole of a mold for molding the front surface 42F of the terminal locking portion 42 when the housing body 31 is molded by the mold opened in the front-rear direction.

[ inner cover 46]

As shown in fig. 2, the inner cover 46 has: a top wall 47 long in the front-rear direction; and a pair of locking pieces 48 provided on both lateral side edges of the top wall 47. The top wall 47 is formed to have a size to collectively cover the two terminal receiving openings 40 from above. The pair of locking pieces 48 can be elastically displaced in the left-right direction. A locking hole 48A is formed through the pair of locking pieces 48 in the left-right direction, and the locking protrusion 35 formed to protrude from the outer wall 34 is fitted into the locking hole 48A.

When the inner cover 46 is assembled to the housing body 31, the top wall 47 covers both the terminal receiving openings 40 from above, and the locking projections 35 of the outer wall 34 are fitted into the locking holes 48A of the pair of locking pieces 48, whereby the locking pieces 48 are fixed to the outer wall 34.

[ outer conductor 50]

The outer conductor 50 is formed by processing a metal plate material having conductivity. As shown in fig. 1, the outer conductor 50 includes a square cylindrical outer conductor main body 52 covering the outer periphery of the inner housing 30 and a cylindrical shield pressure-contact portion 54 connected to the rear of the outer conductor main body 52.

The outer conductor 50 is connected to the braided body 84 by crimping the shield crimping portion 54 to the braided body 84 folded back to the outer periphery of the outer sheath body 86.

[ outer case 60]

As shown in fig. 1, the outer case 60 is formed in a square tube shape from an insulating synthetic resin. The outer conductor 50 connected to the tip end of the shielded wire 80 can be housed in the outer case 60.

The front end of the outer housing 60 is formed as a fitting portion 62 to be fitted to a mating connector, not shown. A first sealing member 64 for sealing between the fitting portion 62 and the mating connector is attached to the outer periphery of the fitting portion 62. A second seal member 66 for sealing between the shield electric wire 80 and the outer housing 60 and a rear holder 68 for preventing the second seal member 66 from coming off are attached to the rear of the outer housing 60.

The present embodiment is configured as described above, and the operation and effect of the connector 10 will be described next.

For example, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, in the case of the conventional housing body 1 in which the terminal 2 is press-fitted into the terminal accommodating portion 4 from the terminal accommodating opening 3, the terminal 2 is accommodated in the terminal accommodating portion 4 by pressing the terminal locking portion 6 formed in the side wall 5 and pushing the side wall 5 open.

However, as shown in fig. 7, the side walls 5 of the conventional casing body 1 are connected to the front wall 8 over the entire height, and the side walls 5 are difficult to flex. Therefore, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, the protrusion dimension of the terminal locking portion 6 from the side wall 5 cannot be increased. Then, the locking amount R2 of the terminal locking portion 6 with respect to the terminal 2 becomes small, and the terminal 2 is easily detached from the terminal housing portion 4.

Therefore, for example, when the amount of protrusion of the terminal locking portion 6 is increased, the card amount of the terminal locking portion with respect to the terminal 2 can be increased. However, when the locking amount of the terminal locking portion with respect to the terminal 2 is large, the side wall 5 is hard to flex, and therefore, the terminal 2 is forcibly pressed into the terminal receiving opening 3, and there is a possibility that the terminal 2 is deformed.

Therefore, the present inventors have conducted extensive studies to solve the above problems, and as a result, have found the structure of the present embodiment. That is, the present embodiment is a connector 10 attached to an end of a shielded wire (electric wire) 80, and includes at least one terminal 20 and a resin inner housing (housing) 30.

The terminal 20 is connected to a terminal of a covered wire 81 of the shielded wire 80, the inner housing 30 has at least one terminal receiving portion 38, and the terminal receiving portion 38 is formed to include a pair of outer side walls 34 and a front wall 36, receives the terminal 20, and guides the covered wire 81 rearward.

The pair of outer side walls 34 are arranged along the terminal 20 in the lead-out direction of the covered wire 81, and the front wall 36 is provided between the front end portions of the pair of outer side walls 34. The terminal housing portion 38 has a terminal housing opening 40, and the terminal housing opening 40 is formed by being surrounded by the pair of outer walls 34 and the front wall 36, and the terminal 20 can be inserted from a cross direction intersecting with a lead-out direction of the covered wire 81.

At least one of the pair of outer side walls 34 has a terminal locking portion 42, the terminal locking portion 42 is formed to protrude from the outer side wall 34 so as to be lockable in a cross direction with the terminal 20 housed in the terminal housing portion 38, and the outer side wall 34 on which the terminal locking portion 42 is formed is divided from the front wall 36.

As shown in fig. 2, 3, 5, and 6, in the present embodiment, the outer wall 34 on which the terminal retaining portion 42 is formed is divided from the front wall 36. Therefore, for example, as shown in fig. 7, the outer wall 34 formed with the terminal locking portions 42 is more likely to be deflected in the direction opposite to the projecting direction of the terminal locking portions 42, compared to the case where the side wall 5 formed with the terminal locking portions 6 and the front wall 8 are connected over the entire height.

That is, since the outer wall 34 is easily bent, the locking amount R1 between the terminal locking portion 42 and the terminal 20 can be increased, and the terminal 20 can be easily inserted into the terminal receiving portion 38 from the terminal receiving opening 40. This prevents the terminal 20 from being damaged when the terminal 20 is inserted, and prevents the terminal 20 from coming off the terminal housing portion 38.

A groove 37 is formed in a boundary portion between the front wall 36 and the outer wall 34 where the terminal retaining portion 42 is formed.

For example, a method is conceivable in which a groove is formed in a side wall to divide a front wall and the side wall, thereby facilitating the bending of the side wall on which the terminal locking portion is formed. However, if the groove is formed in the side wall, the rigidity of the side wall subjected to flexural deformation is lowered, and the side wall may be broken during the flexural deformation.

However, in the present embodiment, since the groove 37 is formed in the front wall 36, the outer wall 34 can be easily bent without lowering the rigidity of the outer wall 34 that is bent and deformed.

The groove 37 is a release hole formed in front of the terminal locking portion 42.

The mold release hole for forming the terminal locking portion 42 can be formed as the groove 37 of the front wall 36, and the front wall 36 can be divided from the outer wall 34 on which the terminal locking portion 42 is formed.

That is, since the mold release hole can also serve as the groove 37 that divides the front wall 36 and the outer wall 34, the structure of the front wall 36 can be suppressed from becoming complicated as compared with, for example, a case where a groove is formed in the front wall separately from the mold release hole. Further, for example, as compared with the case where both the groove and the knockout hole are formed in the front wall, it is possible to prevent the rigidity of the front wall 36 from being lowered.

< other embodiment >

(1) In the above embodiment, the inner housing 30 has a structure including the outer housing body 31 and the inner cover 46 assembled to the outer housing body 31. However, the inner case is not limited to this, and a structure in which the inner case does not have an inner cover may be adopted.

(2) In the above embodiment, the release hole for forming the terminal locking portion 42 is used as the groove 37 for dividing the front wall 36 and the outer wall 34. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the following structure may be adopted: the terminal locking portion and the like are formed by a slide die, and a groove different from the knockout hole is provided on the front wall alone without providing the knockout hole on the front wall.

(3) In the above embodiment, the inner housing 30 has 4 terminal receiving portions 38. However, the number of the terminal housing portions is not limited to this, and one, two, three, or 5 or more terminal housing portions may be provided.

(4) In the above embodiment, the terminal locking portion 42 is provided only on the outer wall 34. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the terminal locking portion may be formed on both the outer wall and the upper partition wall.

(5) In the above embodiment, the connector 10 is shown as an example, which includes the outer conductor 50 and the outer housing 60 and is attached to the shield wire 80. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the technique disclosed in the present specification may be applied to a connector that is attached to a covered electric wire without an outer conductor and an outer case.