| US 7,465,183 B2 | ||
| Electrical connector which has a wire aligning function and which can be reduced in size | ||
| Osamu Hashiguchi, Tokyo (Japan); and Yoshihide Kuroki, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 15, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/974,560. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-281381 (JP), filed on Oct. 16, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0090460 A1, Apr. 17, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 11/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—405 [439/579; 439/942] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A connector adapted to be connected to a plurality of wires, the connector comprising:
a plurality of contacts arranged in parallel in a first direction and having connecting portions to be connected to the wires;
a housing holding the contacts; and
an aligning member for aligning and holding the wires;
the aligning member having:
a plurality of through holes arranged in parallel in the first direction and extending in a second direction perpendicular
to the first direction, the through holes allowing the connecting portions to be inserted therethrough;
a comb-like portion formed at one end in a third direction perpendicular to the first and the second directions and adapted
to hold the wires; and
a plurality of positioning portions formed at the other end in the third direction and arranged in parallel in the first direction,
the positioning portions being for positioning the wires;
wherein each of the through holes has a substantially rectangular shape in section, the rectangular shape having one end in
a longitudinal direction, the one end being disposed at a position corresponding to a space between adjacent ones of the positioning
portions; and
wherein the longitudinal direction of the rectangular shape is inclined with respect to the first and the third directions.
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