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(11) EP 0 486 313 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.01.1993 Bulletin 1993/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.05.1992 Bulletin 1992/21

(21) Application number: 91310542.5

(22) Date of filing: 14.11.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 13/74
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 14.11.1990 JP 119135/90 U
14.11.1990 JP 119136/90 U

(71) Applicants:
  • THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Tokyo (JP)
  • OMI DENSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inugami-gun, Shiga-ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nishimura, Katsuhiko, c/o Omi Densen K.K.
    Inugami-gun, Shiga-ken (JP)
  • Ogawa, Kouichi, c/o Omi Densen K.K.
    Inugami-gun, Shiga-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Jackson, Peter Arthur et al
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Connector for wiring in a vehicle


    (57) Disclosed is a connector for wiring in a vehicle comprising : a connector body (50) consisting of either a male or a female connector attached to a terminal end of a harness ; engagement projections (5,6) formed on the periphery of the connector body and engaging with at least the two side edges of a hole (a) in a vehicle panel (A) ; and a movable piece (4) pressed into contact with the inside surface of the hole (a) in the vehicle panel (A), due to the repulsion spring force thereof, to thereby firmly engage the engagement projections (5,6) with the hole (a) in the vehicle panel (A).






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