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(11) EP 1 638 175 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.12.2006 Bulletin 2006/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/12

(21) Application number: 05020147.4

(22) Date of filing: 15.09.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H01R 13/627(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(30) Priority: 17.09.2004 JP 2004272181

(71) Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
Yokkaichi-City, Mie, 510-8503 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Nakamura, Hideto
    Yokkaichi-city Mie 510-8503 (JP)

(74) Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte 
Grafinger Strasse 2
81671 München
81671 München (DE)

   


(54) A connector and a connector assembly


(57) An object of the present invention is to miniaturize a connector.
A space for permitting the entrance of a receptacle 62 of a second connector housing 60 is defined between a connection circumferential surface 14 of a first connector housing 10 and a lock arm 15. Out of the space between the connection circumferential surface 14 of the first connector housing 10 and the lock arm 15, an area (accommodation space 18) where the receptacle 62 does not enter is a dead space. A spring member 50 is accommodated into this dead space. Thus, it is not necessary to provide a space exclusively used to arrange the spring member 50 and a connector can be miniaturized as a whole.







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