Abstract: An arm formed in the wall of an element receptacle undergoes elastic deformation under the influence of a contact fitting. Accordingly, wider range tolerances in the elements can be accommodated without causing permanent deformation of the contact fitting. As an alternative construction, there is a locking part on the receptacle which does not deform, but instead the contact fitting is displaced as the element is inserted.

Abstract: Connection portions are connected to leads of a capacitor. In this condition, when connection terminals are press-fitted in terminal receiving holes, the capacitor is received in an equipment chamber. A filler is filled in the part chamber, and is solidified, thus completing the assembly. In one alternative, an electronic part, soldered to a printed board, is received within a housing. Each of female metal terminals has an abutment piece, and the abutment piece is abutted against an associated printed line on the printed board in facing relation thereto. In another alternative, the connector housing is divided into two sections, that is, a housing member and a lid, so that the terminal receiving chambers, as well as the electronic part-receiving chamber, is openable. Press-contact terminals 309 are fixedly mounted on and project from a bottom of the electronic part-receiving chamber.

Abstract: A retainer 16 is temporarily coupled to an inlet port of a connector chamber 7 in a housing 5 so that the retainer cannot come out of the chamber 7. A terminal metal fixture (metal terminal) 1 is inserted into the housing 5 through an opening formed in a rear wall of the housing in an axial direction of a bulb holding chamber 6. Then, the retainer 16 which is temporarily coupled to the chamber 7 is pushed into the connector chamber which receiving coupling pieces 3 of the fixtures 1 in holding apertures 17 in the retainer 17. When the retainer 16 reaches an inner section in the chamber 7, a lock projection 18 on the retainer engages with a lock face 14 in a longitudinal slot 12 formed in the rear wall of the housing 5, thereby bringing the retainer into a regular coupling position. Proximal ends of the coupling pieces 3, which is arranged perpendicularly to an inserting direction of the fixtures 1, are fitted in the holding apertures 17 in the retainer 16 which is secured in the housing 5.

Abstract: This invention aims to prevent terminal metal fixtures in an L-shaped bulb socket from being exposed and to positively hold the fixtures. Each terminal metal fixture (metal terminal) 1 is inserted into a fixture accommodating chamber 15 in an axial direction of a connector inlet port 9 through a fixture insertion opening 17 formed in a rear wall of a housing 7 while a male terminal 5 of the fixture 1 is being fitted to a through-hole 14 formed in a fixture holding wall 13. Then, a lid member 19 is thrusted in the opening 17 in an axial direction of a bulb inlet port 8 on a thrust groove 21 formed in an end face of the bulb inlet port 8. Thus, the opening 17 is covered by the lid member 19. A side plate 4 of clamp portions 2 of each terminal metal fixture 1 is clamped in a space between a stepped face 24 on the housing 7 and the lid member 19, thereby preventing the fixture 1 from moving vertically or horizontally.