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US 10,283,948 B2Granted
Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly
AssigneesTyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTsugumi Matsumoto, Ryuichi Komiyama, Tomoyuki Funayama
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Abstract
An electrical connector comprises a housing having a water stop groove and a region disposed between an end of the housing and the water stop groove. The water stop groove extends along a circumferential direction of the housing orthogonal to a mating direction of the electrical connector. The water stop groove is dimensioned to allow a surface tension to act on a quantity of water accumulated in the region.
Claims4
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- a first electrical connector having a first housing including
- a water stop groove extending along a circumferential direction of the first housing orthogonal to a mating direction of the first electrical connector, and
- an upper wall disposed in a region between an end of the first housing and the water stop groove;
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- a second electrical connector having a second housing, a gap formed between the upper wall of the first housing and the second housing when the first electrical connector is mated with the second electrical connector along the mating direction, the water stop groove dimensioned to allow a surface tension to act on a quantity of water accumulated in the gap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.