US 10,873,156 B2Granted

Connector and connector assembly

AssigneeMolex Incorporated

InventorsShinsuke Shibata, Masahiro Yamamoto

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Abstract

A female connector is connected to a male connector having a cylindrical hood portion open in the longitudinal direction and housing a plurality of terminals. The male connector has a holding portion holding a plurality of terminals arranged inside the hood portion when the female connector is connected to the male connector, a seal interposed between the outer surface of the holding portion and the inner surface of the hood portion, and a slider arranged along the outer surface of the hood portion. The slider is able to slide in the transverse direction and the sliding action causes the hood portion to be engaged so that force is applied to the hood portion in the direction in which the male connector connects to the female connector. A pressing portion is formed on the slider to press the hood portion into the holding portion.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A first connector configured to be fully mated in a first direction to a second connector, the second connector having a cylindrical hood open in the first direction, the cylindrical hood housing on an inside thereof a plurality of terminals, the first connector comprising:

a holding portion configured to hold the plurality of terminals inside the hood when the first connector is fully mated to the second connector;
a seal positioned about an outer surface of the holding portion, the seal configured to be interposed between the outer surface of the holding portion and an inner surface of the hood when the first connector is fully mated to the second connector;
a slider configured to be arranged along an outer surface of the hood when the holding portion is housed inside the hood, the slider configured to slide in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and to engage the hood so that the slider sliding in the second direction causes the second connector to apply pressing force to the hood in the direction of connection to the first connector, thereby fully mating the first connector to the second connector;
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a pressing portion formed in the slider, the pressing portion configured to press the hood toward the holding portion when the first connector is fully mated to the second connector.

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Facts

Application: 15/735,702Filed 7 Jul 2016
Priority: JP 2015-13905310 Jul 2015
Published: US 2020/0044389 A16 Feb 2020
Granted: 22 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H01R 13/62977
Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical…:…
G02B 6/38
Mechanical coupling means: having fibre to fibre mating means
G02B 6/44
Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings: mechanical structures for…
H01R 13/5219
Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases: sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal

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US 2020/0044389 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Feb 2020
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