US 11,894,633 B2Granted

Connector unit

AssigneeYazaki Corporation

InventorsKazuhide Ikeya, Koutaro Tobino, Yoshizumi Sakurai

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Abstract

A connector unit includes a first connector, a second connector and a seal member to be interposed therebetween. The first connector includes a fitting portion having a distal end portion. The second connector includes a fitted portion. A thickness of the fitting portion is reduced at the distal end portion with an inner peripheral surface of the distal end portion being recessed. The fitted portion includes an attachment portion to which the seal member is to be attached and a housing portion. When the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, the distal end portion is accommodated in the housing portion, and the seal member performs sealing between the fitting portion and the fitted portion by being sandwiched between the attachment portion and a portion of the fitting portion, the portion being provided further in a second direction than the distal end portion.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A connector unit comprising:

a first connector and a second connector configured to be fitted to each other;
and a seal member configured to, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, be interposed between the first connector and the second connector,
wherein the first connector includes a fitting portion extending in a first direction in which the first connector is fitted to the second connector, the fitting portion having a distal end portion in the first direction,
wherein the second connector includes a fitted portion configured such that the fitting portion is fitted to the fitted portion,
wherein a thickness of the fitting portion is reduced at the distal end portion with an inner peripheral surface of the distal end portion being recessed toward an outer side in a radial direction of the connector unit,
wherein the fitted portion includes:
an attachment portion configured such that the seal member is attached to the attachment portion;
and a housing portion provided further in the first direction than the attachment portion,
wherein, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, the distal end portion is accommodated in the housing portion, and the seal member performs sealing between the fitting portion and the fitted portion by being sandwiched between the attachment portion and a packing contact portion of the fitting portion, the packing contact portion being provided further in a second direction opposite to the first direction than the distal end portion, and
wherein a smooth stepped portion is formed on an inner peripheral surface of a boundary portion between the distal end portion and the packing contact portion.

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A connector unit comprising:

a first connector and a second connector configured to be fitted to each other;
and a seal member configured to, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, be interposed between the first connector and the second connector,
wherein the first connector includes a fitting portion extending in a first direction in which the first connector is fitted to the second connector, the fitting portion having a distal end portion in the first direction,
wherein the second connector includes a fitted portion configured such that the fitting portion is fitted to the fitted portion,
wherein a thickness of the fitting portion is reduced at the distal end portion with an inner peripheral surface of the distal end portion being recessed toward an outer side, in a radial direction, of the connector unit,
wherein the fitted portion includes:
an attachment portion configured such that the seal member is attached to the attachment portion;
and a housing portion provided further in the first direction than the attachment portion,
wherein, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, the distal end portion is accommodated in the housing portion, and the seal member performs sealing between the fitting portion and the fitted portion by being sandwiched between the attachment portion and a packing contact portion of the fitting portion, the packing contact portion being provided further in a second direction opposite to the first direction than the distal end portion,
wherein the distal end portion includes a protruding portion protruding in the first direction,
wherein the housing portion includes a recess recessed toward the first direction, and
wherein, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, the protruding portion is accommodated in the recess, and a surface of the protruding portion and an inner surface of the recess abut against each other in a direction intersecting the first and second directions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/699,599Filed 21 Mar 2022
Priority: JP 2021-05005224 Mar 2021
Published: US 2022/0311176 A129 Sep 2022
Granted: 6 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H01R 13/5219
Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases: sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal
H01R 13/4364
Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation: insertion of locking piece from the front
H01R 13/6272
Latching means integral with the housing: comprising a single latching arm
H01R
Electrically-conductive connections