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US 11,909,142 B2Granted
Connector having seal member
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorKazuo Nakai
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Abstract
A connector 10 is provided with a male terminal 40 including a tab 42, a housing 20 for supporting the male terminal 40, a sealing space 32 provided around the tab 42 in the housing 20, a sealing portion 90 to be accommodated into the sealing space 32 while contacting the tab 42, and a pressing portion 100 for setting the sealing portion 90 in a compressed state by being located in the sealing space 32.
Claims1
A connector, comprising:
- a male terminal including a tab;
- a housing including a cavity that accommodates a female terminal and configured to support the male terminal;
- a retainer mounted in the housing and configured to restrict escape of the female terminal from the cavity;
- a sealing space provided around the tab in the housing;
- a sealing portion to be accommodated into the sealing space while contacting the tab, and including a tab sealing hole through which the tab is passed and a retainer sealing hole through which the retainer is passed;
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- a pressing portion configured to set the sealing portion in a compressed state by being located in the sealing space,
- wherein a front surface of the sealing portion faces an end surface of the housing that closes one end of the sealing space,
- the pressing portion is arranged to sandwich the sealing portion between the end surface and the pressing portion, and
- the tab projects into the cavity to be connectable to the female terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.