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US 12,731,938 B2Granted
Covered connector, electronic unit, and connector unit
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorToshihiro Ito
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Abstract
A covered connector includes housings that are disposed so as to be aligned, and a first wire cover, a second wire cover, and a third wire cover that are attached to the housings. The first wire cover, the second wire cover, and the third wire cover include a first wire exit port, a second wire exit port, and a third wire exit port that are open in the same direction. The second electric wire exit port and the third electric wire exit port are disposed so as to be displaced with respect to the first wire exit port in the mating direction of the housings. The second wire exit port and the third wire exit port are disposed so as to be displaced in a different direction from both the mating direction of the housings and the direction in which the housings are aligned.
Claims6
A covered connector comprising:
- a first housing, a second housing, and a third housing that mate with a mating connector;
- electric wires that extend from the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing, respectively;
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- a first wire cover, a second wire cover, and a third wire cover that are respectively attached to the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing, and cover the electric wires,
- wherein the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are disposed so as to be aligned in that order in a different direction to a mating direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated to the mating connector,
- the first wire cover, the second wire cover, and the third wire cover are respectively provided with a first wire exit port, a second wire exit port, and a third wire exit port that are open in a same direction and through which the electric wires are led out,
- the second wire exit port and the third wire exit port are disposed so as to be displaced with respect to the first wire exit port in the mating direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated to the mating connector, and
- the second wire exit port and the third wire exit port are disposed so as to be mutually displaced in a different direction to both the mating direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated to the mating connector and a direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are aligned.
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An electronic unit comprising:
- a covered connector including a first housing, a second housing, and a third housing, electric wires that extend from the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing, respectively, and a first wire cover, a second wire cover, and a third wire cover that are respectively attached to the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing, and cover the electric wires;
- a mating connector to which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated;
- a circuit board to which the mating connector is fixed;
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- a case that internally houses the circuit board and the mating connector,
- wherein the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are disposed so as to be aligned in that order in a different direction to a mating direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated to the mating connector,
- the first wire cover, the second wire cover, and the third wire cover are respectively provided with a first wire exit port, a second wire exit port, and a third wire exit port that are open in a same direction and through which the electric wires are led out,
- the second wire exit port and the third wire exit port are disposed so as to be displaced with respect to the first wire exit port in the mating direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated to the mating connector,
- the second wire exit port and the third wire exit port are disposed so as to be mutually displaced in a different direction to both the mating direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated to the mating connector and a direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are aligned,
- the case includes a first case wall, a second case wall that faces the first case wall, and a third case wall that includes a connector insertion opening, through which the mating connector is inserted, and connects the first case wall and the second case wall, and
- the first wire cover, the second wire cover, and the third wire cover are disposed between a first virtual plane including an outer surface of the first case wall and a second virtual plane including an outer surface of the second case wall.
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A connector unit comprising:
- a covered connector including a first housing, a second housing, and a third housing, electric wires that extend from the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing, respectively, and a first wire cover, a second wire cover, and a third wire cover that are respectively attached to the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing, and cover the electric wires;
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- a mating connector to which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated;
- wherein the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are disposed so as to be aligned in that order in a different direction to a mating direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated to the mating connector,
- the first wire cover, the second wire cover, and the third wire cover are respectively provided with a first wire exit port, a second wire exit port, and a third wire exit port that are open in a same direction and through which the electric wires are led out,
- the second wire exit port and the third wire exit port are disposed so as to be displaced with respect to the first wire exit port in the mating direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated to the mating connector,
- the second wire exit port and the third wire exit port are disposed so as to be mutually displaced in a different direction to both the mating direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated to the mating connector and a direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are aligned, and
- the first wire cover, the second wire cover, and the third wire cover are disposed between a third virtual plane and a fourth virtual plane, which are parallel to the mating direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated to the mating connector and which respectively include a first end and a second end that protrude by a greatest amount on respective sides in a direction that differs to both the mating direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are mated to the mating connector and the direction in which the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing are aligned.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.