Electrical Connector
AssigneesTyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTsugumi Matsumoto, Ryuichi Komiyama, Tomoyuki Funayama
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Abstract
An electrical connector that prevents water from entering the hood of the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a housing adapted to be mated in a receiving space in a hood of a mating connector. On a top side of the electrical connector in a state where the electrical connector is mated to the mating connector, the housing includes an inclined surface having an inclination angle of more than 90° at a front end of the hood of the mating connector for draining water falling onto the electrical connector.
Claims17
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing configured to be mated to a receiving space formed in a hood of a mating connector, wherein
- on a top side of the electrical connector in a usage state in which the electrical connector is mated with the mating connector, the housing includes an inclined surface having an inclination angle of more than 90° at a front end of the hood of the mating connector.
An electrical connector:
- adapted to be mated in a receiving space formed in a hood of a mating connector;
- and
- having a housing which has:
- (a) an upper wall having:
- (1) an inclined surface with an inclination angle of more than 90°, and
- (2) a stepped surface,
- (b) a bottom wall, and
- (c) side walls.
The electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a first electrical connector having a housing which has:
- (a) an upper wall having:
- (1) an inclined surface with an inclination angle of more than 90°, and
- (2) a stepped surface,
- (b) a bottom wall, and
- (c) side walls;
- and
- a mating electrical connector having a hood having a receiving space in which the housing of the first electrical connector is positioned with the:
- (a) inclined surface outside the hood, and
- (b) stepped surface outside the hood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.