Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsJunya Matsuura, Shinji Iihoshi
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Abstract
A connector (10) is provided with a waiting side housing (11) including a forwardly open receptacle (13) and is mounted in a mounting hole (H) of a panel (P). A fit-in side housing (30) includes a terminal accommodating portion (31) that can fit into the receptacle (13). Drainage ports (21) are formed in a lower wall (16) of the receptacle (13), and water guides (22) project into opening areas of the drainage ports (21) only from parts of opening edges of the drainage ports (21). Upper surfaces of the water guides (22) define water guiding surfaces (23) connected to an upper surface (16S) of the lower wall (16).
Claims6
A connector (10, 40), comprising:
- a waiting side housing (11, 41) including a forwardly open receptacle (13, 43) mounted in a mounting hole (H) of a panel (P);
- a fit-in side housing (30) including a terminal accommodating portion (31) fittable into the receptacle (13, 43);
- a drainage port (21, 45) formed in a lower wall (16) of the receptacle (13, 43);
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- a water guide (22) projecting into an opening area of the drainage port (21, 45) only from a part of an opening edge (21F) of the drainage port (21, 45), an upper surface of the water guide (22) defining a water guiding surface (23) connected to an upper surface (16S) of the lower wall (16).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.