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US 2019/0199012 A1Published application
Connector and connector assembly
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorSeishiro HIRATA
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Abstract
A connector is provided that has high waterproof property and insertion/extraction performance, and increased reliability while being small in size.
Claims20
A connector comprising:
- (a) an outer conductor portion which includes a hollow outer body portion and an opening penetrating through a side wall of the outer body portion;
- (b) an intermediate insulator which is made of an insulating material and housed in the outer body portion, and includes an internal cavity formed in the intermediate insulator and a recessed portion further recessed than an outer circumferential surface of the intermediate insulator;
- (c) a central conductor portion which includes a central body portion housed in the internal cavity and a contact arm portion extending forward from the central body portion and housed in the internal cavity;
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- (d) a cap which is made of an insulating material and integrally attached to a rear end of the outer body portion and a rear end of the central body portion,
- (e) wherein the cap includes a protruding portion entering an opening of the outer conductor portion and a cylindrical portion entering the recessed portion of the intermediate insulator positioned at the internal cavity of the outer body portion.
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A connector comprising:
- (a) an outer conductor portion which includes a hollow outer body portion;
- (b) an intermediate insulator which is made of an insulating material and housed in the outer body portion, and includes an internal cavity formed in the intermediate insulator;
- (c) a central conductor portion which includes a central body portion housed in the internal cavity and a contact arm portion extending forward from the central body portion and housed in the internal cavity;
- (d) a cap which is made of an insulating material and integrally attached to a rear end of the outer body portion and a rear end of the central body portion;
- (e) a seal member which is made of an elastomer and integrally attached to a rear end of the cap;
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- (f) a rear sleeve which is made of an insulating material and integrally attached to an outer side of the seal member.
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A connector comprising:
- (a) an outer conductor portion which includes a hollow outer body portion, a seam formed in the outer body portion and extending in a front-rear direction, and a slit extending in a circumferential direction to be caught in the seam;
- (b) an intermediate insulator which is made of an insulating material and has at least a part thereof behind the slit housed in the outer body portion, and includes an internal cavity formed in the intermediate insulator;
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- (c) a central conductor portion which includes a central body portion housed in the internal cavity and a contact arm portion extending forward from the central body portion and housed in the internal cavity.
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A mating connector comprising:
- (a) a mating housing which is made of an insulating material;
- (b) a mating outer conductor portion which includes a main body portion buried into the mating housing and a contact portion connected to the main body portion and having at least a part of an outer circumferential surface exposed from the mating housing;
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- (c) a mating central conductor portion which includes a main body portion buried into the mating housing and is connected to the main body portion and has at least a tip thereof protruding forward from a housing front end of the mating housing,
- (d) wherein the main body portion of the mating outer conductor portion includes a curved portion having a substantially crank-like side surface shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.