# US 2025/0167484 A1 · Connector assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0167484 A1 - Document ID: US20250167484A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/729,808 - Filed: 2022-12-09 - Published: 2025-05-22 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-17 - Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Takeshi Matsumoto; Shinichiro Morishita; Takahiro Yoneda; Aritsugu Hirose - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250167484A1 ## CPC - H01R 13/5812: {the cable clamping being achieved by mounting the separate part on the housing of the coupling device} - H01R 13/5205: {Sealing means between cable and housing, e.g. grommet (H01R13/5221 takes precedence)} - H01R 13/6592: the conductive member being a shielded cable - B60R 16/0215: {Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor} - H01R 13/4223: {comprising integral flexible contact retaining fingers} - H01R 13/5202: {Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings} - H01R 13/65914: {Connection of shield to additional grounding conductors} - H01R 43/18: for manufacturing bases or cases for contact members - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Included are a connector housing holding a terminal connected to an end portion of an electric wire, a tubular shield shell surrounding the connector housing, a tubular braided wire surrounding the electric wire extending in a first direction from the connector housing, a tubular rubber boot surrounding the braided wire, a first tightening member tightening the rubber boot, and a second tightening member tightening the braided wire. The shield shell has a tubular boot attachment portion and a tubular wire attachment portion. The rubber boot has a tubular boot body and an annular sealing portion. The tubular boot attachment portion has, on an outer peripheral side thereof, a tubular sealing surface with which the sealing portion comes into contact, and a first protrusion portion protruding outward in a radial direction from a portion on the first direction side of the sealing surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connector assembly comprising: a connector housing holding a terminal connected to an end portion of an electric wire; a tubular shield shell surrounding the connector housing; a tubular braided wire attached to the shield shell and surrounding the electric wire extending in a first direction from the connector housing; a tubular rubber boot attached to the shield shell and surrounding the braided wire; a first tightening member tightening the rubber boot to the shield shell; and a second tightening member tightening the braided wire to the shield shell, wherein the shield shell has a tubular boot attachment portion for attaching the rubber boot, and a tubular wire attachment portion for attaching the braided wire, the wire attachment portion is provided on the first direction side with respect to the boot attachment portion, the rubber boot has a tubular boot body, and an annular sealing portion provided so as to protrude inward in a radial direction from the boot body, and the tubular boot attachment portion has, on an outer peripheral side thereof, a tubular sealing surface with which the sealing portion comes into contact, and a first protrusion portion protruding outward in the radial direction from a portion on the first direction side of the sealing surface, the boot attachment portion has, on an inner peripheral side thereof, a first inclined surface reduced in diameter toward the first direction, and the wire attachment portion has, on an inner peripheral side thereof, a second inclined surface enlarged in diameter toward the first direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the tubular wire attachment portion has, on an outer peripheral side thereof, a tubular electrical connection surface electrically connected to the braided wire, the wire attachment portion has a second protrusion portion protruding outward in the radial direction from a portion on the first direction side of the electrical connection surface, and a distal end of the second protrusion portion is located inward of a distal end of the first protrusion portion in the radial direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The connector assembly according to claim 2, wherein the distal end of the second protrusion portion is located inward of the sealing surface in the radial direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The connector assembly according to claim 2, wherein the second protrusion portion is provided over an entire circumference of the wire attachment portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first protrusion portion is provided over an entire circumference of the boot attachment portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second tightening member has a band-like portion provided along an outer periphery of the tubular braided wire, and a tightening portion provided at one end of the band-like portion, and the tightening portion has a locking portion allowing another end of the band-like portion to be inserted therethrough and preventing the inserted band-like portion from moving in a direction opposite to an insertion direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The connector assembly according to claim 6, wherein the boot body has a tubular portion having a smooth inner surface, and a housing portion provided at a portion in a circumferential direction of the boot body and having an inner surface located outward of the tubular portion in the radial direction, and the tightening portion is housed at the housing portion. ### Claim 8 (canceled) ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The connector assembly according to claim 3 wherein the second protrusion portion is provided over an entire circumference of the wire attachment portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The connector assembly according to claim 2, wherein the first protrusion portion is provided over an entire circumference of the boot attachment portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The connector assembly according to claim 3, wherein the first protrusion portion is provided over an entire circumference of the boot attachment portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The connector assembly according to claim 4, wherein the first protrusion portion is provided over an entire circumference of the boot attachment portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The connector assembly according claim 2, wherein the second tightening member has a band-like portion provided along an outer periphery of the tubular braided wire, and a tightening portion provided at one end of the band-like portion, and the tightening portion has a locking portion allowing another end of the band-like portion to be inserted therethrough and preventing the inserted band-like portion from moving in a direction opposite to an insertion direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) The connector assembly according claim 3, wherein the second tightening member has a band-like portion provided along an outer periphery of the tubular braided wire, and a tightening portion provided at one end of the band-like portion, and the tightening portion has a locking portion allowing another end of the band-like portion to be inserted therethrough and preventing the inserted band-like portion from moving in a direction opposite to an insertion direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 4) The connector assembly according claim 4, wherein the second tightening member has a band-like portion provided along an outer periphery of the tubular braided wire, and a tightening portion provided at one end of the band-like portion, and the tightening portion has a locking portion allowing another end of the band-like portion to be inserted therethrough and preventing the inserted band-like portion from moving in a direction opposite to an insertion direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 5) The connector assembly according claim 5, wherein the second tightening member has a band-like portion provided along an outer periphery of the tubular braided wire, and a tightening portion provided at one end of the band-like portion, and the tightening portion has a locking portion allowing another end of the band-like portion to be inserted therethrough and preventing the inserted band-like portion from moving in a direction opposite to an insertion direction.