Terminal fitting
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsNobuyoshi Tanaka, Kiyofumi Ichida
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Abstract
A watertight connector has male and female housings (10, 20). The male housing (20) has a receptacle (21) and a gelatinous material accommodating space (23) rearward of the receptacle (21). A gelatinous material (30) is accommodated in the gelatinous material accommodating space (23). A leading end (14) of a female housing (11) is fittable into the receptacle (21). A slanted surface (25) is formed on an inner peripheral surface (24) of the receptacle (21) continuous with the gelatinous material accommodating space (23) over the entire periphery of the inner peripheral surface (24) to define an escaping space (26). The gelatinous material (30) is squeezed by the leading end (14) of the female housing and enters the escaping space (26).
Claims12
A watertight connector, comprising:
- a first housing (10) having an outer peripheral surface;
- a second housing (20) having a front end and a receptacle (21) adjacent the front end, the receptacle (21) having an inner peripheral surface, a gelatinous material accommodating space (23) being formed in the second housing (20) adjacent the receptacle (21), the first housing (10) being accommodated in the receptacle (21) and substantially adjacent the gelatinous material accommodating space (23), the first and second housings (10, 20) being dimensioned such that an escaping space (26) is defined between the inner and outer peripheral surfaces, the escaping space (26) being adjacent to and continuous with the gelatinous material accommodating space (23);
- a gelatinous material (30) being disposed in the gelatinous material accommodating space (23) and being squeezed into the escaping space (26) as the two housings (10, 20) are connected with each other to provide watertightness.
A watertight connector, comprising:
- a first housing (10) having a front end and an outer peripheral surface extending rearward of the front end, the outer peripheral surface defining a first cross-sectional size and shape;
- a second housing (20) having a front end and a receptacle (21) adjacent the front end, the receptacle (21) having an inner peripheral surface defining a second cross-sectional size and shape, a gelatinous material accommodating space (23) being formed in the second housing (20) adjacent and rearward of the receptacle (21), the gelatinous material accommodating space (23) having a selected volume and having a third cross-sectional size and shape that is larger than the first cross-sectional size and shape of the first housing (10), but smaller than the second cross-sectional size and shape of the receptacle (21);
- a gelatinous material (30) with a volume greater than the gelatinous material accommodating space (23) being disposed in the gelatinous material accommodating space (23) and extending partly into the receptacle (21), whereby the gelatinous material (30) is squeezed into an escaping space (26) between the inner and outer peripheral surfaces as the two housings (10, 20) are connected with each other to provide watertightness.
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