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US 8,133,076 B2Granted
Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorHideto Nakamura
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Abstract
A connector has an inner housing (11) accommodating female terminal fittings (80); an outer housing (12) disposed to surround a periphery of the inner housing (11); and a rubber member (70) disposed to be sandwiched between the inner and outer housings (11, 12). When a mating housing (90) is fit between the inner and outer housings (11, 12), the rubber member (70) is held therebetween and is compressed in a fit-on direction and with a fit-on surfaces of the inner and mating housings (11, 90) kept in contact with each other in a pressed state.
Claims11
A connector comprising:
- an inner housing having a rear end and a front end forward of the rear end, cavities extending through the inner housing from the rear end to the front end and terminal fittings accommodated therein;
- an outer housing surrounding an outer periphery of the inner housing and movably disposed in forward and rearward directions relative to the inner housing, the outer housing having a lock formed thereon;
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- a rubber member sandwiched between a rearward facing surface of the inner housing and a forward facing surface of the outer housing, whereby the inner and outer housings can be connected with a mating housing so that the mating housing is fit between the inner and outer housings and engages the lock of the outer housing, and whereby the rubber member urges the front end of the inner housing against the mating housing when the mating housing is engaged with the lock of the outer housing.
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A connector assembly comprising:
- a first housing having a terminal mounting portion with a front surface, a hood projecting forward from the terminal mounting portion and a lock formed on the hood;
- an inner housing with opposite front and rear ends and an outer periphery extending between the front and rear ends, the inner housing being insertable in the hood of the first housing so that the front end of the inner housing abuts the front surface of the terminal mounting portion of the first housing;
- an outer housing mounted on the outer periphery of the inner housing and fittable over the hood of the first housing, a resiliently deflectable lock formed on the outer housing and being engageable with the lock on the hood;
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- a rubber member compressed between opposed surfaces of the inner and outer housings and disposed for urging the front end of the inner housing against the front surface of the terminal mounting portion of the first connector when the resiliently deflectable lock on the outer housing engages the lock on the hood.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.