Connector holder
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorHiroki Fukaya
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Abstract
Provided is a connector holder (25) suitable for use when connecting wire harnesses (10, 12) to each other by mating a plurality of connectors (40A to 40C, 41A to 41C). The connector holder is configured to be fitted into and fixed to a through hole (2a) in a vehicle body panel (2) that creates partitions, and to accommodate and hold the plurality of connectors (40A to 40C) that are connected to a group of electric wires of the wire harness (10) routed on one side of the vehicle body panel, the connectors being mated to connectors (41A to 41C) for a wire harness (12) routed on the other side of the vehicle body panel.
Claims8
A connector holder that is configured to be fitted into and fixed to a through hole of a vehicle body panel, and to accommodate and hold a plurality of first connectors that are connected to a first group of electric wires of a first wire harness that is routed on a first side partitioned by the vehicle body panel, the plurality of first connectors being mated to a plurality of second connectors of a second wire harness that is routed on a second side of the vehicle body panel, the connector holder comprising:
- a frame having opposite first and second ends and opposite inner and outer surfaces extending between the ends, the outer surface being shaped to fit into the through hole of the vehicle body panel, panel locks formed on the outer surface of the frame and configured to interlock with areas of the vehicle body panel adjacent the through hole;
- a wall extending across the first end of the frame and being formed with connector holding holes configured respectively to receive the first connectors, connector locks formed on the wall adjacent the connector holding holes and configured to retain the respective first connectors inserted into the connector holding holes, the second end of the frame being open so that the second connectors can be inserted therethrough and mated respectively to the first connectors locked to the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.