# US 9,520,667 B2 · Connector

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- Number: US 9,520,667 B2
- Document ID: US9520667B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/870,692
- Filed: 2015-09-30
- Published: 2016-04-28
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2014-10-22
- Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
- Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
- Inventors: Norihiko Tanigawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9520667B2

## CPC

- H01R 13/42: Securing in a demountable manner
- H01R 13/424: Securing in base or case composed of a plurality of insulating parts having at least one resilient insulating part
- H01R 13/447: Shutter or cover plate
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

## Abstract

A connector (10) includes a main body (11) including terminal accommodating portions (16A, 16B) capable of accommodating terminal fittings (60) and a cover (12) to be mounted on the main body (11) to cover the terminal fittings (60) accommodated in the terminal accommodating portions (16A, 16B). Wire draw-out openings (23) from which wires (90) are drawn out are formed to be open between joint parts of the cover (12) and the main body (11) with the cover (12) mounted on the main body (11). Resilient supporting portions (24) are provided on opening edge parts of the wire draw-out openings (23) for supporting the wires (90) by resiliently contacting outer peripheral surfaces of the wires (90) at a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart positions.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A connector, comprising:
a terminal fitting connected to an end part of a wire;
a main body including a terminal accommodating portion capable of accommodating the terminal fitting; and
a cover to be mounted on the main body to cover the terminal fitting accommodated in the terminal accommodating portion;
a wire draw-out opening from which the wire is drawn out being formed between the cover and the main body with the cover mounted on the main body and
at least one resilient support provided on an opening edge part of the wire draw-out opening for supporting the wire by resiliently contacting an outer peripheral surface of the wire at a plurality of circumferentially spaced positions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein the resilient support has a corrugated shape and is expandable and contractible in a radial direction of the wire.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The connector of claim 2, wherein the resilient support is provided at an opening edge of the wire draw-out opening on one of the main body and the cover and resiliently sandwiches and holds the wire in the wire draw-out opening.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The connector of claim 3, wherein the resilient support is unitary with the main body.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The connector of claim 4, wherein the resilient support is not provided on the cover.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The connector of claim 3, wherein the resilient support has plural peaks and troughs, at least three of the peaks engaging the outer peripheral surface of the wire.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The connector of claim 3, wherein the resilient support has opposite ends joined unitarily to the main body at the wire draw-out opening and wherein areas of the resilient support between the opposite ends are spaced from surfaces of the main body that define the wire draw-out opening.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein the resilient support is provided on an opening edge of the wire draw-out opening on one of the main body and the cover and resiliently sandwiches and holds the wire in the wire draw-out opening.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The connector of claim 8, wherein the resilient support is unitary with the main body.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The connector of claim 9, wherein the resilient support is not provided on the cover.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The connector of claim 8, wherein the resilient support has plural peaks and troughs, at least three of the peaks engaging the outer peripheral surface of the wire.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The connector of claim 8, wherein the resilient support has opposite ends joined unitarily to the main body at the wire draw-out opening and wherein areas of the resilient support between the opposite ends are spaced from surfaces of the main body that define the wire draw-out opening.