Back to results
US 9,960,535 B2Granted
Weather-proof connector
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorKousuke Kida
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A connector includes a first member constituting a main body of the connector; and one or a plurality of second members attached to the first member. A specific member is selected from the group consisting of the first member and the second members to have a portion to be elastically deformed upon the attachment, and the specific member is formed of a hydrolysis-resistant material.
Claims9
A connector comprising:
- a first member constituting a main body of the connector extending in a fitting direction;
- and
- a cover including an upper cover, a lower cover, and a hinge that connects an edge of the upper cover directly to an edge of the lower cover along the fitting direction, and one of the lower cover and the upper cover being rotatable about the hinge when a different one of the upper cover and the lower cover is attached to the first member,
- at least one of the first member and the cover having a portion to be elastically deformed upon the attachment of the different one of the upper cover and the lower cover to the first member, the at least one of the cover and the first member being formed of a hydrolysis-resistant material,
- the upper cover including one of an engagement piece and an engagement portion, the lower cover including a different one of the engagement piece and the engagement portion, and
- the engagement piece is the portion to be elastically deformed upon attachment.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.