IP Library Granted Patent US 8,328,572
Granted Patent B2
US 8,328,572 · App. 13/124,202 · Granted Dec 11, 2012

Connector

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Patent No.
US 8,328,572
App. No.
13/124,202
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reduction in waterproofness that would occur when electric wires are bent is prevented. There is provided a connector ( 1 ) comprising a housing ( 5 ) comprising a locking portion ( 11 ) and an insertion hole ( 19 ) into which an electric wire ( 17 ) is inserted, a seal material ( 7 ) through which the electric wire is inserted and which is inserted into the insertion hole in the housing, a rear holder ( 3 ) comprising a through hole ( 31 ) through which the electric wire penetrates and a locking portion which is brought into engagement with the locking portion of the housing and provided integrally on the housing with the locking portion locked on the locking portion of the housing so as to prevent the seal material inserted in the insertion hole in the housing from being dislodged from the housing, and a shell ( 9 ) comprising an accommodating portion ( 37 ) which accommodates the housing in an interior thereof and a locking portion ( 15 ) which is brought into engagement with the locking portion of the housing and provided integrally on the housing with the locking portion locked on the rear holder and the locking portion of the housing.

Claims (16)

1. A connector, comprising:

a housing including a locking portion and an insertion hole into which an electric wire is inserted;

a seal material, formed in an annular shape, inserted into the insertion hole of the housing, and into which the electric wire is inserted,

a rear holder, provided integrally on the housing, and including:

a through hole through which the electric wire penetrates; and

a rear holder locking portion which is brought into engagement with the locking portion of the housing, and locked on the locking portion of the housing so as to prevent the seal material inserted in the insertion hole of the housing from being dislodged from the housing and to support the electric wire which penetrates through the through hole and the insertion hole in the housing; and

a shell, including an accommodating portion which accommodates the housing and the rear holder in an interior thereof and a shell locking portion which is brought into engagement with the locking portion of the housing,

wherein the accommodating portion accommodates the housing and the rear holder and the shell locking portion is locked on the locking portion of the housing on which the rear holder locking portion is locked so that the shell is provided integrally on the housing.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the shell restricts the dislodgement of the rear holder from the housing.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the rear holder projects further than the housing and the shell so as to cover the circumference of the electric wire on a side where the electric wire extends.

4. A connector according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of insertion holes into which a plurality of electric wires are inserted are aligned in the housing,

a plurality of through holes into which the plurality of electric wires are inserted are aligned in the rear holder, and

a plurality of locking portions are provided and are disposed between the insertion holes at an outer periphery of the housing.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →