IP Library Granted Patent US 8,480,417
Granted Patent B2
US 8,480,417 · App. 13/192,112 · Granted Jul 9, 2013

Wire cover and electrical connector

Inventors: Yoshifumi Suemitsu (Chiba, JP); Ryuichi Komiyama (Tokyo, JP); Kazushige Sakamaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
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Patent No.
US 8,480,417
App. No.
13/192,112
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire cover has a cover body, a wire routing passageway and a hood. The cover body includes a plurality of wire receiving passageways positioned in one direction. The wire routing passageway is directed into an inside of the cover body. The hood protrudes from a circumference of the wire routing passageway and controls a leading direction out of the wire routing passageway wherein the hood has a different thicknesses between a base on a side of the cover body and a tip on another side of the cover body.

Claims (11)

1. An electrical connector comprising:

a housing in which a plurality of terminal receiving openings are arranged in one direction; and

a wire cover mounted to a back surface side of the housing, the wire cover comprising a cover body, a plurality of recesses positioned along an inner peripheral surface of a base having a first thickness on a side of the cover body, ribs disposed between the recesses, and another recess positioned along an inner peripheral surface of a tip having a different thickness; and

a U-shaped lever having a pair of side plates and a connecting portion that connects the side plates to each other,

wherein the lever is mounted pivotably with respect to the housing in such that the lever crosses the back surface side of the wire cover and the wire cover is held in a thickness direction between the side plates.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the wire cover further comprises a wire routing passageway directed into an inside of the cover body.

3. The electrical connector of claim 2 , wherein the wire cover further comprises a hood protruding from a circumference of the wire routing passageway.

4. The electrical connector of claim 3 , wherein the hood protrudes in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction extending perpendicular to a surface of the of a front surface and a back surface of the cover body.

5. The electrical connector of claim 3 , wherein the hood is formed to have an arcuate section along an outer peripheral surface.

6. The electrical connector of claim 5 , wherein the hood has a recess formed in an inner peripheral surface of the tip.

7. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the base is thicker than the tip.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2024
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
To: TE CONNECTIVITY JAPAN G.K.
Reel/Frame 069811/0353 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2011
From: SUEMITSU, YOSHIFUMI; KOMIYAMA, RYUICHI; SAKAMAKI, KAZUSHIGE
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
Reel/Frame 026659/0797 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-169550 · Jul 28, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120028487A1 · Feb 2, 2012