IP Library Granted Patent US 8,641,441
Granted Patent B2
US 8,641,441 · App. 13/497,548 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Connector

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Patent No.
US 8,641,441
App. No.
13/497,548
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector includes a housing, a cavity formed in the housing, a terminal to which a cable is connected and which is inserted into the cavity from a rear end side of the housing, and a nut held at a front end portion of the housing, wherein the terminal has a plate-like connection portion extended in an insertion direction to the cavity and an insertion hole formed in the connection portion, and the connection portion, which is inserted into the cavity and protruded from a front end portion of the housing, is bent and arranged along a front end surface of the housing, whereby the insertion hole is communicated with an internal thread of the nut.

Claims (9)

1. A connector comprising:

a housing;

a cavity formed in the housing;

a terminal that is connected to a cable and is inserted into the cavity from a rear end side of the housing; and

a nut held at a front end portion of the housing,

wherein the terminal has a plate-like connection portion extended in an insertion direction to the cavity and an insertion hole formed in the connection portion, and the connection portion, which is inserted into the cavity and protruded from the front end portion of the housing, is bent so as to be arranged along a front end surface of the housing so that the insertion hole is communicated with an internal thread of the nut.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein a waterproofing plug is provided to the cable; and

wherein the waterproofing plug is engaged with the cavity to make watertight an inside of the cavity in a state that the terminal is inserted into the cavity.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein a retaining claw is provided on the front end surface of the housing to retain and hold the connection portion of the terminal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2012
From: AOKI, EIJI; NOJIMA, MOTOO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027907/0266 →