IP Library Granted Patent US 8,968,038
Granted Patent B2
US 8,968,038 · App. 13/967,865 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Connector apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,968,038
App. No.
13/967,865
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector apparatus includes a board mounting connector mounted on a board housed in a housing case, a mating connector fit to the board mounting connector, and a guide hood that has a connector fitting part to guide insertion of the mating connector and is fit into an opening section of the housing case. The board mounting connector has a recessed fitting part, into which a housing front-end side fitting part of the mating connector is inserted. A connector fitting part of the guide hood has a second opening whose width is wider than a width of a first opening of the recessed fitting part and is substantially equal to a width of a housing rear-end side fitting part of the mating connector. A retainer is held in a housing rear-end side fitting part of the mating connector.

Claims (8)

1. A connector apparatus, comprising:

a board mounting connector configured to be mounted on a board housed in a housing case and to be disposed at an opening section of the housing case;

a mating connector fit to the board mounting connector; and

a guide hood configured to have a connector fitting part to guide insertion of the mating connector corresponding to the board mounting connector, and to be fit into the opening section of the housing case,

wherein a housing of the board mounting connector has a recessed fitting part, into which a housing front-end side fitting part of the mating connector is inserted;

wherein a connector fitting part of the guide hood has a second opening, and a width of the second opening is wider than a width of a first opening of the recessed fitting part and is substantially equal to a width of a housing rear-end side fitting part of the mating connector; and

wherein a retainer for locking a terminal contained in the mating housing is housed and held in a housing rear-end side fitting part of the mating connector.

2. The connector apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the guide hood has a plurality of connector fitting parts to guide insertion of a plurality of the mating connectors corresponding to a plurality of the board mounting connectors disposed in a width direction of the second opening of the guide hood.

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 Aug 15, 2013
From: KIDA, KOUSUKE; IKEMOTO, SHINICHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031019/0861 →