IP Library Granted Patent US 9,312,627
Granted Patent B2
US 9,312,627 · App. 14/696,532 · Granted Apr 12, 2016

Connector

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Patent No.
US 9,312,627
App. No.
14/696,532
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector according to an aspect of the invention is a connector provided with a rear connector that includes a rear housing, and a front connector that includes a front housing and that is assembled to the rear connector; the rear housing contains a terminal of a cable end, and the front housing contains a mating terminal to be connected to the terminal; and the rear housing is provided with a checking window through which the terminal is exposed to outside and a voltage of the terminal can be checked, and a waterproof lid which closes the checking window in a sealed state.

Claims (24)

1. A connector comprising:

a rear connector that includes a rear housing; and

a front connector that includes a front housing and that is assembled to the rear connector,

wherein the rear housing contains a terminal of a cable end, and the front housing contains a mating terminal to be connected to the terminal, and

wherein the rear housing is provided with

a checking window through which the terminal is exposed to outside, and a voltage of the terminal can be checked, and

a waterproof lid which closes the checking window in a sealed state.

2. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the checking window is formed of:

a viewing through-hole which is provided in the rear housing and through which the terminal in the rear housing can be visually recognized externally; and

a tube wall extended from an opening edge portion of the viewing through-hole, and

wherein the waterproof lid is fit to an inside surrounded by the tube wall, in a sealed state.

3. The connector according to claim 2 , further comprising

a shield shell that covers an outer circumference of the rear connector to shield the rear connector,

wherein the shield shell is provided with an insertion through-hole through which the tube wall is inserted, and

wherein the waterproof lid includes:

a waterproof plug body which is fit to the tube wall inserted through the insertion through-hole;

a seal member which is assembled to the waterproof plug body and closely contacts with an inner circumference of the tube wall;

a lid plate to which the waterproof plug body is assembled and which is fixed to the rear housing; and

a fixing bolt by which the lid plate is screwed and fixed to the rear housing.

4. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein

the rear housing and the terminal are integrally molded, and

the viewing through-hole provided in the rear housing is a hole formed by an extrusion pin which is butted against the terminal and extrudes the rear housing from a molding die when the rear housing and the terminal are integrally molded.

5. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the rear housing and the terminal are integrally molded.

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 Apr 27, 2015
From: NAKAI, SATOSHI; SUZUKI, TORU; OOISHI, MADOKA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035498/0248 →