IP Library Granted Patent US 9,705,238
Granted Patent B2
US 9,705,238 · App. 14/955,197 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

Waterproof connector and fabricating method therefor

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Patent No.
US 9,705,238
App. No.
14/955,197
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A waterproof connector includes a resin housing; a conductor extended from the resin housing, and provided with a recess portion at a portion of a part embedded in the resin housing; and a sealing agent interposed in a gap between the conductor which includes the recess portion and the resin housing.

Claims (28)

1. A waterproof connector comprising:

a resin housing;

a conductor extended from the resin housing, and the conductor including a recess portion provided at a portion of the conductor embedded in the resin housing; and

a sealing agent interposed in a gap between the recess portion of the conductor and the resin housing, wherein:

a cross-section of the conductor at the recess portion is in a rectangular shape, the cross-section being perpendicular to an extending direction of the conductor, the extending direction of the conductor being perpendicular to a thickness direction of the conductor and

the recess portion includes a notch extending in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the conductor.

2. The water proof connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the notch is provided in a plane including at least one side of the cross section.

3. The waterproof connector according to claim 1 , wherein

the conductor includes

one end portion in an interior of the resin housing,

the other end portion which is in an exterior of the resin housing and to be fixed to an exterior portion, and

a fixing portion which is connected to the one end portion and the other end portion and is embedded in the resin housing, and

the recess portion is formed in the fixing portion.

4. The water proof connector according to claim 1 , wherein the notch extends through the conductor in the thickness direction thereby forming the notch extending in the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction.

5. The water proof connector according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor further comprises a plurality of male terminals extending in a direction perpendicular from the extending direction of the conductor at the recess portion and extending in a direction perpendicular from the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the conductor.

6. The water proof connector according to claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of metal terminals extends in a direction parallel with the thickness direction of the conductor at the recess portion.

7. A fabrication method of a waterproof connector, the method comprising:

providing a resin housing

providing a conductor including a fixing portion to be embedded in the resin housing;

applying a sealing agent to the conductor at the fixing portion to be embedded in the resin housing, the fixing portion having a recess portion; and

insert molding the conductor in the resin housing after the sealing agent has solidified,

wherein:

a cross-section of the conductor at the recess portion is in a rectangular shape the cross-section being perpendicular to an extending direction of the conductor, the extending direction of the conductor being perpendicular to a thickness direction of the conductor and

the recess portion includes a notch extending in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the conductor.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the notch extends through the conductor in the thickness direction thereby forming the notch extending in the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the conductor further comprises a plurality of male terminals extending in a direction perpendicular from the extending direction of the conductor at the recess portion and extending in a direction perpendicular from the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the conductor.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of metal terminals extends in a direction parallel with the thickness direction of the conductor at the recess portion.

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 Dec 1, 2015
From: OSADA, TATSUO; SUZUKI, SHOGO; SAITOH, MASAYUKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037176/0095 →