IP Library Granted Patent US 10,050,376
Granted Patent B2
US 10,050,376 · App. 15/791,305 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Connector

Inventors: Shogo Suzuki (Shizuoka, JP); Kenichi Kawashima (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H01R13/5219H01R13/516H01R13/5216H01R2107/00H01R2201/26
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Patent No.
US 10,050,376
App. No.
15/791,305
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According an aspect of the invention, a connector includes a housing that includes a fitting portion having an outer periphery to which a cylindrical counterpart fitting portion of a counterpart connector is loosely fitted, a ring-shaped packing that includes a main body that is formed of an elastic member and is externally inserted in a tightly fitted manner to the outer periphery of the fitting portion so as to water-tightly seal a space between the fitting portion and the counterpart fitting portion, a ring-shaped resin ring portion that is provided at a base end of the packing, is formed of resin having a higher rigidity than the main body, and is locked to an engagement portion provided in the housing, and a notch portion that is provided in a part of an inner periphery of the resin ring portion.

Claims (12)

1. A connector comprising:

a housing that includes a fitting portion having an outer periphery to which a cylindrical counterpart fitting portion of a counterpart connector is loosely fitted;

a ring-shaped packing that includes a main body that is formed of an elastic member and is externally inserted in a tightly fitted manner to the outer periphery of the fitting portion so as to water-tightly seal a space between the fitting portion and the counterpart fitting portion;

a ring-shaped resin ring portion that is provided at a base end of the packing opposite to a distal end where the counterpart connector is fitted, so as to be integrated with an outer periphery of the main body, is formed of resin having a higher rigidity than the main body, and is locked to an engagement portion provided in the housing; and

a notch portion that is provided in a part of an inner periphery of the resin ring portion.

2. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the distal end of the main body has smaller inner and outer diameters than other portions of the main body excluding the distal end and has a tapered thick portion that is formed to be thicker than the other portions.

3. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin ring portion is formed in a polygonal ring shape, and

the notch portion is formed in at least one internal corner portion of the resin ring portion.

4. The connector according to claim 3 ,

wherein the distal end of the main body has smaller inner and outer diameters than other portions of the main body excluding the distal end and has a tapered thick portion that is formed to be thicker than the other portions.

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 Oct 23, 2017
From: SUZUKI, SHOGO; KAWASHIMA, KENICHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043928/0115 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-208735 · Oct 25, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180115104A1 · Apr 26, 2018