IP Library Granted Patent US 12,438,306
Granted Patent B2
US 12,438,306 · App. 17/925,768 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Connector device with locking mechanism

Inventors: Kenichi Kitaoka (Yokkaichi, JP); Junichi Mukuno (Yokkaichi, JP); Hiroaki Saito (Osaka, JP); Tatsuya Ankyu (Osaka, JP); Takayoshi Bando (Osaka, JP); Tomohiro Yoshino (Osaka, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01R13/639H01R13/516H01R13/629
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Patent No.
US 12,438,306
App. No.
17/925,768
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The connector device is configured so that a first connector part and a second connector part are detachable. The connector device has a first lock part constituting a lock part that engages in the attachment/detachment direction between the first connector part and the second connector part.

Claims (13)

1. A connector device comprising:

a first connector portion;

a second connector portion configured to engage with the first connector portion in an attachment-detachment direction;

a first lock portion including:

an actuator that is arranged on one of the first connector portion and the second connector portion and configured to move a pin back and forth, and

a pin engagement groove that is arranged in the other one of the first connector portion and the second connector portion and is configured to receive and engage the pin in the attachment-detachment direction; and

a second lock portion that holds the pin engagement groove and the pin of the first lock portion in the engaged state, wherein the second lock portion includes:

a recess that is arranged in one of the first connector portion and the second connector portion and recessed in a direction intersecting an engagement direction of the pin engagement groove and the pin, and

a projection that is arranged on the other one of the first connector portion and the second connector portion and fitted to the recess,

wherein the pin engagement groove has a shape recessed radially inward over a specified range in the circumferential direction of the other one of the first connector portion and the second connector portion,

wherein the pin can be fitted into the pin engagement groove even when the first connector portion and the second connector portion are at a position differing from a normal position within a predetermined range in the circumferential direction,

wherein the pin engagement groove faces the actuator in a direction perpendicular to the attachment-detachment direction at the normal position, and

wherein the recess and the projection extend in the attachment-detachment direction of the first connector portion and the second connector portion, and are ring-shaped in a circumferential direction extending about an imaginary axis that lies on an attachment-detachment center.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2022
From: KITAOKA, KENICHI; MUKUNO, JUNICHI; SAITO, HIROAKI; ANKYU, TATSUYA; BANDO, TAKAYOSHI; YOSHINO, TOMOHIRO
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-092508 · May 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230198205A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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