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US 12,261,393 · App. 17/965,779 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Seal member that extends into the cover surface of an electrical connector housing

Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hamai (Makinohara, JP); Takatoshi Suzuki (Makinohara, JP); Junya Yamamoto (Makinohara, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H01R13/5205H01R13/422
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Patent No.
US 12,261,393
App. No.
17/965,779
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a connector including a seal member that seals a gap between an opening inner wall of an opening and a peripheral edge of a cover. The seal member includes a body portion having an annular shape along the peripheral edge of the cover, an extending portion that extends from an end portion of the body portion on a side of an outside along a cover surface of the cover, and a protruding portion that protrudes in a direction of intersecting with an extending direction of the extending portion and extends from the extending portion along the cover surface. The cover includes a recessed fitting portion into which the extending portion and the protruding portion of the seal member are fitted.

Claims (12)

1. A connector, comprising:

a terminal fitting;

an electric wire connected to the terminal fitting;

a housing that includes an internal space in which the electric wire is routed;

an opening that connects the internal space with an outside of the housing;

a cover that includes a cover surface closing the opening and is inserted into the opening to isolate the internal space from the outside; and

a seal member that seals a gap between an opening inner wall of the opening and a peripheral edge of the cover; wherein

the seal member includes a body portion having an annular shape along the peripheral edge of the cover, an extending portion that extends from an end portion of the body portion on a side of the outside along the cover surface, and a protruding portion that protrudes in a direction of intersecting with an extending direction of the extending portion and extends from the extending portion along the cover surface,

the cover includes a recessed fitting portion into which the extending portion and the protruding portion of the seal member are fitted, and

the extending portion and the protruding portion are fitted into the fitting portion such that the extending portion and the protruding portion do not protrude out of a recess of the fitting portion.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

an angle formed by the extending direction of the extending portion and a protruding direction of the protruding portion is 90 degrees or less.

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 14, 2022
From: HAMAI, TSUYOSHI; SUZUKI, TAKATOSHI; YAMAMOTO, JUNYA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061420/0186 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-171073 · Oct 19, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230122279A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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