IP Library Granted Patent US 10,141,679
Granted Patent B2
US 10,141,679 · App. 15/657,193 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Electrical connector

Inventors: Naoyuki Ono (Chiba, JP); Osamu Hayashi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SMK Corporation
H01R13/5202H01R13/28H01R13/4223H01R13/5219H01R13/6581H01R24/60H01R31/08
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Patent No.
US 10,141,679
App. No.
15/657,193
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A waterproof attachment portion to an enclosure is formed to implement the reduction in height, reduction in size, and positive waterproof effects at the same time. An electrical connector includes: an electrically conductive contact; an insulating housing for holding the contact; a metal shell which includes an opening opened frontward to allow a mating connector to be inserted therein and accommodates the housing; and a sealing member which is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the metal shell and protruded frontward from the metal shell.

Claims (20)

1. An electrical connector comprising:

an electrically conductive contact;

an insulating housing configured to hold the contact;

a metal shell having an opening opened frontward to allow a mating connector to be inserted therein, the metal shell being configured to accommodate the housing; and

a sealing member which is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the metal shell, the sealing member including a projected portion protruded frontward from the metal shell, wherein

the metal shell has an inclined surface that is inclined so as to increase the opening in diameter frontward at a front end, and

the projected portion is provided toward the outer peripheral surface with respect to the inclined surface, and covers a front surface of the metal shell such that the inclined surface of the metal shell is exposed.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein an intersection between the front surface of the metal shell and the inclined surface of the metal shell is exposed.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the entire inclined surface of the metal shell is exposed.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the projected portion covers the entire front surface of the metal shell.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the projected portion covers a part of the front surface of the metal shell.

6. An electrical connector comprising:

an electrically conductive contact;

an insulating housing configured to hold the contact;

a metal shell having an opening opened frontward to allow a mating connector to be inserted therein, the metal shell being configured to accommodate the housing; and

a sealing member which is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the metal shell, the sealing member including a projected portion protruded frontward from the metal shell, wherein

the metal shell has an inclined surface that is inclined so as to increase the opening in diameter frontward at a front end, and

the projected portion is provided toward the outer peripheral surface with respect to the inclined surface, and covers the metal shell from a front surface thereof such that the inclined surface of the metal shell is exposed, wherein

the metal shell includes a rapture surface, which is a cut surface, on the front surface toward an outer edge, and

the sealing member covers the outer edge.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2017
From: HAYASHI, OSAMU; ONO, NAOYUKI
To: SMK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043095/0725 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-146146 · Jul 26, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180034194A1 · Feb 1, 2018