IP Library Granted Patent US 11,894,633
Granted Patent B2
US 11,894,633 · App. 17/699,599 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Connector unit

Inventors: Kazuhide Ikeya (Makinohara, JP); Koutaro Tobino (Fujieda, JP); Yoshizumi Sakurai (Fujieda, JP)
Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
H01R13/5219
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Patent No.
US 11,894,633
App. No.
17/699,599
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector unit includes a first connector, a second connector and a seal member to be interposed therebetween. The first connector includes a fitting portion having a distal end portion. The second connector includes a fitted portion. A thickness of the fitting portion is reduced at the distal end portion with an inner peripheral surface of the distal end portion being recessed. The fitted portion includes an attachment portion to which the seal member is to be attached and a housing portion. When the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, the distal end portion is accommodated in the housing portion, and the seal member performs sealing between the fitting portion and the fitted portion by being sandwiched between the attachment portion and a portion of the fitting portion, the portion being provided further in a second direction than the distal end portion.

Claims (18)

1. A connector unit comprising: a first connector and a second connector configured to be fitted to each other; and a seal member configured to, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, be interposed between the first connector and the second connector,

wherein the first connector includes a fitting portion extending in a first direction in which the first connector is fitted to the second connector, the fitting portion having a distal end portion in the first direction,

wherein the second connector includes a fitted portion configured such that the fitting portion is fitted to the fitted portion,

wherein a thickness of the fitting portion is reduced at the distal end portion with an inner peripheral surface of the distal end portion being recessed toward an outer side in a radial direction of the connector unit,

wherein the fitted portion includes: an attachment portion configured such that the seal member is attached to the attachment portion; and a housing portion provided further in the first direction than the attachment portion,

wherein, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, the distal end portion is accommodated in the housing portion, and the seal member performs sealing between the fitting portion and the fitted portion by being sandwiched between the attachment portion and a packing contact portion of the fitting portion, the packing contact portion being provided further in a second direction opposite to the first direction than the distal end portion, and

wherein a smooth stepped portion is formed on an inner peripheral surface of a boundary portion between the distal end portion and the packing contact portion.

2. The connector unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the distal end portion has a thickness such that the inner peripheral surface does not contact the seal member while the first connector and the second connector being fitted to each other.

3. A connector unit comprising: a first connector and a second connector configured to be fitted to each other; and a seal member configured to, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, be interposed between the first connector and the second connector,

wherein the first connector includes a fitting portion extending in a first direction in which the first connector is fitted to the second connector, the fitting portion having a distal end portion in the first direction,

wherein the second connector includes a fitted portion configured such that the fitting portion is fitted to the fitted portion,

wherein a thickness of the fitting portion is reduced at the distal end portion with an inner peripheral surface of the distal end portion being recessed toward an outer side, in a radial direction, of the connector unit,

wherein the fitted portion includes: an attachment portion configured such that the seal member is attached to the attachment portion; and a housing portion provided further in the first direction than the attachment portion,

wherein, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, the distal end portion is accommodated in the housing portion, and the seal member performs sealing between the fitting portion and the fitted portion by being sandwiched between the attachment portion and a packing contact portion of the fitting portion, the packing contact portion being provided further in a second direction opposite to the first direction than the distal end portion,

wherein the distal end portion includes a protruding portion protruding in the first direction,

wherein the housing portion includes a recess recessed toward the first direction, and

wherein, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other, the protruding portion is accommodated in the recess, and a surface of the protruding portion and an inner surface of the recess abut against each other in a direction intersecting the first and second directions.

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 Mar 21, 2022
From: IKEYA, KAZUHIDE; TOBINO, KOUTARO; SAKURAI, YOSHIZUMI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060157/0754 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-050052 · Mar 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220311176A1 · Sep 29, 2022
Cited By (1)
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