IP Library Granted Patent US 12,294,182
Granted Patent B2
US 12,294,182 · App. 17/949,955 · Granted May 6, 2025

Connector

Inventors: Masahiro Karita (Mie, JP); Takahiro Chikusa (Mie, JP); Yasuo Imai (Mie, JP); Ai Hirano (Mie, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
H01R13/6273H01R43/0421
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Patent No.
US 12,294,182
App. No.
17/949,955
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector includes a housing and an outer conductor. The outer conductor includes a first outer conductor and a second outer conductor. The housing includes a fitting hole into which the second outer conductor is fitted. The first outer conductor includes a first lock portion. In the state where the first outer conductor is located at a normal insertion position, the first lock portion is arranged so as to face the back side in the fitting direction of the second outer conductor in the fitting hole. The second outer conductor includes a second lock portion that is locked to the first lock portion in the state where the first outer conductor is located at the normal insertion position. In the state where the second lock portion is locked to the first lock portion, the second outer conductor is retained in the fitting hole.

Claims (27)

1. A connector comprising:

a housing;

an inner conductor; and

an outer conductor configured to surround the inner conductor and be arranged in the housing,

wherein the outer conductor includes:

a first outer conductor configured to be electrically connected to a shield layer of an electric wire, and

a second outer conductor configured to be electrically connected to the first outer conductor and electrically connected to a partner outer conductor of a partner connector,

the housing includes a fitting hole to which the second outer conductor is fittable,

the first outer conductor includes a first lock portion,

in a state where the first outer conductor is located at a normal insertion position, the first lock portion is arranged so as to face a back side in a fitting direction of the second outer conductor in the fitting hole,

the second outer conductor includes a second lock portion configured to be locked to the first lock portion in a state where the first outer conductor is located at the normal insertion position, and

in a state where the second lock portion is locked to the first lock portion, the second outer conductor is retained in the fitting hole.

2. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the housing includes a fitting groove formed along the fitting direction of the second outer conductor in an inner peripheral face of the fitting hole, and

the second outer conductor includes a protruding portion configured to fit into the fitting groove in a process of fitting to the first outer conductor.

3. The connector according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first outer conductor includes:

a conductor-side fitting hole, and

a conductor-side fitting groove formed along the fitting direction of the second outer conductor in an inner peripheral face of the conductor-side fitting hole, and

the protruding portion of the second outer conductor is fitted into the conductor-side fitting groove in a state where the second lock portion is locked to the first lock portion.

4. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the housing is L-shaped, and

the first outer conductor and the second outer conductor do not include a housing lock portion that is locked to the housing.

5. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first outer conductor is a member formed with a tubular shape by casting or cutting,

the second outer conductor is a plate-shaped member, and

the second lock portion is configured to undergo bending deformation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2022
From: KARITA, MASAHIRO; CHIKUSA, TAKAHIRO; IMAI, YASUO; HIRANO, AI
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061173/0231 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-157714 · Sep 28, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230109992A1 · Apr 13, 2023
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