IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,300,928
Granted Patent B2
US 12,300,928 · App. 18/055,638 · Granted May 13, 2025

Connector retainer

Inventors: Tomonori Imaizumi (Tokyo, JP); Yujiro Kondo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
H01R13/6275H01R13/426H01R2201/26
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,300,928
App. No.
18/055,638
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector retainer attached to a connector device includes a cover, a locking arm, an engagement arm, and an engagement claw. The cover has a surface being flat and extending in a direction parallel to an engagement direction in which a first and second connectors of the connector device are engaged. The cover is configured to cover an outer surface of an engagement maintaining mechanism for maintaining the engagement state of the connectors. The locking arm projects from the surface of the cover in a direction crossing the engagement direction. The engagement arm projects from the surface of the cover in the direction crossing the engagement direction. The engagement claw is disposed at a tip end of the engagement arm, and is configured to engaged with a projection of the second connector.

Claims (11)

1. A connector retainer configured to be attached to a connector device, the connector device being provided with

a first connector,

a second connector configured to be engaged with the first connector, and comprising: an exposed member that is a part of an outer surface of the second connector exposed to an outside in an engagement state in which the first connector and the second connector are engaged with each other; and a projection projecting outward from the exposed member, and

an engagement maintaining mechanism configured to maintain the engagement state in which the first connector and the second connector are engaged with each other, the connector retainer comprising:

a cover having a surface that is flat and extends in a direction parallel to an engagement direction in which the first connector is engaged with the second connector, the cover being configured to cover an outer surface of the engagement maintaining mechanism;

a locking arm projecting from the surface of the cover in a direction crossing the engagement direction, the locking arm being configured to lock a lockable plate of the first connector;

an engagement arm projecting from the surface of the cover in a direction crossing the engagement direction, the engagement arm being configured to be disposed so as to surround a part of the exposed member of the second connector; and

an engagement claw disposed at a tip end of the engagement arm, the engagement claw being configured to be engaged with the projection.

2. The connector retainer according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a tether into which a harness extending from the first connector is inserted; and

an improper attachment inhibiting member configured to inhibit improper attachment of the connector retainer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2022
From: IMAIZUMI, TOMONORI; KONDO, YUJIRO
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061779/0468 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-190404 · Nov 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230163523A1 · May 25, 2023
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