US 11,749,943 B2
Connector mating body
Tomoyuki Kondo, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/413,234
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/047615
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/129677, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-235048 (JP), filed on Dec. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0077629 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/621 (2006.01); H01R 13/426 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6215 (2013.01) [H01R 13/426 (2013.01); H01R 13/5202 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector mating body, comprising:
a first housing holding a plurality of first terminals;
a second housing holding a plurality of second terminals to be respectively conductively connected to the first terminals, the second housing being mated with the first housing;
a collar made of metal and arranged in a first insertion hole of the first housing;
a nut made of metal and arranged in a second insertion hole of the second housing; and
a bolt made of metal and including a head portion configured to come into contact with a base end surface of the collar and a shaft portion coaxially connected to a tip side of the head portion, having a smaller outer diameter than the head portion, partially arranged on an inner peripheral side of the collar and formed with an external thread to be threadably engaged with an internal thread of the nut,
wherein:
a reduced-diameter portion having a smaller outer diameter than a maximum outer diameter portion of the head portion is formed on a tip side part of the head portion,
a tip surface of the reduced-diameter portion is in contact with a base end surface of the collar, and
a sealing member is sandwiched between the base end surface of the collar and a tip surface of the maximum outer diameter portion adjacent to the reduced-diameter portion.