US 12,191,598 B2
Connector, wiring harness and assembly method therefor
Hiroki Sakai, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/700,988.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-059392 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0320789 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/52 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/5205 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
one or more terminals to be respectively connected to one or more wires;
an annular connector housing for at least partly accommodating the terminal(s);
an inner member to be mounted on an end part of the connector housing;
one or more through holes provided in the inner member, the wire(s) being individually passed through the through hole(s);
one or more first annular sealing members to be individually fit inside the through hole(s); and
an annular second sealing member having a hole inside which the inner member is to be fit,
wherein:
the one or more first sealing members are held in close contact with outer peripheral surfaces of the one or more wires and one or more inner peripheral surfaces of the through hole(s), and
the second sealing member is held in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the inner member and an inner peripheral surface of the connector housing.