US 12,244,092 B2
Connector with dummy plug
Takuma Yonezu, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/889,651.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-134470 (JP), filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054933 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/443 (2006.01); H01R 13/504 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/5205 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5045 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a housing formed with a through hole;
a rubber plug to be arranged inside the housing, the rubber plug being formed with a sealing hole communicating with the through hole; and
a dummy plug to be arranged from the through hole to the sealing hole,
wherein:
the housing includes a recess open in an inner surface of the through hole, and
the dummy plug includes:
a plug body to be held in close contact with an inner surface of the sealing hole by being arranged in the sealing hole;
an extending portion continuously extending from the plug body, the extending portion being arranged in the through hole; and
a protrusion projecting from an outer peripheral surface of the extending portion, the protrusion being arranged to be press-fit into the recess.