US 12,244,097 B2
Connector unit and wire harness
Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Yokkaichi (JP); Ayumu Ohira, Yokkaichi (JP); Yoshimasa Tanuma, Yokkaichi (JP); Yuki Ohira, Toyota (JP); and Takenori Tsuchiya, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie-ken (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Appl. No. 17/995,580
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie-ken (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/014850
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/206131, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-071255 (JP), filed on Apr. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0216245 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/641 (2006.01); H01R 13/42 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/641 (2013.01) [H01R 13/42 (2013.01); H01R 13/5213 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector unit, comprising:
a connector including a terminal fitting that is connected to a terminating end portion of an electric wire and a housing that holds the terminal fitting; and
a tubular connector cover that covers the housing and is formed from an elastic material, wherein
the connector includes a connector position assurance component assuring proper fitting to a mating connector, and
the connector cover includes a window that exposes the connector position assurance component to the outside of the connector cover and a lid that freely opens and closes the window.