US 12,249,784 B2
Connector including recess for receiving protrusion of mating housing
Yuki Horiguchi, Mie (JP); and Ryousuke Giga, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/790,331
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/048383
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/145187, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-003304 (JP), filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039983 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/40 (2006.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/506 (2013.01) 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a first housing having a first facing surface and a first lock portion; and
a second housing having a second facing surface and a second lock portion,
wherein:
the first facing surface and the second facing surface are arranged to face each other,
the first lock portion and the second lock portion are respectively arranged in a rear part of the first facing surface and a rear part of the second facing surface and locked to each other to hold the first housing and the second housing in a combined state,
the first housing and the second housing include a recess for receiving a protrusion provided in a mating housing as a connection partner in the combined state, and
the recess is arranged between a front part of the first facing surface and a front part of the second facing surface and forward of a locked part of the first lock portion and the second lock portion.