US 12,261,387 B2
Connector including closed portion formed by space
Kazuki Hiramatsu, Mie (JP); Taiga Kadoyama, Mie (JP); Hidekazu Matsuda, Mie (JP); Toshikazu Suzuki, Osaka (JP); and Toshifumi Ichio, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/868,247.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-122069 (JP), filed on Jul. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033745 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/40 (2006.01); H01R 13/504 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/6581 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/40 (2013.01) [H01R 13/504 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01); H01R 13/6581 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a terminal;
a die-cast member configured to surround an outer periphery of the terminal;
a dielectric arranged between the terminal and the die-cast member; and
a housing into which the die-cast member is mounted,
wherein:
the die-cast member includes a locking protrusion,
the housing includes a locking recess recessed in a mounting direction of the die-cast member,
the locking protrusion is press-fit into the locking recess, and
a closed portion formed by a space that is shut off from outside is formed between a tip part of the locking protrusion in the mounting direction and a back end part of the locking recess in the mounting direction in a state where the locking protrusion of the die-cast member is completely inserted into the locking recess of the housing.