US 12,261,392 B2
Waterproof structure of socket connector
Ming-Jun Xu, Taoyuan (TW); Wen-Fu Liao, Taoyuan (TW); Yun-Chang Yang, New Taipei (TW); and Ming-Wei Chen, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD., New Taipei (TW); and ULTRASPEED ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD., New Taipei (TW); and ULTRASPEED ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/848,096.
Claims priority of application No. 111112878 (TW), filed on Apr. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0318224 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/5202 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5205 (2013.01); H01R 13/665 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A waterproof structure of a socket connector, the waterproof structure comprising:
a waterproof housing, comprising a wiring opening, a ring step surface disposed on an inner surface of the waterproof housing and facing the wiring opening, and an end cap covering the wiring opening;
a socket, received in the waterproof housing;
a cable, connected to the socket and passing through the wiring opening to penetrate out of the waterproof housing; and
a waterproof plug, wrapping a section of the cable, disposed in the wiring opening to close the wiring opening, and comprising an inner end, an outer end opposite to the inner end, and a transverse annular rib disposed on an outer surface thereof, the inner end arranged toward the socket and a longitudinal annular rib disposed thereon;
wherein the end cap is fastened to the waterproof housing along a longitudinal direction of the waterproof plug to press the outer end to make the longitudinal annular rib to press the ring step surface and make the transverse annular rib to abut against the inner surface of the waterproof housing.