US 12,266,887 B2
Waterproof connector and sealing element
Tetsuro Akiguchi, Kakegawa (JP)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Kawasaki (JP)
Filed by Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Kawasaki (JP)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/748,158.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-084918 (JP), filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376432 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/5221 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/5202 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A waterproof connector comprising:
a connector housing that mates with a mating housing, including a first housing and a second housing; and
a sealing element that is a continuous integral component and comprises:
a family seal portion that surrounds a periphery of each of a plurality of electric wires to perform sealing the periphery of each of the electric wires, the family seal portion arranged between and engaged with the first housing and the second housing; and
a seal ring portion that is positioned between the mating housing and the connector housing to perform sealing between the mating housing and the connector housing, the second housing including an inwardly facing inner wall that comes into contact with an outwardly facing outer wall surface of the sealing element.