US 12,266,890 B2
Connector fitting structure
Seiji Kozono, Kakegawa (JP); Yoshitaka Tsushima, Fujieda (JP); and Masaya Okamoto, Fujieda (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/852,885.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-111755 (JP), filed on Jul. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006395 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/631 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/631 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector fitting structure, comprising:
a first connector; and
a second connector, wherein
the first connector and the second connector are fitted and electrically connected to each other,
the first connector includes:
a first housing that houses a first connection terminal; and
a guide groove provided in the first housing,
the guide groove includes:
a first groove portion extending along a connector fitting direction;
a second groove portion formed to gradually increase in width from a side of the first groove portion toward a side of the second connector; and
a connection portion that connects the first groove portion and the second groove portion,
the second connector includes:
a second housing that houses a second connection terminal;
an outer housing that houses and holds the second housing; and
a projection portion provided on the outer housing and inserted into the guide groove, and
the projection portion has a recessed portion formed on a front end side of the projection portion and on at least one side surface of the projection portion that faces groove side surfaces of the guide groove.