US 12,294,182 B2
Connector
Masahiro Karita, Mie (JP); Takahiro Chikusa, Mie (JP); Yasuo Imai, Mie (JP); and Ai Hirano, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,955.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-157714 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109992 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 43/042 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6273 (2013.01) [H01R 43/0421 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a housing;
an inner conductor; and
an outer conductor configured to surround the inner conductor and be arranged in the housing,
wherein the outer conductor includes:
a first outer conductor configured to be electrically connected to a shield layer of an electric wire, and
a second outer conductor configured to be electrically connected to the first outer conductor and electrically connected to a partner outer conductor of a partner connector,
the housing includes a fitting hole to which the second outer conductor is fittable,
the first outer conductor includes a first lock portion,
in a state where the first outer conductor is located at a normal insertion position, the first lock portion is arranged so as to face a back side in a fitting direction of the second outer conductor in the fitting hole,
the second outer conductor includes a second lock portion configured to be locked to the first lock portion in a state where the first outer conductor is located at the normal insertion position, and
in a state where the second lock portion is locked to the first lock portion, the second outer conductor is retained in the fitting hole.