US 11,990,700 B2
Connector with front mask
Tetsuya Sekino, Makinohara (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/700,647.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-073018 (JP), filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0344859 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/436 (2006.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/4365 (2013.01) [H01R 13/506 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a housing including a terminal accommodating chamber for inserting a terminal therein; and
a front mask configured to cover a front side of the housing in a terminal inserting direction along which the terminal is inserted into the housing,
wherein the housing includes a housing main body and an engagement frame section, the housing main body including the terminal accommodating chamber and a pair of counter engagement recesses, wherein the engagement frame section protrudes forward from the housing main body,
wherein the engagement frame section comprises a through hole along a direction intersecting the terminal inserting direction,
wherein the front mask includes a mask main body and an inserted section, the mask main body being provided with an accommodating recess in a position of the mask main body facing the terminal accommodating chamber and a pair of engagement protrusions, wherein the inserted section is configured to be inserted inside the through hole of the engagement frame section, and
wherein in a state in which the inserted section is inserted inside the through hole of the engagement frame section and the accommodating recess is located in a position facing the terminal accommodating chamber, a portion of the inserted section extends beyond the through hole of the engagement frame section and is exposed along the direction intersecting the terminal inserting direction, and the pair of engagement protrusions engage with the pair of counter engagement recesses.