US 11,996,647 B2
Electrical connectors with tapered terminal passageways
Andreas Behrendt, Remscheid (DE); Marcin Szatko, Remscheid (DE); Yasin Canol, Remscheid (DE); and Marlon Christian Grosser, Remscheid (DE)
Assigned to Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed by Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/550,206.
Claims priority of application No. 102020133319.6 (DE), filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0190505 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/50 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/50 (2013.01) [H01R 13/52 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a housing having a housing first end, a housing second end, and a housing main body defining a recess, a recess base, a projection, a projection end, and a plurality of terminal passageways, the recess extending from the housing first end toward the housing second end and to the recess base, the projection extending from the recess base toward the housing first end and to the projection end; and
each terminal passageway of the plurality of terminal passageways having an inner wall, the inner wall having an inner wall first end disposed at the projection end, an inner wall second end disposed between the projection end and the housing second end, and an inner wall length extending from the inner wall first end to the inner wall second end, the inner wall tapering along a portion of the inner wall length extending from the inner wall first end toward the inner wall second end, wherein the tapered inner wall receives a portion of a sealing member that is disposed adjacent to the housing.