US 12,327,950 B2
Male connector and connector assembly
Kohei Kawai, Mie (JP); and Akihiro Kon, 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. 17/949,428.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-154204 (JP), filed on Sep. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0093051 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 13/447 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/631 (2013.01) [H01R 13/447 (2013.01); H01R 13/6272 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A male connector comprising: a hood portion with a cylindrical shape that is fit into, from a projecting end side, an engagement cylindrical portion formed as an opening on a female connector, wherein the hood portion is provided with at least one guide projection portion projecting forward beyond the projecting end with an annular shape; wherein an outer circumferential surface of the hood portion is provided with a rib extending in a projection direction of the hood portion; and the guide projection portion is formed on a front end of the rib; wherein the hood portion includes a predetermined thickness portion formed with a predetermined wall thickness and a thin portion formed with a wall thickness less than that of the predetermined thickness portion; and the rib is disposed at a position adjacent to the thin portion.