US 12,341,311 B2
Terminal block
Toshiya Hirooka, Yokkaichi (JP); Daisuke Hashimoto, Yokkaichi (JP); Jisung Kim, Yokkaichi (JP); Sunghyun Byun, Yokkaichi (JP); Kan Murai, Yokkaichi (JP); and Yasuhiro Kudo, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/786,020
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/048329
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/140924, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-000832 (JP), filed on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0275369 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 9/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 9/24 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5202 (2013.01); H01R 13/5216 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal block that is to be provided on a housing of a device that is to be mounted on a vehicle, the terminal block comprising:
a seating that is to be fixed to the housing so as to close an opening of the housing;
a tubular fitting that is formed on a front surface of the seating and is to be fitted to a mating connector; and
a ring-shaped seal that is provided on a back surface of the seating, wherein:
in a state where the terminal block is attached to the housing, the seal is compressed by being sandwiched between the housing and the seating at a position where the seal surrounds the opening,
the seating is provided with a plurality of ribs that stand on a front surface side that is opposite to a side on which the seal is provided, and a plurality of recesses that are spaces surrounded by the plurality of ribs,
the plurality of recesses are provided with drainage holes that are located outside the seal, and
the plurality of ribs include outer peripheral ribs that are located outside the tubular fitting and form an outer periphery of the seating, and the drainage holes of some recesses of the plurality of recesses are formed in the outer peripheral ribs.