US 12,381,366 B2
Electrical connector with terminal connected to wire conductor in sealed housing
Hiromitsu Takagi, Shizuoka (JP); and Hiroshi Hirata, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/304,438.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-071576 (JP), filed on Apr. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0344184 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 43/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 24/00 (2011.01); H01R 43/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/10 (2006.01); H01R 13/504 (2006.01); H01R 13/58 (2006.01); H01R 24/20 (2011.01); H01R 24/28 (2011.01); H02G 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 43/005 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/5205 (2013.01); H01R 24/00 (2013.01); H01R 43/0221 (2013.01); H01R 13/10 (2013.01); H01R 13/504 (2013.01); H01R 13/52 (2013.01); H01R 13/5202 (2013.01); H01R 13/5219 (2013.01); H01R 13/5221 (2013.01); H01R 13/5804 (2013.01); H01R 13/5812 (2013.01); H01R 24/20 (2013.01); H01R 24/28 (2013.01); H01R 43/02 (2013.01); H02G 3/088 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a coated electric wire including a core wire portion and a coating portion that covers an outer circumference of the core wire portion;
a connector terminal including a connection portion that is connected to a terminal portion of the coated electric wire and is connected to an external member;
a connector housing including:
an insertion portion having an insertion hole in which the coated electric wire is inserted;
a housing portion that is provided to extend from the insertion portion to a front surface side, and surrounds a periphery of the terminal portion of the coated electric wire inserted in the insertion hole; and
an electric wire covering portion that is provided to extend in such a way that an inner wall surface of the insertion hole protrudes to a back surface side of the insertion portion, and covers an outer circumference of the coating portion of the coated electric wire; and
a holder including:
a housing holding portion that holds an outer surface of the electric wire covering portion; and
an electric wire holding portion that holds an outer circumference of at least a part of the coating portion of the coated electric wire protruding from the electric wire covering portion to a back surface side, wherein
sealing between the housing holding portion of the holder and the electric wire covering portion of the connector housing and sealing between the electric wire holding portion of the holder and the coating portion of the coated electric wire are performed by laser welding.