US 12,407,125 B2
Connector
Takeru Miyamoto, Yokkaichi (JP); and Shigeyuki Okada, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP)
Appl. No. 18/250,538
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/041376
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/102665, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-189639 (JP), filed on Nov. 13, 2020; and application No. 2021-029072 (JP), filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0411895 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/502 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); H01R 13/42 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/502 (2013.01) [H01R 13/42 (2013.01); H01R 13/5202 (2013.01); B60R 16/03 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a connector housing including an opening;
a cover closing the opening; and
terminals held by the connector housing, wherein
each of the terminals includes a connection part configured to be electrically connected to one of a plurality of mate terminals, the mate terminals differing from one another,
the connection parts are arranged in a line in the connector housing,
the cover includes a first surface exposed outside the connector housing and a second surface located at a rear side of the first surface,
the second surface includes an exposed surface exposed through the opening to an inner side of the connector housing,
the cover further includes at least one first reinforcement rib projecting from the first surface and at least one second reinforcement rib projecting from the second surface,
when a first direction refers to a direction in which the connection parts are arranged, a second direction refers to a direction intersecting the first direction and extending from a basal end to a distal end of the connection parts, and a third direction refers to a direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, the first reinforcement rib extends in the first direction, and the second reinforcement rib extends in the second direction between adjacent ones of the connection parts as viewed in the third direction.