US 12,119,606 B2
Terminal block
Toshiya Hirooka, Yokkaichi (JP); Daisuke Hashimoto, Yokkaichi (JP); Jisung Kim, 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. 17/786,706
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/JP2020/048330
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/140925, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-000833 (JP), filed on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023796 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 9/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 9/24 (2013.01) [H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 7 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 connector that has a tubular shape; and
a seating that is formed on an outer periphery of the connector, and is to be fixed to the housing so as to close an opening of the housing, wherein:
the seating includes:
a first wall that extends in a direction that intersects an axial direction of the connector;
a second wall that faces the first wall in the axial direction of the connector;
a rib that is provided between the first wall and the second wall so as to connect the first wall and the second wall with each other; and
a space that is partitioned by the rib between the first wall and the second wall, and
the space is open in a direction that intersects the axial direction of the connector.