US 12,451,642 B2
Sealing installation device and connector assembly
Liqiang (Gino) Yao, Shanghai (CN); Yong (Chris) Wang, Shanghai (CN); Aibing (Alan) Dong, Shanghai (CN); and Renzhong (Andy) Lin, Xiamen (CN)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and SIBAS Electronics (Xiamen) Co. Ltd., Xiamen (CN)
Filed by Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and SIBAS Electronics (Xiamen) Co. Ltd., Xiamen (CN)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/836,179.
Claims priority of application No. 202121292487.7 (CN), filed on Jun. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0399674 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/512 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/512 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5202 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A connector assembly, comprising:
a connector including a housing having a base, the base has a protrusion on a bottom surface;
a panel; and
a sealing installation device including an elastic sealing washer and a connection member, the elastic sealing washer is disposed between the base of the housing and the panel and seals a mating interface between the base and the panel, the elastic sealing washer has a through slot into which the protrusion is inserted, a thickness of the elastic sealing washer is greater than a height of the protrusion, the connection member connects the base of the housing, the elastic sealing washer, and the panel together, a difference between the thickness of the elastic sealing washer and the height of the protrusion is a predetermined value equal to a compression amount of the elastic sealing washer after the housing is installed on the panel, a through hole of the elastic sealing washer receives the connection member, an inner diameter of the through hole is smaller than an outer diameter of the connection member.