US 12,470,003 B2
Molded connector
Hironobu Yamamoto, Yokkaichi (JP); Toshinari Kobayashi, Yokkaichi (JP); Yukitoshi Terasaka, Yokkaichi (JP); and Kyungwoo Kim, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP)
Appl. No. 18/042,813
Filed by Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/027821
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 24, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/044663, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-142624 (JP), filed on Aug. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0335933 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/405 (2006.01); H01R 13/422 (2006.01); H01R 13/514 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/405 (2013.01) [H01R 13/422 (2013.01); H01R 13/514 (2013.01); H01R 13/5205 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A molded connector comprising:
a first terminal unit that includes a first connector terminal and a first holder that holds the first connector terminal;
a second terminal unit that includes a second connector terminal and a second holder that holds the second connector terminal, and is stacked on the first terminal unit;
a first wire connected to the first connector terminal;
a second wire connected to the second connector terminal; and
a connector housing configured to receive the first terminal unit, the second terminal unit, an end portion of the first wire, and an end portion of the second wire,
the molded connector further comprising
a first sheath covering the first wire and a second sheath covering the second wire,
wherein the connector housing covers an end portion of the first sheath and the second sheath,
a first protruding portion extending from a first protruding surface of the base body portion of the first holder which covers a portion of a first contact portion of the first connector terminal protruding from the first protruding surface,
a second protruding portion extending from a second protruding surface of the base body portion of the second holder which covers a portion of a second contact portion of the second connector terminal protruding from the second protruding surface, and
the connector housing includes a portion covering the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion and facing the first protruding face and the second protruding face.