US 11,837,815 B2
Sealing member between a cable and connector opening in an electronic device
Kazuki Zusho, Osaka (JP); Shinji Fujita, Osaka (JP); Hiroki Kamezaki, Osaka (JP); and Hitoshi Nakatani, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/542,372.
Application 17/542,372 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/022223, filed on Jun. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-110487 (JP), filed on Jun. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0094100 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/5205 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealing member attached to a connector opening of an electronic device to seal between an insulating cover of a cable inserted in the connector opening and a main body of the electronic device, the sealing member comprising a housing made of an elastic material, the housing including:
a first opening;
a second opening facing the first opening and located to an inside of the electronic device than the first opening; and
an inclined surface having a tapered shape that is tapered inward from the first opening to the second opening;
wherein the housing includes:
an inner wall portion forming the inclined surface inside the inner wall portion;
an outer wall portion provided outside the inner wall portion; and
a gap formed between the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion being connected to each other around the first opening;
wherein the inclined surface of the housing is provided with at least one rib extending along a cable insertion direction that is a direction from the first opening toward the second opening;
wherein the inclined surface of the housing has a corner portion extending along the cable insertion direction; and
wherein the at least one rib includes a first rib provided upright at the corner portion of the inclined surface.