Connector housing with a reduced warpage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10553983-B2
Application number	US-201816031324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2018
Priority date	Jan 18, 2016
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

A connector housing comprises a mating portion including a plurality of mating hoods that are arranged in a width direction on a front side of the connector housing that is configured to be mated with a mating connector and a rear structure portion disposed posterior to the mating portion. The rear structure portion includes a plurality of structure parts each disposed between two mating hoods adjacent to each other of the plurality of mating hoods and a plurality of notches each disposed between two structure parts adjacent to each other of the plurality of structure parts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector housing, comprising:
a mating portion including a plurality of mating hoods that are arranged in a width direction on a front side of the connector housing that is configured to be mated with a mating connector; and
a rear structure portion disposed posterior to the mating portion and including:
a plurality of structure parts each disposed in overlapping alignment in a front-rear direction between two mating hoods adjacent to each other of the plurality of mating hoods; and
a plurality of notches each disposed between two structure parts adjacent to each other of the plurality of structure parts,
wherein the plurality of mating hoods are symmetrically disposed in the width direction, and the plurality of structure parts and the plurality of notches are symmetrically disposed in the width direction.

2. The connector housing of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of structure parts includes a plurality of lightening parts each having an opening.

3. The connector housing of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of structure parts is formed in a point-symmetrical shape.

4. The connector housing of claim 1 , wherein the mating portion and the rear structure portion are each formed of a fiber reinforced resin.

5. The connector housing of claim 3 , wherein the mating portion and the rear structure portion are each formed of a fiber reinforced resin.

6. The connector housing of claim 1 , wherein the following expression is satisfied:
V 1: V 2=1.0:1.0 to 1.4:1.0
where V 1 is a volume occupied by the mating portion and V 2 is a volume occupied by the rear structure portion.

7. The connector housing of claim 3 , wherein the following expression is satisfied:
V 1: V 2=1.0:1.0 to 1.4:1.0
where V 1 is a volume occupied by the mating portion and V 2 is a volume occupied by the rear structure portion.

8. The connector housing of claim 4 , wherein the following expression is satisfied:
V 1: V 2=1.0:1.0 to 1.4:1.0
where V 1 is a volume occupied by the mating portion and V 2 is a volume occupied by the rear structure portion.

9. The connector housing of claim 5 , wherein the following expression is satisfied:
V 1: V 2=1.0:1.0 to 1.4:1.0
where V 1 is a volume occupied by the mating portion and V 2 is a volume occupied by the rear structure portion.

10. The connector housing of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of structure parts overlaps with the two mating hoods adjacent to each other in a front-rear direction perpendicular to the width direction.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Japan G K
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mito Yusuke
• Naito Takayuki
• Murakami Akinobu

Classifications

• H01R13/50

  formed as an integral body (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R25/006

  the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle · CPC title

• H01R13/518 Primary

  for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames · CPC title

• H01R13/514

  composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them · CPC title

• H01R25/00

  Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits (supported only by co-operation with a counterpart H01R31/00; with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/88) · CPC title