Connector and package body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10971829-B2
Application number	US-201816615775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2018
Priority date	May 24, 2017
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

A connector and a package body that can be transported without exposing a filler to the outside and can stably deliver predetermined performance during use are provided. A connector (10) comprises: a pair of a first fitting object (16) and a second fitting object (30); a first opening (29) and a second opening (44) formed respectively in the first fitting object (16) and the second fitting object (30) and opened to a fitting side; and a filler (70) provided inside at least one fitting object of the first fitting object (16) and the second fitting object (30), wherein, before the first fitting object (16) and the second fitting object (30) are fitted together, the filler (70) is located inside of an opening of a corresponding fitting object, and an end surface of the second fitting object (30) on the fitting side forms a plane.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A package comprising:
a connector including: a pair of a first fitting object and a second fitting object; a connection portion connecting said first fitting object and said second fitting object so that said first fitting object protrudes more to a fitting side than said second fitting object; a first opening and a second opening formed respectively in said first fitting object and said second fitting object and opened to the fitting side in a same direction; and a filler located inside of an opening in at least one of said first fitting object and said second fitting object; and
a package body including a base which contains said connector, said base having a first surface facing said first opening and a second surface facing said second opening and said connection portion, wherein said first surface is formed deeper than said second surface in said base relative to a direction in which said connector is contained with respect to said base.

2. The package according to claim 1 , wherein said package body further includes a cover material that covers said first fitting object and said second fitting object on a side opposite to said first opening and said second opening and is attached to said base.

3. The package according to claim 1 , wherein an end surface of said second fitting object on the fitting side and a surface of said connection portion form a common first plane.

4. The package according to claim 3 , wherein said base has a support surface that supports said first plane.

5. The package according to claim 4 , wherein a spacing between said first surface facing said first opening and said support surface is approximately same as a spacing between an end of said first fitting object on the fitting side and said end surface of said second fitting object on the fitting side.

6. The package according to claim 4 , wherein said second surface facing said second opening and said support surface form a common second plane.

7. The package according to claim 1 , wherein said filler is located inside of said opening in each of said first fitting object and said second fitting object.

8. The package according to claim 1 , wherein one fitting object of said first fitting object and said second fitting object includes a contact having an electrically conductive portion, and
in an expanded state of said first fitting object and said second fitting object, said contact is located inward from an end of the fitting object on the fitting side.

9. The package according to claim 8 , wherein said electrically conductive portion is a press-contact groove, and
in a state in which said first fitting object and said second fitting object are fitted together, said contact clamps a core wire of each of at least two cables by said press-contact groove to bring said at least two cables into conduction with each other.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hata Tetsuya
• Ohara Shigeki
• Kobayashi Hiroshi
• Hara Motoya

Classifications

• H01R13/52 Primary

  Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases · CPC title

• H01R4/245 Primary

  the additional means having two or more slotted flat portions · CPC title

• H01R13/5202 Primary

  Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings · CPC title

• H01R4/2433

  one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot · CPC title

• B65D65/16

  with provision for excluding or admitting light · CPC title