Wiring member including a connector housing containing a filling member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12463375-B2
Application number	US-202118028306-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2021
Priority date	Oct 7, 2020
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

A wiring member includes: a connector housing including at least one housing body, with an opening in one main surface and a housing groove concaved toward another main surface, and a cover attached to the housing body; a wire-like transmission member including an end portion housed in the housing groove; and a filling member filling the housing groove. The housing body includes a bottom wall part and a sidewall part as wall parts of the housing groove. The cover includes a cover body part overlapped with the one main surface of the housing body to cover the housing groove. The filling member is also provided between a portion of the one main surface serving as a tip end surface of the sidewall part and the cover body part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A wiring member, comprising:
a connector housing including at least one housing body, with an opening in one main surface and a housing groove concaved toward another main surface, and a cover attached to the housing body; a wire-like transmission member including an end portion housed in the housing groove; and a filling member filling the housing groove, wherein the housing body includes a bottom wall part and a sidewall part as wall parts of the housing groove, the cover includes a cover body part overlapped with the one main surface of the housing body to cover the housing groove, and the filling member is also provided between a portion of the one main surface serving as a tip end surface of the sidewall part and the cover body part, wherein the filling member is also provided between the bottom wall part and the wire-like transmission member; and wherein a gap formation part separating the wire-like transmission member and the bottom wall part is provided to the bottom wall part, the filling member is provided in a gap formed by the gap formation part between the bottom wall part and the wire-like transmission member, and wherein the gap formation part is a rib or a groove provided in a part of the bottom wall part where the filing member is filled.

2 . The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein
a portion of the bottom wall part provided with the filling member is flat in a longitudinal direction of the housing groove.

3 . The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein
the connector housing includes the plurality of housing bodies, the plurality of housing bodies are stacked on each other, and the filling member is also provided between the housing bodies.

4 . The wiring member according to claim 1 , further comprising
a locking mechanism fixing the housing body and the cover, and the locking mechanism includes a locking part provided to the housing body and a locking receiving part provided to the cover to be locked to the locking part.

5 . The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein
the filling member is bonded to each of the cover and the housing body to fix the cover and the housing body.

6 . The wiring member according to claim 5 , wherein
provided are a first bonding part and a second bonding part bonding the cover and the housing body via the filling member, the first bonding part is a portion bonding the tip end surface of the sidewall part and the cover body part via the filling member, and the second bonding part has higher bonding strength than the first bonding part.

7 . A wiring member, comprising:
a connector housing including at least one housing body, with an opening in one main surface and a housing groove concaved toward another main surface, and a cover attached to the housing body; a wire-like transmission member including an end portion housed in the housing groove; and a filling member filling the housing groove, wherein the housing body includes a bottom wall part and a sidewall part as wall parts of the housing groove, the cover includes a cover body part overlapped with the one main surface of the housing body to cover the housing groove, the filling member is also provided between a portion of the one main surface serving as a tip end surface of the sidewall part and the cover body part, and
wherein
an inner surface of the bottom wall part and an outer surface of the wire-like transmission member are formed into shapes corresponding to each other, and the bottom wall part and the wire-like transmission member are firmly attached without intervention of the filling member.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ebata Daisuke
• Kaba Takuya
• MIZUSHITA Masaki
• Nishimura Tetsuya
• Mitani yusuke
• Wakabayashi Itsuo

Classifications

• H01R43/005

  for making dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof connection, coupling, or casing · CPC title

• H01R13/506 Primary

  assembled by snap action of the parts · CPC title

• H01R2105/00

  Three poles · CPC title

• H01R13/10

  Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades · CPC title

• H01R13/5205

  Sealing means between cable and housing, e.g. grommet (H01R13/5221 takes precedence) · CPC title