Connector housing having drainage pathways

US9166339B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9166339-B2
Application numberUS-201214342884-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 9, 2012
Priority dateSep 10, 2011
Publication dateOct 20, 2015
Grant dateOct 20, 2015

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The invention achieves prevention of sink mark and drainage within a hood part. A housing ( 10 ) made of synthetic resin has a hood part ( 17 ) extending forward from a terminal holding part ( 11 ), and a guide wall part ( 19 ) having a guide recessed part ( 15 ) formed in a back end part of an inner surface. The housing ( 10 ) is formed with a longitudinal mold drawing pathway ( 20 ) which includes a mold drawing recessed part ( 21 ) having a form which recesses a region in front of a region corresponding to the guide recessed part ( 15 ) of the outer surface of the guide wall part ( 19 ), and a mold drawing port ( 22 ) having a form that communicates with the mold drawing recessed part ( 21 ) and passes through a back surface wall ( 18 ).

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The invention claimed is: 1. A connector comprising: a housing made of a synthetic resin; a terminal fitting; a terminal holding part which constitutes the housing and is formed with a terminal accommodating chamber penetrating in a front and back direction; a hood part which constitutes the housing, is molded integrally with the terminal holding part, and extends forward from a front end of the terminal holding part; an outer wall part which constitutes an outer surface…

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What does patent US9166339B2 cover?
The invention achieves prevention of sink mark and drainage within a hood part. A housing ( 10 ) made of synthetic resin has a hood part ( 17 ) extending forward from a terminal holding part ( 11 ), and a guide wall part ( 19 ) having a guide recessed part ( 15 ) formed in a back end part of an inner surface. The housing ( 10 ) is formed with a longitudinal mold drawing pathway ( 20 ) which inc…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Sakakura Emi, Sumitomo Wiring Systems
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01R13/64. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Oct 20 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).