Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9368902-B2
Application number	US-201514696532-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2015
Priority date	Oct 30, 2012
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

A connector according to an aspect of the invention is a connector provided with a rear connector that includes a rear housing, and a front connector that includes a front housing and that is assembled to the rear connector; the rear housing contains a terminal of a cable end, and the front housing contains a mating terminal to be connected to the terminal; and the rear housing is provided with a checking window through which the terminal is exposed to outside and a voltage of the terminal can be checked, and a waterproof lid which closes the checking window in a sealed state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connector comprising:
a rear connector that includes a rear housing; and
a front connector that includes a front housing and that is assembled to the rear connector,
wherein the rear housing contains a terminal of a cable end, and the front housing contains a mating terminal to be connected to the terminal, and
wherein the rear housing is provided with
a checking window through which the terminal is exposed to outside, and a voltage of the terminal can be checked, and
a waterproof lid which closes the checking window in a sealed state.

2. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the checking window is formed of:
a viewing through-hole which is provided in the rear housing and through which the terminal in the rear housing can be visually recognized externally; and
a tube wall extended from an opening edge portion of the viewing through-hole, and
wherein the waterproof lid is fit to an inside surrounded by the tube wall, in a sealed state.

3. The connector according to claim 2 , further comprising
a shield shell that covers an outer circumference of the rear connector to shield the rear connector,
wherein the shield shell is provided with an insertion through-hole through which the tube wall is inserted, and
wherein the waterproof lid includes:
a waterproof plug body which is fit to the tube wall inserted through the insertion through-hole;
a seal member which is assembled to the waterproof plug body and closely contacts with an inner circumference of the tube wall;
a lid plate to which the waterproof plug body is assembled and which is fixed to the rear housing; and
a fixing bolt by which the lid plate is screwed and fixed to the rear housing.

4. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein
the rear housing and the terminal are integrally molded, and
the viewing through-hole provided in the rear housing is a hole formed by an extrusion pin which is butted against the terminal and extrudes the rear housing from a molding die when the rear housing and the terminal are integrally molded.

5. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the rear housing and the terminal are integrally molded.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Nakai Satoshi
• Suzuki Toru
• Ooishi Madoka

Classifications

• H01R13/6581

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R13/5202 Primary

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

• H01R2103/00

  Two poles · CPC title

• H01R13/5213

  Covers · CPC title

• H01R2201/20

  for testing or measuring purposes · CPC title