Electrical connector

• US 10,446,972 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SMK Corporation
• Original Assignee: SMK Corporation
• Inventors: Ono, Naoyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilman, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US16/105,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20190267754A1
• Time in Patent Office: 420 Days
• Field of Search: 43960755
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/725 containing contact members presenting a contact carrying strip, e.g. edge-like strip
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5025 one or more pieces being of resilient material
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5202 Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/521 Sealing between contact members and housing, e.g. sealing insert
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5216 characterised by the sealing material, e.g. gels or resins
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6585 Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/20 for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve

Abstract

An electrical connector can have improved productivity, as well as a reduced size and thickness. The electrical connector includes an insulating housing including a plate-like portion and a main body portion provided at the rear of the plate-like portion so as to protrude laterally relative to the plate-like portion; a conductive contact held by the housing, the contact including connection portions exposed at the plate-like portion so as to be connected to a mating contact of a mating connector and terminal portions protruding from the main body portion; and an elastically deformable seal member provided in the main body portion.

Claims

1. An electrical connector comprising:

a holding member including a front protruding portion and a main body portion provided at the rear of the front protruding portion so as to protrude laterally relative to the front protruding portion, the holding member having an insulation property;

a contact having a conductive property, the contact being held by the holding member, the contact including a connection portion exposed at the front protruding portion so as to be connected to a mating contact of a mating connector and a terminal portion protruding from the main body portion;

a seal member configured to be elastically deformable and be provided in the main body portion; and

a shell member configured to cover an outer periphery of the main body portion and be cylindrical, wherein

the seal member is provided to the main body portion via the shell member, and

the shell member includes a lateral protruding portion configured to laterally protrude in front of the seal member.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the seal member includes a press contact portion configured to protrude laterally relative to the lateral protruding portion so as to be in press contact with an installation member.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the seal member is in contact with a rear end of the lateral protruding portion.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the lateral protruding portion is in contact with an installation member to hinder a forward movement of the shell member relative to the installation member.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the shell member and the seal member each have a conductive property.