Packing member for waterproof electric connector

• US 10,454,207 B1
• Filed: 10/06/2018
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sung Guen Eun
• Original Assignee: Sung Guen Eun
• Inventors: Eun, Sung Guen
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Khiem M
• Application Number:
  US16/153,715
• Time in Patent Office: 381 Days
• Field of Search: 439270-282, 439135
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/512 assembled by screw or screws
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5205 Sealing means between cable and housing, e.g. grommet H01R13/5221 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5216 characterised by the sealing material, e.g. gels or resins
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5221 having cable sealing means
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5812 the cable clamping being achieved by mounting the separate part on the housing of the coupling device
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/20 Coupling parts carrying sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/28 Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/005 for making dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof connection, coupling, or casing

Abstract

A packing member for an electric connector according to the present invention is made of conical silicone. A cut line that is inclined downward to the right from the top of the packing member to the bottom of the packing member, so that the packing member can be conveniently coupled to any portion of an electric wire by spreading the cut line and can be separated from the electric wire when needed. The packing member is coupled to the contact surface of an electric wire entry end, and has no problem with a waterproof function regardless of the cut line.

Claims

1. A waterproof electric connector comprising:

first and second connectors configured such that first and second wire entry ends whose inner circumferences narrow in inward directions are respectively provided at first side ends of first and second housings accommodating first and second connection components, respectively;

packing members including first and second packings configured to be inserted into the inner circumferences of the first and second wire entry ends in a surface contact manner and to maintain watertightness;

first and second finishing caps formed as blocking components which are coupled to outer circumferences of the first and second wire entry ends in order to guide first and second wires into the first and second housings, and configured to press the first and second packings in a direction toward surfaces along which the inner circumferences of the first and second wire entry ends come into contact with the first and second wires through pressing of first side surfaces of the first and second packings during a process of being coupled to the first and second wire entry ends;

a coupling cap configured such that in a state in which one side end thereof has been fitted over the outer circumference of the first wire entry end, a remaining side end thereof is coupled to an outer circumference of one side end of the second housing which is connected to the first housing; and

a connection packing part including, among portions where the first and second housings are coupled to each other by the coupling cap, a first elastic packing configured to be provided in a portion where the coupling cap and a front end of the second housing come into contact with each other and to maintain watertightness, and a second elastic packing configured to be provided in a portion where an inner circumferential surface of the second housing comes into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the first housing and to maintain watertightness;

wherein a cut line is formed through an outer surface of each of the first and second packings to be helically inclined right from a top of each of the first and second packings having a smaller diameter to a bottom of each of the first and second packings having a larger diameter so that each of the first and second packings is spread and opened based on the cut line and exposes an inside thereof including a center through hole, and is formed over a length corresponding to at least 1.5 turns around each of the first and second packings.

2. The waterproof electric connector of claim 1, wherein a back surface of each of the first and second packings includes an annular periphery, a ring-shaped rib configured to protrude backward, and a support surface configured such that a center through hole is formed in a center thereof sequentially from an outside of the back surface.

3. A packing member for a waterproof electric connector, wherein the packing member is made of elastic silicone and formed in a conical shape having a smaller top diameter and having a larger bottom diameter, a cut line is formed through an outer surface of the packing member to be helically inclined right from a top of the packing member having a smaller diameter to a bottom of the packing member having a larger diameter so that the packing member is spread and opened based on the cut line and exposes an inside thereof, and is formed over a length corresponding to at least 1.5 turns around the packing member, and a center through hole is formed to accommodate an electric wire that passes through the electric connector.

4. A method of fabricating the packing member of claim 3, the method comprising:

preparing a molded product made of silicone, which is a raw material of the packing member;

fastening the molded product to a rotating frame; and

forming an inclined cut line in the molded product by vertically moving a cutting machine or cutter while rotating the rotating frame at a predetermined rotation speed.