Connector

• US 5,114,359 A
• Filed: 06/18/1991
• Issued: 05/19/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Nozaki, Takao, Chishima, Masamitsu
• Primary Examiner(s): MCGLYNN, JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US07/717,154
• Time in Patent Office: 336 Days
• Field of Search: 439/271-277, 439/488-491
• US Class Current: 439/271
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5221 having cable sealing means

Abstract

The disclosure is directed to a connector having a waterproof capacity in which male and female connector housings are easily coupled with each other for complete fitting, while the state of the fitting may be readily ensured at high reliability, with substantial elimination of disadvantages inherent in the conventional connectors of this kind.

Claims

1. A connector comprising:

a first connector housing having a fitting recess portion;

a seal ring having an elastic seal portion and being attached to said fitting recess portion, said seal portion having a cavity provided in a wall thereof;

a second connector housing including a forward half portion adapted to be retained within said fitting recess portion so as to press against an inner circumference of said seal ring;

a detection switch disposed within said cavity in said wall of said elastic seal portion, and including a pair of confronting contacts adapted to electrically contact each other when said second connector is coupled to said first connector causing the wall of said elastic seal portion to be compressed thereby indicating that said first and second connector housing have been completely coupled to one another.

2. A connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first connector housing is a male connector housing and said second connector housing is a female connector housing to be coupled with each other.

3. A connector, comprising:

a first connector housing having a forward half portion;

a second connector housing including a tubular wall defining a fitting recess portion for coupling said first and second connector housings by fitting said forward half portion of said first connector housing into said fitting recess portion of said second connector housing; and

a connector coupled state ensuring means for ensuring that said first and second connector housing are completely coupled to one another, said ensuring means including a detection switch provided in said first connector housing and facing a forward edge of said tubular wall of said second connector housing; and

a switch actuating projection provided at the forward edge of said tubular wall of said second connector housing for turning on said detection switch only in a normally coupled state between said first and second connector housings.

4. A connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein said first connector housing is a male connector housing and said second connector housing is a female connector housing to be coupled with each other.