Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Male connector and connector device
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Application No.: US17278330Application Date: 2019-09-18
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Publication No.: US11646522B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Seido Nishijima
- Applicant: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. , SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. , SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Mie
- Assignee: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.,SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.,SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.,SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.,SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Mie; JP Mie; JP Osaka
- Agency: Venjuris, P.C.
- Priority: JP 2018189507 2018.10.04
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/036531 2019.09.18
- International Announcement: WO2020/071119A 2020.04.09
- Date entered country: 2021-03-21
- Main IPC: H01R13/44
- IPC: H01R13/44

Abstract:
A male connector includes male terminals 22 held in a male housing 20, tubular bodies 44 projecting on the male housing 20 and surrounding male connecting portions 24 of the male terminals 22, insulating cover portions 32 for covering tip parts of the male connecting portions 24, female terminal accommodation gaps 46 formed between the male connecting portions 24 and facing surfaces of the tubular bodies 44, and female terminal accommodation holes 48 open in projecting end surfaces and side surfaces of the tubular bodies 44. The female terminal accommodation gaps 46 and the female terminal accommodation holes 48 are configured to allow insertion of female terminals 72 including female connecting portions 70 to be connected to the male connecting portions 24 in a mating female connector 14 while hindering hand contact with the male connecting portions 24.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210351539A1 MALE CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-11-11
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