Patent Grant
11710924
This application claims the benefit of the filing date under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) of Chinese Patent Application No. 202021591659.6, filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
The present invention relates to a housing and, more particularly, to a connector housing.
A connector housing commonly includes a body and a cover. The body is formed with a plurality of terminal receiving chambers therein. The cover is mounted on a top portion of the body. When mounted on the body, the cover may hold wires inserted into the terminal receiving chambers within the terminal receiving chambers, so that the wires are in reliable electrical contact with terminals in the terminal receiving chambers.
Two protrusions can be formed on each of left and right sides of the cover, and apertures corresponding to the protrusions are formed on side walls of the body. The protrusions are engaged into the apertures, respectively, thereby locking the cover onto the body. However, the existing assembly structure cannot improve a holding force applied on the wires by the cover, resulting in unreliable contact between the wires and the terminals, and even disconnection therebetween.
A connector housing includes a body and a cover mounted on a top portion of the body. The body has a plurality of terminal receiving chambers arranged in a row and a first engagement portion formed on a top surface of each wall at a left side and a right side of each terminal receiving chamber. The cover has a first aperture corresponding to the first engagement portion. The first engagement portion engages the first aperture to lock the cover to the body.
The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying Figures, of which:
Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described hereinafter in detail taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the description, the same or similar parts are indicated by the same or similar reference numerals. The description of each of the embodiments of the present disclosure hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings is intended to explain the general inventive concept of the present disclosure and should not be construed as a limitation on the present disclosure.
In addition, in the following detailed description, for the sake of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that one or more embodiments may also be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are illustrated schematically in order to simplify the drawing.
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An assembly process of the connector housing as described above will be described below with reference to
Step 1: assembling the cover 200 to the body 100 from a top, so that the plurality of first engagement portions 100a on the body 100 are inserted into the first apertures 200a in the cover 200, respectively.
Step 2: horizontally moving the cover 200 so that the first engagement portions 100a are engaged with the first apertures 200a to prevent the cover 200 from vertically moving.
Step 3: engaging the second engagement portion 200b on the cover 200 into the second aperture 100b in the body 100, while engaging the third engagement portion 210 on the cover 200 with the outer surface of the front side wall 130 of the body 100, to prevent the cover 200 from horizontally moving.
It should be appreciated by those skilled in this art that the above embodiments are intended to be illustrative, and many modifications may be made to the above embodiments by those skilled in this art. Further, various structures described in various embodiments may be freely combined with each other without conflicting in configuration or principle.
Although the present disclosure has been described hereinbefore in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be appreciated that the disclosed embodiments in the accompanying drawings are intended to illustrate embodiments of the present disclosure by way of example, and should not be construed as limitation to the present disclosure. Although a few embodiments of the general inventive concept of the present disclosure have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes or modification may be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the general inventive concept, the scope of which is defined in claims and their equivalents.
It should be noted that, the word “comprise” doesn't exclude other elements or steps, and the word “a” or “an” doesn't exclude more than one. In addition, any reference numerals in the claims should not be interpreted as the limitation to the scope of the present disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 202021591659.6 | Aug 2020 | CN | national |
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| Number | Date | Country | |
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| 20220045454 A1 | Feb 2022 | US |
