A technique disclosed in this specification relates to a connector.
Conventionally, a connector with a housing having a waterproof structure is, for example, known from Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-162594. In this waterproof connector, connected parts of wires and terminals are embedded in the housing and a shield shell made of metal covers the housing.
A fitting portion mountable on a case is provided on a front end part of the shield shell, and a seal ring is mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion. If the fitting portion is fit into the case, the seal ring is held in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion and the case.
A plurality of rubber plug accommodating portions penetrating in a front-rear direction are provided in a rear end part inside the shield shell. An individual rubber plug to be held in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the wire and the inner peripheral surface of the rubber plug accommodating portion and a rubber plug presser for retaining the individual rubber plug by being fit behind the individual rubber plug are accommodated in each rubber plug accommodating portion. Specifically, a waterproof region is configured in the shield shell by the seal ring and the individual rubber plugs.
However, since the rubber plug pressers need to be accommodated in the rubber plug accommodating portions of the shield shell in this technique, the connector is enlarged.
A connector according to the technique disclosed in this specification includes a wire; a housing having a wire draw-out surface, the wire being drawn out from the wire draw-out surface; a shield disposed outside the housing; a first water stop sandwiched between and held in contact with the housing and the shield; and a second water stop sandwiched between and held in contact with the wire drawn out from the wire draw-out surface and the shield, the shield including a water stop holder that holds the second water stop between the wire draw-out surface and the water stop holder.a
According to this configuration, water is stopped between the housing and the shield by the first water stop and between the wire and the shield by the second water stop, whereby the wire draw-out surface of the housing is within a water stop region. Thus, the intrusion of water and the like into the housing can be prevented. Further, since the second water stop is held between the wire draw-out surface and the water stop holder of the shield, a member for holding the second water stop needs not be separately provided and the connector can be reduced in size accordingly.
The following configurations are preferable as embodiments according to the technique disclosed in this specification.
(1) The wire includes a plurality of wires that are drawn out from the wire draw-out surface, the second water stop includes a plurality of through holes, one wire of the plurality of wires being inserted into each of the plurality of through holes, and the water stop holder includes a collective holder disposed to collectively surround the plurality of wires and an inter-wire holder disposed between respective wires of the plurality of wires.
In a configuration in which the second water stop is held between the wire draw-out surface and the collective holder, if the second water stop comes into contact with the collective holder, a part between the plurality of wires tends to be deformed to escape and protrude out from a proper position. According to the above configuration, since the second water stop is held also between the wire draw-out surface and the inter-wire holder, the second water stop can be held at the proper position.
(2) The wire and the housing are integrally formed by insert molding.
If the wire and the housing are integrally formed by insert molding, a clearance between the wire and the housing allows the intrusion of water and the like. Since the wire draw-out surface is disposed in the water stop region according to the above configuration, the intrusion of water and the like through the clearance between the wire and the housing can be prevented.
The connector according to the technique disclosed in this specification can be reduced in size by suppressing the number of components while preventing water intrusion into the housing.
An embodiment is described with reference to
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The wire inserting portion 11 is shaped to project further rearward than the mounting receiving portions 16, and this projecting part serves as a wire draw-out portion 12. The wire draw-out portion 12 has an elliptical shape when viewed from behind. As shown in
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The shield bracket 20 is a member made of a metal material and configured to stop water while covering and shielding the wire draw-out portion 12 of the housing 10. As shown in
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The water stop holding portion 22 is provided on the rear end of the water stop peripheral wall portion 21. The water stop holding portion 22 includes a collective holding portion 22A (collective holder) in the form of a frame extending in a diameter reducing direction from the rear end of the water stop peripheral wall portion 21, and an inter-wire holding portion 22B (inter-wire holder) provided along a lateral center line of the collective holding portion 22A. In other words, the collective holding portion 22A and the inter-wire holding portion 22B form two holding openings 24L, 24R as shown in
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The first water stop member 30 is made of resiliently deformable synthetic resin and, as shown in
The second water stop member 40 is made of resiliently deformable synthetic resin and, as shown in
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The wires 2L, 2R drawn out from the wire draw-out surface 15 are respectively press-fit into the through holes 43L, 43R of the second water stop member 40 and pulled out rearwardly and further extend rearward through the holding openings 24L, 24R of the shield bracket 20. In this way, the second water stop member 40 is sandwiched between the wires 2 and the water stop peripheral wall portion 21. The through holes 43L, 43R are respectively held in close contact with the wires 2L, 2R over the entire circumference and the second outer peripheral rib 41 is held in close contact with the water stop peripheral wall portion 21 over the entire circumference.
In this way, the wire draw-out surface 15 is surrounded over the entire circumference by the water stop peripheral wall portion 21 of the shield bracket 20 as shown in
Further, the second water stop member 40 is disposed between the water stop holding portion 22 and the wire draw-out surface 15 such that the front surface thereof faces the wire draw-out surface 15 via the clearance and the rear surface thereof faces the water stop holding portion 22 via a clearance. A rearward displacement of the second water stop member 40 is restricted by the contact of the rear surface of the second water stop member 40 with the water stop holding portion 22 from front.
More particularly, the collectively holding portion 22A faces the collective surrounding portion 44A of the rear surface of the second water stop member 40 as shown in
By the above configuration, the connector 1 includes the housing 10 having the wire draw-out surface 15 from which the wires 2 are drawn out, the shield member (shield bracket 20) disposed outside the housing 10, the first water stop member 30 to be sandwiched between and held in close contact with the housing 10 and the shield member 20, and the second water stop member 40 to be sandwiched between and held in close contact with the wires 2 drawn out from the wire draw-out surface 15 and the shield member 20, and the shield member 20 includes the water stop holding portion 22 for holding the second water stop member 40 between the water stop holding portion 22 and the wire draw-out surface 15.
According to this configuration, water is stopped between the housing 10 and the shield member 20 by the first water stop member 30 and between the wires 2 and the shield member 20 by the second water stop member 40, whereby the wire draw-out surface 15 of the housing 10 is located within the water stop region. Thus, the intrusion of water and the like into the housing 10 can be prevented. Further, since the second water stop member 40 is held between the wire draw-out surface 15 and the water stop holding portion 22 of the shield member 20, it is not necessary to separately provide a member for holding the second water stop member 40 and the connector 1 can be reduced in size accordingly.
Further, the plurality of wires 2L, 2R are drawn out from the wire draw-out surface 15, the second water stop member 40 includes the plurality of through holes 43L, 43R into each of which one of the plurality of wires 2L, 2R is inserted, and the water stop holding portion 22 includes the collective holding portion 22A disposed to collectively surround the plurality of wires 2L, 2R and the inter-wire holding portion 22B disposed between the plurality of wires 2L, 2R.
In a configuration in which the second water stop member 40 is held between the wire draw-out surface 15 and the collective holding portion 22A, if the second water stop member 40 is pressed by the collective holding portion 22A, a part between the plurality of wires 2L, 2R tends to be deformed to escape from a pressing force and protrude out from a proper position. According to the above configuration, since the second water stop member 40 is held also between the wire draw-out surface 15 and the inter-wire holding portion 22B, the second water stop member can be held at the proper position.
Further, the wires 2 and the housing 10 are integrally formed by insert molding.
If the wires 2 and the housing 10 are integrally formed by insert molding, clearances between the wires 2 and the housing 10 allow the intrusion of water and the like. Since the wire draw-out surface 15 is disposed in the water stop region according to the above configuration, the intrusion of water and the like through the clearance between the wires 2 and the housing 10 can be prevented.
The technique disclosed in this specification is not limited to the above described and illustrated embodiment and can be, for example, embodied as follows.
(1) Although the plurality of wires 2L, 2R are drawn out from the wire draw-out surface 15 in the above embodiment, the number of the wires is not limited to this and only one or three or more wires may be drawn out.
(2) Although the wire draw-out surface 15 of the housing 10 and the second water stop member 40 are disposed to face each other in the above embodiment, a wire draw-out surface and a second water stop member may not necessarily face each other. For example, another member may be disposed between the wire draw-out surface and the second water stop member.
(3) Although the second water stop member 40 and the water stop holding portion 22 are disposed to face each other in the above embodiment, a second water stop member and a water stop holding portion may not necessarily face each other. For example, another member may be disposed between the water stop holding portion and the second water stop member.
(4) Although the shield bracket 20 is fixed to the housing 10 in the above embodiment, a fixing destination of a shield bracket is not limited to this. For example, the shield bracket may be fixed to a casing of a device on which a connector is mounted.
(5) Although the wires 2 are disposed in the housing 10 by insert molding in the above embodiment, a wire inserting portion may be provided with through holes in advance and wires may be inserted into these through holes.
(6) Although the wire draw-out portion 12 of the housing 10 is shaped to project rearward in the above embodiment, the shape of a wire draw-out portion is not limited to this. For example, a wire draw-out surface may be provided to be flush with the rear surfaces of mounting receiving portions. In that case, a first water stop member may be sandwiched between mounting portions of a shield bracket and the mounting receiving portions.
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