EP0132099B1 - Water-proof connector - Google Patents
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- EP0132099B1 EP0132099B1 EP19840304677 EP84304677A EP0132099B1 EP 0132099 B1 EP0132099 B1 EP 0132099B1 EP 19840304677 EP19840304677 EP 19840304677 EP 84304677 A EP84304677 A EP 84304677A EP 0132099 B1 EP0132099 B1 EP 0132099B1
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- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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- the present invention relates to a water-proof connector, more in particular to a water-proof connector using a water-proof sealing ring ("0" ring) in the coupling of a female connector housing and a male connector housing.
- FIG. 1A a sealing ring 3 is fitted on the lip 1b formed at the forward end 1a of a female connector housing 1, a holder 4 for preventing separation of the sealing ring 3 is mounted at the forward end 1a of the female connector housing, and the female connector housing 1 is coupled with a male connector housing 2.
- Reference numeral 7 designates a male connector.
- a female connector is not shown in the drawing.
- annular slot 5 for the sealing ring 3 is formed near the forward end 1a of a female connector housing 1, and the sealing ring 3 is fitted in the annular slot 5.
- the construction of the water-proof connector shown in Figure 1C is such that a sealing ring 3 is fitted in a recess 6 in the rear portion 2b of a male connector housing 2, the front portion 2a of the male connector housing 2, doubling as a member for preventing separation of the sealing ring 3, is bought into contact with the sealing ring 3, and the outer peripheries of the front and rear portions are welded to each other thereby to retain the sealing ring 3.
- the water-proof connector of Figure 1D is so constructed that an annular engaging protrusion 8 is formed in the recess 6 of the male housing 2, and a sealing ring 3 is fixedly fitted between the bottom and the engaging protrusion 8 of the recess 6.
- Figure 1A requires a considerable number of parts, resulting in a high cost and involves more construction steps due to the requirement of the holder to be fixed by welding or like means.
- the annular slot 5 is required to be moulded integrally with the female housing 1 by use of a pair of vertically-split dies, which unavoidably causes a burr along the parting line separating the upper and lower dies, thus reducing the sealing performance.
- the waterproof connector of Figure 1C is bulkier than those of Figure 1A or 1B, and also, because of the requirement of welding equipment such as an ultrasonic welder, is impractically high in cost.
- the height of the engaging protrusion 8 is limited to 0.3 to 0.5 mm for processing reasons, so that the sealing ring is liable to come off during transportation, and, upon mounting or demounting of the female connector housing 1, the sealing ring 3 is sometimes reversed and peeled or separated off by the fitting or separation resistance respectively.
- the sealing rings 3 of the constructions of Figures 1A and 1B are exposed at the outer periphery, and therefore often damaged by contact with other members.
- the sealing ring 3 in spite of the advantage of the sealing ring 3 being built in and protected from damage, the sealing ring 3 cannot be visually inspected from the outside.
- US Patent US-A- 3,937,545 describes a water-proof connector comprising a sealing ring in a coupling between a female connector housing having a female connector and a male connector housing having a male connector, the female connector housing being inserted into the male connector housing and the sealing ring being retained in the male connector housing such that it forms a seal both against the inside of the male connector housing and against the outside of the female connector housing, wherein said sealing ring includes a basically cylindrical portion with annular protrusions on the inside and the outside thereof and an engaging portion, including an engaging protrusion, a corresponding sealing ring retaining recess being formed in a peripheral wall of said male connector housing for receiving the engaging protrusion of said sealing ring.
- such a connector is modified in that the recess comprises at least two circumferentially spaced slots extending through the wall to permit visual inspection of the engaging protrusions which are arranged to circumferentially correspond with the slots.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram generally showing a water-proof connector according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- Reference numeral 10 designates a female connector housing, numeral 11 a female connector, numeral 20 a male connector housing, and numeral 21 a male connector.
- Numeral 30 designates a water-proof sealing ring. In this drawing, the water-proof sealing ring 30 is mounted on the male connector housing 20, while the female connector housing 10 is not mounted thereon.
- Numeral 12 designates the front portion of the female connector housing 10, and numeral 13 the forward end thereof.
- Numeral 22 designates the front portion of the male connector housing, and numeral 23 the rear end thereof.
- numeral 24 is defined as a recess of the male connector housing, and numeral 25 as a peripheral wall thereof.
- Numeral 31 designates a cylindrical body of the sealing ring, and numeral 32 an engaging portion.
- FIGS 3A to 3C show details of the sealing ring 30.
- the sealing ring 30 includes a cylindrical portion 31 formed on a tubular rubber ring with a through hole 33 to be fitted on the body of the female connector housing 10, and an engaging portion 32.
- the internal front end of the engaging portion 32 is formed with a taper 34 for guiding the female connector housing 10 as the latter is inserted.
- the inner surface of the cylindrical member 32 is provided with annular protrusions 35A, 35B which in use are pressed against the body of the female connector housing 10.
- the exterior surface of the cylindrical portion 32 is formed with annular protrusions 36A, 36B which in use are hermetically sealed against the peripheral wall 25 of the recess 24 of the male connector housing 20.
- a pair of engaging protrusions 37A, 37B are respectively engaged with the sealing ring retaining slots 26A, 26B of the male connector housing 20, and are provided for the purpose of holding the sealing ring 30 in position.
- the side portion 38 of the engaging portion 33 forms a slope of outwardly progressive greater thicknesses along the gradient of the sealing ring retaining slot 26A as explained later.
- the male connector housing 20 is illustrated in detail in Figures 4A to 4C.
- Ring retaining slots 26A, 26B for engagement with the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B are formed in the peripheral wall 25 of the recess 24 at the rear end 23 of the male connector housing 20 in order to receive the front portion 12 of the female connector housing 10.
- the inner wall of the sealing ring retaining slots 26A, 26B is progressively outwardly widened (at gradient angle ⁇ of about 10 degrees) in such a manner as to form a sharp edge at the coupling rims 26A', 26B' between the seal ring retaining slots 26A, 26B and the peripheral wall 25.
- Numeral 27 in the drawing designates an engaging portion which is engaged by a part of the housing 10 when the female and male connector housings 10 and 20 are fully engaged in the coupled position.
- a water-proof connector comprising a holding construction including the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B of the sealing ring 30 and sealing ring retaining slots 26A, 26B of the male connector housing 27 is used as mentioned below.
- the sealing ring 30 is fitted in advance in the recess 24 of the male connector housing 20 so that the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B are fitted in the sealing ring retaining slots 26A, 26B thereby to keep the sealing ring 30 engaged in the recess 24.
- the female connector housing 10 is then inserted into the front portion 22, that is, the inlet of the recess 24.
- the female connector housing 10, guided by the taper 34 of the sealing ring 30 fitted already, is fitted in the sealing ring 30.
- the male connector unit 21 of the male connector housing 20 is coupled with the female connector unit 11 in the female connector housing 10.
- the female connector housing thus inserted is pressed against the annular protrusions 35A, 35B on the inner surface of the sealing ring 30.
- the sealing ring 30 when inserted occupies a very stable position.
- the sharp edges of the coupling rims 26A', 26A", 26B', 26B" of the sealing ring retaining slots 26A, 26B slightly bite into the base of the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B thereby to increase the resistance, hence, the engaging force.
- the sealing ring 30 is prevented from coming off, i.e. the cylindrical portion of the sealing ring 30 is prevented from reversing out of position, and therefore these parts are kept in position thereby to improve the stability of the sealing function.
- the water-proof connector is simple in construction and the sealing ring 30 thereof can be easily mounted or removed. Further, it is low in cost and easy to operate, with the sealing ring 30 built in for protection from external damage. Furthermore, visual identification of the sealing ring 30 is possible through the sealing ring retaining slots 26A, 26B, thus preventing the sealing ring 30 from being left out or a faulty sealing ring from being used.
- FIG. 6 A second embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figure 6, in which the male connector housing makes up a lamp socket 40.
- a sealing ring 30 having the same annular protrusions 35A, 35B, 36A, 36B and engaging protrusions 37A, 37B as in the first embodiment is fitted in a bottom recess of the male connector housing 20 for receiving the female connector housing 50.
- the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B are arranged for engagement with the respective sealing ring retaining slots 26A, 26B formed on the peripheral wall 25 of the male connector housing 20, thereby making up a holding arrangement similar to that of the first embodiment.
- the above-mentioned lamp socket 40 has the same effect and functions as the male connector unit of the first embodiment.
- Numeral 41 in the drawing designates a lamp.
- sealing ring 30 formed of rubber is used in the above-mentioned embodiments, the sealing ring may be formed of any other suitable material which is subject to deformation under pressure and usable with equal effect.
- a pair of engaging protrusions 37A, 37B arranged symmetrically with each other for stabilization of the sealing ring.
- three or more engaging protrusions may be used.
- FIGS 7A to 7C illustrate a male connector housing 20a of the third embodiment in detail.
- sealing ring retaining slots 50A, 50B which receive the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B of the sealing ring 30 are formed in the peripheral wall 25 of the smaller diameter rear end portion 24 of the male connector housing 20a.
- cover extensions 51A, 51B are arranged to extend from the rims of the sealing ring retaining slots 50A, 50B in cantilever fashion.
- the cover extensions 51A, 51B cover the upper rims of the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B fitted in the sealing ring retaining slots 50A, 50B but a small gap is left between the forward ends of the cantilevered cover extensions 51A, 51B and the other rim of the sealing ring stopper slots 50A, 50B.
- the male connector housing 20a including the cover extensions 51A, 51B may be formed integrally.
- the construction of the sealing ring 30 is the same as that of the first embodiment.
- the sealing ring 30 is inserted fixedly in the recess 23 of the male connector housing 20a in advance, and the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B are fitted in the sealing ring retaining slots 50A, 50B thereby to bring the sealing ring 30 into engagement with the recess 23.
- the upper rims of the engaging portions 37A, 37B of the sealing ring 30 come into contact with the cover extensions 51A, 51B, while a small gap is formed with the side rim of the sealing ring 30.
- the female housing connector 10a By inserting the female housing connector 10a into the male housing connector 20a, the female connector 11 and the male connector 21 are coupled to each other.
- the annular protrusions 35A, 35B, 36A, 36B formed on the sealing ring 30 By way of the annular protrusions 35A, 35B, 36A, 36B formed on the sealing ring 30, the male connector housing 20a and the female connector housing 10a are pressed against each other through the sealing ring 30 to secure the sealing performance as in the first embodiment.
- the inserted sealing ring 30 settles very stably in position. It is difficult for the sealing ring 30 to come off or the cylindrical portion 32 of the sealing ring 30 to reverse out of position, thereby stabilizing the sealing functions. Further, the cover extensions 51A, 51B covering the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B of the sealing ring 30 provided over the sealing ring retaining slots 50A, 50B prevent the sealing ring 30 from coming off when the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B are in contact with other members or with other external forces such as those applied by an operator's hand, thus further improving the stability of the sealing ring 30.
- the water-proof connector comprising a sealing ring 30, engaging protrusions 37A', 37B', and sealing ring retaining slots 50A, 50B of the male connector housing 20a and cover extensions 51A, 51B identical to those of the third embodiment, has the maximum width B1 of the head of the engaging protrusions 37A', 37B' slightly larger than the width B2 of the sealing ring retaining slots 50A, 50B, the engaging protrusions 37A' and 37B' of the sealing ring 30 being press-fitted into the sealing ring retaining slots 50A, 50B.
- the structure of the engaging protrusions 37A', 37B' press-fitted into the sealing ring retaining slots 50A, 50B further improves the engaging force of the sealing ring 30 as compared with the third embodiment.
- FIG. 12 shows a partial sectional view taken in the line XII-XII in Figure 11.
- the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B of the sealing ring 30 are contained in the cover extensions 51A, 51B and the protective ribs 52 and thus the sealing ring is completely prevented from being separated under an external force to which the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B may be subjected.
- the cover extension 51A, 51B may not necessarily be a single member covering the sealing ring retaining slots 50A, 50B but may take a form of a plurality of laterally aligned plates with notches at predetermined positions thereby to facilitate the identification of the sealing ring 30.
- FIG. 13A to 13C show a male connector housing 20b, Figure 14 a sectional view of the water-proof connector of the embodiment under consideration, and Figure 15 a part detail of the construction shown in Figure 14.
- the male connector housing 20b will be explained.
- the male connector housing 20b is provided with sealing ring retaining slots 60A, 60B to receive the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B of the sealing ring 30 in the peripheral wall 25 of the recess 23 of the male connector housing 20b.
- thin tongues 61A, 61B are integrally formed with the base 23' of the recess 23 at a small distance from the peripheral wall 25, inwardly of the sealing ring retaining slots 60A, 60B and within the recess 23.
- the forward ends of the thin tongues 61A, 61B extend to a point near the sealing ring retaining slots 60A, 60B and thus face the entrance of the recess 23.
- the thin tongues 61A, 61B are for preventing the sealing ring 30 from separation or peeling off as it is inserted into the recess 23.
- the gap L1 between the thin tongues 61A, 61B and the inner surface of the recess 23 is smaller than the distance L2 from the base of the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B to the forward end of the sealing ring 30 as shown in Figure 15.
- the thin tongues 61A, 61B are arranged to be received in grooves 12A, 12B formed in the head of the female connector housing 10b when the female connector housing 10b is inserted into the recess 23.
- Each thin tongue 61A, 61B is not necessarily a single plate, but may take a form of a protruded plate divided to have longitudinal slits or notches. Also, the forward end of the thin tongues 61A, 61B need not extends under the sealing ring retaining slots 60A, 60B.
- Numeral 27 in Figure 14 designates engaging portions of the female and male connector housings in the coupled state.
- the holding arrangement of the water-proof connector according to the sixth embodiment including the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B of the sealing ring 30, the sealing ring retaining slots 60A, 60B of the male connector housing 20b and the thin tongues 61A, 61B, secures the sealing ring 30 stably in position while at the same time improving the sealing functions thereof.
- the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B of the sealing ring 30 are prevented from projecting from the sealing ring retaining slots 60A, 60B. Furthermore, the engaging protrusions 37A, 37B are protected from contact with other members or from an external force.
- the sealing ring 30 may be formed with proper shape and hardness for mounting of the sealing ring 30 to secure stable sealing effect thereof.
- the thin tongues 61A, 61B have also the function of guiding the female connector housing 10b as it is inserted as shown in Figure 14, and therefore prevent the female connector housing 10b from tilting as it is inserted or from being inserted reversely.
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JP1983110870U JPS6019157U (ja) | 1983-07-15 | 1983-07-15 | 防水コネクタ |
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JP14712083U JPS6055084U (ja) | 1983-09-21 | 1983-09-21 | 防水コネクタ |
JP147120/83 | 1983-09-21 | ||
JP14712183U JPS6055085U (ja) | 1983-09-21 | 1983-09-21 | 防水コネクタ |
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EP0132099A2 EP0132099A2 (en) | 1985-01-23 |
EP0132099A3 EP0132099A3 (en) | 1987-10-07 |
EP0132099B1 true EP0132099B1 (en) | 1991-12-04 |
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AT387872B (de) * | 1987-03-09 | 1989-03-28 | Neutrik Ag | Elektrische steckverbindung |
JPS63221568A (ja) * | 1987-03-10 | 1988-09-14 | 矢崎総業株式会社 | コネクタ用ハウジング及びその製造法 |
JPH0397871U (es) * | 1990-01-29 | 1991-10-09 | ||
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JP2533649Y2 (ja) * | 1990-04-02 | 1997-04-23 | 住友電装 株式会社 | 防水コネクタのシール構造 |
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US5100335A (en) * | 1991-01-28 | 1992-03-31 | Thomas & Betts Corporation | Sealed electrical connector and seal ring therefor |
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ES290888U (es) | 1986-05-16 |
ES290186Y (es) | 1986-10-16 |
ES290187Y (es) | 1986-10-16 |
ES290186U (es) | 1986-03-01 |
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