Abstract: A waterproofing element comprises a seal element and a supporting element. The seal element includes a plurality of first waterproofing portions each defining a plug hole adapted to receive and form a seal with a conductive contact, and a second waterproofing portion adapted to sealingly contact an inner wall surface of a housing. The supporting element surrounds the first waterproofing portions and is adapted to prevent misalignment of the first waterproofing portions. The second waterproofing portion arranged over the supporting element such that the supporting element presses the second waterproofing portion in a radially outward direction for forming a seal therewith.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing having a water stop groove and a region disposed between an end of the housing and the water stop groove. The water stop groove extends along a circumferential direction of the housing orthogonal to a mating direction of the electrical connector. The water stop groove is dimensioned to allow a surface tension to act on a quantity of water accumulated in the region.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a first connector and a second connector. The first connector has a hood defining a mating opening. The second connector has a housing body configured to be received in the hood, a rear end wall formed continuous with the housing body and projecting outward from the housing body in a circumferential direction, a lock arm configured to prevent disengagement of the first connector and the second connector, and a cover disposed at the rear end wall covering a portion of the lock arm. A front end surface of the rear end wall facing the second connector forms a uniformly continuous flat surface in a region including the cover.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing having a water stop groove and a region disposed between an end of the housing and the water stop groove. The water stop groove extends along a circumferential direction of the housing orthogonal to a mating direction of the electrical connector. The water stop groove is dimensioned to allow a surface tension to act on a quantity of water accumulated in the region.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing and a contact held by the housing. The housing has a hood including a receiving space for receiving a mating connector and a pair of first inner surfaces extending along a vertical direction. The first inner surfaces face the receiving space and are disposed at a first interval in a horizontal direction. Each of the first inner surfaces includes a first inclined surface extending a predetermined distance from a front end of the hood in a mating direction toward an opposite rear end of the hood.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a first connector and a second connector. The first connector has a hood defining a mating opening. The second connector has a housing body configured to be received in the hood, a rear end wall formed continuous with the housing body and projecting outward from the housing body in a circumferential direction, a lock arm configured to prevent disengagement of the first connector and the second connector, and a cover disposed at the rear end wall covering a portion of the lock arm. A front end surface of the rear end wall facing the second connector forms a uniformly continuous flat surface in a region including the cover.

Abstract: An electrical connector that prevents water from entering the hood of the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a housing adapted to be mated in a receiving space in a hood of a mating connector. On a top side of the electrical connector in a state where the electrical connector is mated to the mating connector, the housing includes an inclined surface having an inclination angle of more than 90° at a front end of the hood of the mating connector for draining water falling onto the electrical connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed having a housing and a female terminal. The housing has an assembly receiving space. The female terminal is positioned in the assembly receiving space and has a first female terminal, a second female terminal, and an elastic connecting spring. The first female terminal has a first contact receiving space. The second female terminal has a second contact receiving space and is independently displaceable relative to the first female terminal along a longitudinal axis. The elastic connecting spring connects the first female terminal to the second female terminal.

Abstract: A surface mount connector is disclosed having a housing cover, a contact receiving base, and a first engagement portion. The contact receiving base is connected to the housing cover, having a plurality of contacts with terminating ends and opposite mating ends positioned inside the housing cover. The first engagement portion has a first projection positioned proximate to a mating end of either the housing cover or the contact receiving base, extending orthogonal to a plugging/unplugging direction. The first engagement portion also has a first projection receiving member positioned on the other of the contact receiving base and the housing cover proximate to the mating end, being complimentary to the first projection and receiving the first projection at a terminating end facing surface thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a wire cover, a wiring method and an electrical connector that can ensure routing of wires even in a limited space. The connector includes a housing, a lever, and a wire cover. The lever is mounted to the housing, and the wire cover is mounted to a side of a back surface of the housing. The wire cover includes a cover body, a wire routing passageway, and a hood portion. The cover body includes a plurality of wire receiving passageways positioned in one direction, while the wire routing passageway is directed into an inside of the cover body. The hood portion protrudes from a circumference of the wire routing passageway and provides a leading direction out of the wire routing passageway. The hood portion extends in a direction other than a direction of extension from a front surface and the back surface of the cover body.

Abstract: A surface mount connector is disclosed having a housing cover, a contact receiving base, and a first engagement portion. The contact receiving base is connected to the housing cover, having a plurality of contacts with terminating ends and opposite mating ends positioned inside the housing cover. The first engagement portion has a first projection positioned proximate to a mating end of either the housing cover or the contact receiving base, extending orthogonal to a plugging/unplugging direction. The first engagement portion also has a first projection receiving member positioned on the other of the contact receiving base and the housing cover proximate to the mating end, being complimentary to the first projection and receiving the first projection at a terminating end facing surface thereof.

Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed having a housing and a female terminal. The housing has an assembly receiving space. The female terminal is positioned in the assembly receiving space and has a first female terminal, a second female terminal, and an elastic connecting spring. The first female terminal has a first contact receiving space. The second female terminal has a second contact receiving space and is independently displaceable relative to the first female terminal along a longitudinal axis. The elastic connecting spring connects the first female terminal to the second female terminal.

Abstract: A connector member that is improved in durability and reliability by preventing fracture of hinges of a retainer and can be smoothly mated with a mating connector. The connector member having a lance housing. a connector housing, and the retainer. The lance housing includes a plurality of terminal receiving slots, a recess disposed at a rear of the plurality of terminal receiving slots and in a portion of the lance housing near a rear surface thereof, and a pair of guide walls positioned opposite each other along a top surface of the lance housing. The connector housing includes a housing recess opening at one side for housing the lance housing. The retainer is fitted into the recess of the lance housing and swingably connected to the lance housing by a hinge.

Abstract: A water-proof connector has a inner housing, a wire seal, and an outer housing. The outer housing has a plurality of electrical wire insertion passageways and a plurality of first boss pins disposed along an outer periphery of a region in which electrical wire insertion passageways are formed. The plurality of first boss pins include tip end parts with a tapered surface only in a portion facing outward from the region in which the electrical wire insertion passageways are formed.

Abstract: A wire cover has a cover body, a wire routing passageway and a hood. The cover body includes a plurality of wire receiving passageways positioned in one direction. The wire routing passageway is directed into an inside of the cover body. The hood protrudes from a circumference of the wire routing passageway and controls a leading direction out of the wire routing passageway wherein the hood has a different thicknesses between a base on a side of the cover body and a tip on another side of the cover body.

Abstract: A lever type connector is mated with a mating connector by operating a rotatable lever with a mating portion being received in a receiving space of the mating connector. The lever type connector includes a slider having a cam groove and is moved by rotation of the lever. The mating connector further includes a cam pin positioned on a mating housing and inserted into the cam groove. A rib that constitutes a cam pin displacement restricting body is placed between a front cover that constitutes a part of a housing of the lever type connector 1 and the mating housing in a region corresponding to the cam pin.

Abstract: A connector having a sliding cam that prevents twisting when mating with a mating connector. The connector having an inner housing, an inner housing, a slider receiving slot, and a slider. The inner housing includes a contact positioned in the inner housing, while the outer housing is attached to the inner housing. The slider receiving slot is positioned in the outer housing, and the slider includes a plurality of multiple cam grooves with cam pin insertion openings into which a plurality of cam pins positioned along a side surface of a mating connector are inserted. The slider is slidably received in the slider receiving slot. A plurality of temporary mating projections are positioned along the cam pin insertion openings, wherein a height of one of the plurality of temporary mating projections is higher than a height of another of the plurality of temporary mating projections.

Abstract: A lever-type connector capable of simplifying a release operation for a lock of a lever locked by a lock while preventing the lock of the lever locked by the lock from unintentionally being released is provided. The lever-type connector includes a housing, a wire cover, a lever, and a lock. The housing includes a contact, while the wire cover attaches to a rear side of the housing. The lever includes a pair of side plates and a connecting part for connecting both of the side plates to each other. The lever bridges over the rear side of the wire cover and is rotatably attached to the housing between a release position and a mating position. The lock includes a cantilever plate-spring form and is positioned on the rear side of the wire cover in order to prevent rotation of the lever when set to the mating position.

Abstract: A connector member that is improved in durability and reliability by preventing fracture of hinges of a retainer and can be smoothly mated with a mating connector. The connector member having a lance housing. a connector housing, and the retainer. The lance housing includes a plurality of terminal receiving slots, a recess disposed at a rear of the plurality of terminal receiving slots and in a portion of the lance housing near a rear surface thereof, and a pair of guide walls positioned opposite each other along a top surface of the lance housing. The connector housing includes a housing recess opening at one side for housing the lance housing. The retainer is fitted into the recess of the lance housing and swingably connected to the lance housing by a hinge.

Abstract: A water-proof connector has a inner housing, a wire seal, and an outer housing. The outer housing has a plurality of electrical wire insertion passageways and a plurality of first boss pins disposed along an outer periphery of a region in which electrical wire insertion passageways are formed. The plurality of first boss pins include tip end parts with a tapered surface only in a portion facing outward from the region in which the electrical wire insertion passageways are formed.