Yazaki Corporation

Koichi Nakayama

Hajime Kato

Mitsuhiro Matsumoto

Tsuyoshi Mizushima

Yoshinori Shigeta

A connector assembly includes a housing () in which a wire-side terminal () is held, and which is fitted to a mounting hole formed in a casingof a mating device to be connected, and a sealing member () which is attached to a groove part () formed in an outer peripheral part () of the housing thereby to keep an interior of the casing liquid tight. The sealing member () includes a convex part () formed in a curved part thereof, by protruding in a width direction from its peripheral edge part in a shape of an 10 annularly continued band. The groove part () includes a concave part () formed by denting a groove wall (b), corresponding to the convex part (). The convex part () and the concave part () are engaged with each other.

Connector assembly

A connector adapted to connect device, allows itself to be fastened with a bolt using a conventional tool, and to be downsized. A edgeof the protection riband a bearing surfaceon which a bolton a fastening partis tightened are formed in the same plane.

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Kakegawa, Japan

Koichi Nakayama