Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Autonetworks Technologies, Limited

Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Seidou Nishijima

Akio Kimura

A connector () in a first device is connected to a mating connector () in a second device while overlapping and fixing the devices. The connector () includes a terminal holding portion () to hold terminals (). A flange () on an outer periphery of the terminal holding portion () is sandwiched between cases () of the devices. A first seal (A) is mounted on a surface of the flange () facing the first device and seals between an outer surface of the case () of the first device and the flange (), and a second seal (B) is mounted on a surface of the flange () facing the second device and seals between an outer surface of the case () of the second device and the flange (). Mounted positions of the seals (A,B) are aligned in an overlapping direction of the first and second devices.

Connector

A terminal fitting () includes a metal case () having an opening (A) through which a mating contact point () is inserted, a coil spring () accommodated in the metal case (), and an electrical contact () biased toward the opening (A) by the coil spring () and configured to move while compressing the coil spring () by being pressed by the mating contact point (). The metal case () includes a first guide (parts at both front and rear sides of an opening () in a front wall () of the metal case ()) configured to guide the electrical contact () to a position shifted from a position before a movement in a direction orthogonal to an inserting direction of the mating contact point () by sliding in contact with the electrical contact () when the electrical contact () moves by being pressed by the mating contact point ().

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Seidou Nishijima