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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1997
Kenichi Mitamura, Fujisawa, JP;
Shinji Nakamoto, Hadano, JP;
Takayoshi Endo, Haibara-gun, JP;
Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Haibara-gun, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sealed connector is provided which includes: an inner housing accommodating a terminal; an outer housing surrounding the inner housing; a metallic shield positioned between the inner housing and outer housing; a connecting portion connecting the inner housing and the outer housing to form a one-piece body; a shield insertion hole which is formed for communication of the interior of the sealed connector with a shield insertion space located between both inner and outer housing; and a connecting protrusion which is formed by notching at the pointed end of the metallic shield and which protrudes in the connector fitting direction through insertion of the metallic shield into the shield insertion space. The metallic shield includes a slit adjacent to the connecting protrusion and an engaging piece opposite to an engaging slot portion of the inner housing, wherein the bottom end portion of the slit contacts the connecting portion between the inner and outer housings. Each of the slits of the metallic shield accomodates the connecting protrusions of the other metallic shield which are alternately fitted into each other resulting in an elimination of the clearances when the male- and female-side sealed connectors are fitted into each other.