Patent ID: 11936127
Assignee: MOLEX, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A connector comprising:
a connector body including first and second mating guide parts formed on opposite longitudinal ends thereof, each mating guide part having side wall parts coupled together by an end wall part which define a mating recess, the mating recesses being configured to receive counterpart mating guide parts formed at opposite longitudinal ends of a counterpart connector body of a counterpart connector;
a reinforcing bracket attached to the first mating guide part, the reinforcing bracket including a bottom surface part covering a bottom surface of the mating recess of the first mating guide part, an end wall cover part extending from an end of the bottom surface part, first and second connection arms having first ends extending from opposite sides of the end wall cover part and opposite second ends, wherein a length of each connection arm is defined between the opposite ends thereof, a side plate part having a first end extending from the respective connection arm and an opposite second end, and a side wall upper cover part extending from an upper end of the respective side plate part, the respective side wall upper cover part extending over the inner part of the respective side wall part and is exposed above the respective side wall part of the first mating guide part, wherein a length of each side plate part is defined between the opposite ends thereof, and each side wall upper cover part has opposite first and second free ends defining a length therebetween and a linearly extending inner free end which extends continuously between the first and second free ends, the first free ends of the side wall upper cover parts being aligned with the first ends of the respective side plate part and the second free ends of the side wall upper cover parts being aligned with the second ends of the respective side plate part, and wherein the lengths of the side plate parts are longer than the lengths of the respective connection arms; and
a terminal attached to the connector body.