Patent ID: 9331419
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electric connector including: a housing formed with a plurality of holes into each of which a terminal is inserted, said holes being aligned in a line in a first direction; a rear holder connected to said housing through a hinge such that said rear holder is rotatable relative to said housing; a first engagement unit for connecting said rear holder and said housing to each other said first engagement unit being arranged at at least one of opposite ends in said first direction; and a second engagement unit for avoiding said rear holder and said housing from separating from each other after said rear holder and said housing were connected to each other, said second engagement unit being situated between said holes located adjacent to each other, said second engagement unit including: a first engagement section formed at said housing; and a second engagement section formed at said rear holder, said first engagement section including a first inclining surface sloping upward in a second direction opposite to a direction in which said terminal is inserted into each of said holes, said second engagement section including a tip end making point-contact or line-contact with said first inclining surface when a tensile force acts on said rear holder in said second direction.