Patent ID: 9509078
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector housing having a cavity with opposite front and rear ends spaced apart along an inserting direction, the cavity being configured to accommodate a terminal fitting inserted in the inserting direction, the terminal fitting having a substantially rectangular tubular terminal main body portion provided with a projection on an outer side surface thereof, the connector housing comprising: a main body accommodating portion formed in the cavity in proximity to the front end of the cavity and into which the terminal main body is to be accommodated; a groove portion formed in the cavity and into which the projection is insertable and movable forward when the terminal fitting is inserted in a proper posture into the cavity; and a guiding portion provided on a side of the cavity opposite the groove and rearward of the main body accommodating portion in the insertion direction, the guiding portion including upper and lower first inclined guiding surfaces inclined in the inserting direction and inclined to widen a space therebetween in the inserting direction for angularly displacing the terminal main body about an axis extending along the inserting direction by coming into contact with the projection when the terminal fitting is inserted in a vertically inverted posture into the cavity.