Patent ID: 9577379
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector, the connector comprising: a connector main body, the connector main body including a mating guide portion formed on a longitudinal end of the connector main body, the mating guide portion mating with an opposing mating guide portion formed on a longitudinal end of an opposing connector main body of an opposing connector; terminals mounted in the connector main body; and a reinforcing metal fitting mounted in the connector main body, the reinforcing metal fitting including a pair of left and right contact arm portions, a pair of left and right side guide portions disposed in the mating guide portion, a main body portion extending in the transverse direction of the connector main body, and a pair of left and right connecting arm portions having a base end connected to both ends of the main body portion, wherein the contact arm portions are connected to the free end of the connecting arm portions, and the side guide portions are connected at a position closer to the base end than to the free end of the connecting arm portions, the side guide portions guiding the opposing mating guide portions, and the contact arm portions establishing contact with an opposing reinforcing metal fitting mounted in the opposing connector main body when the connector main body is mated with the opposing connector main body.