Patent ID: 9640897
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector, comprising a device-side connector provided on a device side and a wire-side connector provided on a wire side and to be connected to the device-side connector, wherein: the device-side connector is connectable to the wire side connector along a connecting direction and includes a device-side receptacle group formed by stacking a plurality of device-side receptacles in a stacking direction that is perpendicular to the connecting direction, the device-side connector having an opening on a front side in the connecting direction; the wire-side connector includes a plurality of wire-side terminals, a plurality of terminal accommodating portions configured to respectively accommodate the wire-side terminals and to be individually accommodated into the device-side receptacles when the device-side connector and the wire-side connector are connected, and an accommodation case configured to hold the plurality of terminal accommodating portions movably in the stacking direction; the opening of an end device-side receptacle arranged on one end part out of the plurality of device-side receptacles includes a guiding protrusion projecting in the stacking direction and the accommodation case includes a receiving portion configured to receive the guiding protrusion, the guiding protrusion and the receiving portion being configured to guide the corresponding terminal accommodating portion in a proper connection posture into the end device-side receptacle; and the guiding protrusion of the end device-side receptacle includes an inclined surface that is inclined relative to the connecting direction and that leads into a guide groove extending in the connecting direction and configured to guide the terminal accommodating portion guided by the guiding protrusion into the device-side receptacle, whereas the corresponding terminal accommodating portion includes a guide protrusion projecting from a wall of the terminal accommodating portion and to be guided by the guide groove of the end device-side receptacle.