Patent ID: 9647401
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector device comprising: a first connector and a second connector that are mutually engageable, the first connector including a first housing and the second connector including a second housing having a recess that receives the first housing, wherein the first housing is connected to one end portion of a cable and has a first opening portion on a peripheral wall of the first housing at one side, the first opening portion allowing the other end portion of the cable to extend to an outside of the first housing, wherein the recess has a second opening portion on a peripheral wall of the recess at the one side, the second opening portion allowing the other end portion of the cable to extend to an outside of the second housing, and wherein at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the first housing at an opposing side that opposes the one side includes an inclined surface and vertical surfaces that sandwich the inclined surface at a top and a bottom of the inclined surface respectively, the inclined surface being inclined so as to approach a bottom portion of the recess while extending in a direction from the one end portion toward the other end portion of the cable along an extending direction of the cable, the inclined surface being brought into contact with at least a portion of an inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the recess at the opposing side so that, during an engagement process of engaging the first connector and the second connector together, the first connector is moved relative to the second connector in the direction from the one end portion toward the other end portion of the cable along the extending direction of the cable.