Patent ID: 6361376
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B29C,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A connector comprising:a connector body made of an insulating material and having a side, the connector body having on the side thereof a fitting portion formed integrally therewith, the fitting portion for fitting a mating connector thereto, the connector body having a first inner surface and a second inner surface, the first inner surface being spaced from and facing the second inner surface; a plurality of first terminal fittings having first terminal bodies and first terminal portions, the first terminal bodies insert molded within the connector body, the first terminal bodies arranged in a first stage within the connector body, the first terminal portions projecting to the fitting portion of the connector body; and a plurality of second terminal fittings having second terminal bodies and second terminal portions, the second terminal bodies insert molded within the connector body, the second terminal bodies arranged in a second stage within the connector body, the second terminal portions projecting to the fitting portion of the connector body, wherein said first terminal bodies in said first stage and said second terminal bodies in said second stage are staggered so that all but one of said first terminal bodies is located between adjacent ones of said second terminal bodies and all but one of said second terminal bodies is located between adjacent ones of said first terminal bodies, wherein the first terminal bodies are located on the first inner surface and the second terminal bodies are located on the second inner surface.