Patent ID: 6042410
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An insert-force-free connector comprising:a hinged connector having at least two housings movably connected to each other by hinges keeping a predetermined distance between the housings to form an opening, electric contacts of terminals held in the housings being exposed to the inside of said housings; anda block connector serving as a mating connector for said hinged connector and having a block-like housing, said block-like housing having a tip portion fitted to said opening of said hinged connector, electric contacts of terminals held in the block-like housing being exposed to the outside of said block-like housing; whereinthe block connector is inserted into the hinged connector, thereby bringing the electric contacts of the terminals into contact with each other so as to connect the terminals of the hinged connector and the block connector, andfurther wherein the block connector is provided at the tip portion of the block-like housing with first inclined surfaces inclining toward the center of the housing, andsecond inclined surfaces corresponding to the first inclined surfaces are formed inside the housings of the hinged connector.