Patent ID: 6132246
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An engaging connector to be inserted into a movable connector comprising:a housing main body;stopper protrusions on a surface of the housing main body, said stopper protrusions positioned for engaging with lock arms formed on inner wall surfaces of attachment slots of the movable connector;guide ribs formed on both sides of each of the stopper protrusions on the housing main body, the guide ribs, with front end and rear end surfaces, extending from said stopper protrusions to a point beyond the surface of the housing main body so the rear end surfaces of the guide ribs are not on the housing main body, and the guide ribs being arranged in parallel with an insertion direction of the engaging connector and when the front end surfaces of the guide ribs are brought into contact with stoppers on the movable connector, the rear end surfaces of the guide ribs are brought into a same plane as a contact surface of a frame of the movable connector and the lock arms of the moving connector engage said stopper protrusions,wherein the rear end surfaces of the guide ribs and the contact surface of the frame can both be brought into contact with a wall surface of a panel wall forming a structure which can prevent disengagement between the engaging connector and the movable connector and can also disperse external force placed on said engaging connector in a direction opposite to the insertion direction of the engaging connector to prevent damage to the engaging connector and the movable connector.