Patent ID: 6183276
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector structure comprising:a printed board;a first connector having a frame in which one or more terminals are engaged, respective ends of the terminals being engaged with a wiring pattern on the printed board to assemble the first connector to the printed board;a mechanism member being assembled to the first connector, the mechanism member having a mechanism part to draw a second connector being mated with the first connector into the mechanism member to fit the first connector and the second connector to each other; andwherein the mechanism member and the first connector are constituted in different bodies, while the mechanism member is provided with a hood part having an opened lower side which overlaps at least a portion of the frame of the first connector when the mechanism member is assembled to the first connector by inserting the frame into the hood part through the opened lower side such that when the hood part of the mechanism member is arranged on the printed board and remaining parts of the mechanism member is arranged off the printed board, a combined height of the hood part and a height of the printed board is generally similar to a height of the remaining parts of the mechanism member.