Patent ID: 6213792
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A fitting structure for connectors, comprising:a female connector having at least two projections and at least two guide recesses;a male connector for engagement with the female connector;a hood assembly having an opening to be assembled to an assembling port provided on either one of the male and female connectors, the hood assembly including at least one slide member adapted so as to slide therein and provided with one or more guide grooves, the hood assembly further including at least two engagement holes for respective engagement with the at least two projections and at least two guide ribs to guide the hood assembly when interengaging with the female connector; andone or more guide pins formed on the other connector of the male and female connectors;wherein respective interior dimensions defining the assembling port of the one of the male and female connectors are respectively larger than respective interior dimensions defining the opening of the hood assembly, thereby providing a step in a boundary area between the hood assembly and the one of the male and female connectors;whereby the engagement and disengagement between the male and female connectors can be accomplished by reciprocatively moving the slide member while the one or more guide pins are retained in the one or more guide grooves;whereby the hood assembly is connected to the female connector by overlaying the hood assembly in a direction perpendicular to a mating direction onto the female connector and then lowering the hood assembly so that the guide ribs engage with the guide recesses and the projections engage with the engagement holes.