Patent ID: 6520786
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:a first housing having a front end and a receptacle extending into the front end; a second housing having a front end insertable into the receptacle by moving the housings along a connecting direction; a plurality of terminal fittings mounted in the first housing and extending into the receptacle; a shorting terminal mounted in the first housing and having terminal contacts biased into shorting contact with the terminal fittings, receiving pieces forward of the terminal contacts and disposed in the receptacle, a substantially planar extending portion extending between the terminal contact and the receiving piece; at least one slanted surface formed at the front of the second housing and aligned oblique to the connecting direction, said slanted surface being disposed for engaging the receiving pieces and resiliently deforming the terminal contacts in a direction away from the terminal fittings during connection of the housings; and a substantially planar pressing surface adjacent to and rearward of the slanted surface, the pressing surface being aligned substantially parallel to the connecting direction and being in surface contact with the extending portion when the housings are connected for maintaining a uniform spacing between the terminal contacts and the terminal fittings as the housings are connected.