Patent ID: 6447344
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A joint connector for joining together connector housings having substantially the same structure, each of the connector housings comprising a first face having a front and a rear and a terminal accommodating chamber for accommodating a plurality of terminals, and a second face located opposite the first face, said second face having a front and a rear and being configured to be overlaid on said first face, wherein upon assembly, the second face of a first of the connector housings is overlaid on the first face of a second of the connector housings in a temporary setting condition defining a predetermined attitude between the first connector housing and the second connector housing prior to being joined, the joint connector comprising:front engaging members formed adjacent the front of said first face; joining protrusions formed on the front engaging members; first rear lock members formed adjacent the rear of said first face; first connector temporary engaging faces formed on the first rear lock members, each of the first connector temporary engaging faces having a tapered face; front engaging member insertion holes formed adjacent the second face for receiving the front engaging members; joining protrusion fitting holes formed in the front engaging insertion holes for receiving the joining protrusions, the joining protrusion fitting holes having tapered peripheral portions; second rear lock members formed adjacent the rear of the second face for engaging with the first rear lock members; and second connector temporary engaging faces formed on the second rear lock members, the second connector temporary engaging faces each having a tapered face, wherein in the temporary setting condition prior to joining said first connector housing to said second connector housing, the joining protrusions contact the tapered peripheral portions of the joining protrusion fitting holes, and the first connector temporary engaging face contacts the second connector temporary engaging face so as to maintain said first connector housing and said second connector housing in the predetermined attitude.