Patent ID: 6692274
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:a male housing with a receptacle having opposed pairs of outer walls extending parallel to a connecting direction and an engaging surface in the receptacle perpendicular to the connecting direction; male terminal fittings accommodated in the male housing and having tabs that project through the engaging surface and into the receptacle, the male terminal fittings being disposed in a non-symmetrical pattern relative to at least one plane centrally between the outer walls in at least one of the pairs of outer walls; a female housing dimensioned for fitting into the receptacle and having an engaging surface opposed to the engaging surface of the male housing when the female housing is fit in the receptacle; female terminal fittings accommodated in the female housing and mateable with the tabs of the male terminal fittings through the engaging surface; a moving plate movable in the receptacle along connecting directions of the male and female housings, the moving plate being formed with holding holes through which the tabs of the male terminal fittings project, the moving plate having at least one thinned area substantially surrounding at least selected ones of the holding holes, the moving plate further having at least one thicker reinforcing area; and a recess formed on at least one of the engaging surfaces for nesting with the reinforcing area of the moving plate.