Patent ID: 7708567
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a plurality of connector modules, each of said connector modules including a plate-shaped holding member, a plurality of first contacts held on a first surface of said holding member, and a plurality of second contacts held on a second surface of said holding member, wherein positions of respective associated ones of said first and second contacts of said connector modules are approximately coincident with each other in a height direction of said housing; and a housing that holds said plurality of connector modules such that said plurality of connector modules are arranged with a gap between adjacent ones of said plurality of connector modules; wherein said housing includes a plurality of partition walls that divide an inner space of said housing into a plurality of slots into which portions of respective ones of said connector modules are inserted, and wherein spaces formed in said partition walls are located between portions of said first contacts of a first one of said connector modules, and corresponding portions of said second contacts of a second one of said connector modules, said first and second connector modules being adjacent to each other in a direction of arrangement of said connector modules.