Patent ID: 6027378
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A combined-type connector comprising:a hood defined by substantially rectangularly arranged walls having at a front portion of said hood a first connector-fitting chamber and at a rear portion thereof an opening in a side of one of said walls, said opening extending in a direction perpendicular to a connector-fitting direction through said hood; anda connector containing a connector-fitting section and a terminal-accommodating section spaced from said connector-fitting section in the connector-fitting direction, said connector-fitting section having a second connector-fitting chamber formed therein,wherein said connector-fitting section of said connector is formed to be inserted in a direction perpendicular to the connector-fitting direction through said opening in said side wall of said hood and movable in said direction perpendicular to said connector-fitting direction for fitting combination with a mating connector until said first and said second connector-fitting chambers are mutually aligned to form a single connector-fitting chamber for said mating connector.