Patent ID: 7896709
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electric connecting device, comprising: a first connector having a first terminal and a first housing supporting the first terminal; a second connector having a second terminal electrically connectable to the first terminal and a second housing supporting the second terminal; and a latch which inhibits separation of the first and second housings from each other, wherein the first housing has a tube-like fitting and the second housing has a fitting receiver for fitting therein the fitting during a connected state in which the first and second connectors are connected to each other, when viewed from a connecting direction in which the first connector connects to the second connector, one of an exterior surface of the fitting and an interior surface of the fitting receiver has plural first ribs each projecting in a radial direction of a center portion of the fitting, and the other one of the exterior surface of the fitting and the interior surface of the fitting receiver has plural first recesses for respectively fitting therein the first ribs during the connected state, the first ribs, when viewed from the connecting direction, includes two ribs disposed across from each other over the center portion, along a single line extending through the center portion, on the exterior surface of the fitting or the interior surface of the fitting receiver; when viewed from the connecting direction, the other one of the exterior surface of the fitting and the interior surface of the fitting receiver has plural second ribs each projecting in a radial direction of a center portion of the fitting, and the one of the exterior surface of the fitting and the interior surface of the fitting receiver has plural second recesses for respectively fitting therein the second ribs during the connected state.