Patent ID: 8337255
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a housing having opposite front and rear ends spaced apart along a connecting direction, opposite left and right sides spaced apart in a width direction transverse to the connecting direction and opposite top and bottom surfaces, the front end of the housing being connectable with a mating housing along the connecting direction, and at least one projection formed at one of the left and right sides of the housing with respect to the width direction and projecting beyond one of the top and bottom surfaces at an angle to the connecting direction, a connecting operation of the two housings progressing when the projection is fit into a recess formed in the mating housing while being prevented if the projection is not fit into the recess, an inclined surface being formed on a side of the projection facing toward a widthwise center of the housing, the inclined surface inclining outwardly and intersecting one of the top and bottom surfaces at an obtuse angle so that the projection becomes gradually narrower in the width direction at positions farther from the top and bottom surfaces.