Patent ID: 6089901
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A crimp connector having:at least a first housing and a second housing, said first housing having a first bottom wall and a first plurality of partition walls extending therefrom in a first direction and said second housing having a second bottom wall and a second plurality of partition walls extending therefrom in a second direction substantially parallel to the first direction, said first plurality of partition walls and said second plurality of partition walls aligning with each other during an assembly of said first and second housings to form the crimp connector and having end portions with step-like configurations having a protruding portion and a cutout portion; anda plurality of terminal accommodating chambers each configured to hold a crimp terminal, each accommodating chamber being defined by said first bottom wall, said second bottom wall, and respective adjacent partition walls of said aligned first plurality of partition walls and second plurality of partition walls during assembly of said at least first housing and second housings to form the crimp connector, said crimp connector having a center portion defined such that said accommodating chambers are substantially evenly disposed on either side of said center portion,wherein one of said first plurality of partition walls and said second plurality of partition walls has said cutout portions facing away from said center portion of the crimp connector and the other of said first plurality of partition walls and said second plurality of partition walls has said cutout portions facing toward said center portion of the crimp connector.