Patent ID: 8900003
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising a pair of male and female connector housings to be fitted and connected with each other, wherein one connector housing of the pair of male and female connector housings comprises a protrusion protruding in a fitting direction between the connector housings such that a distal end thereof is protruded more toward a rear side of other connector housing of the pair of male and female connector housings than a rear end of the other connector housing when the one connector housing is positioned at a fitting start position with the other connector housing, and a rod supporting hole formed through the distal end of the protrusion to allow a rod-shaped member, which is a separate member, to be inserted therethrough in a direction intersecting with the fitting direction between the connector housings; the other connector housing comprises a raised portion disposed at a position opposed to the rod supporting hole in a direction approximately perpendicular to the fitting direction between the connector housings and raised from the rear end of the other connector housing to extend in the direction approximately perpendicular to the fitting direction between the connector housings, when the other connector housing is positioned at a fitting start position with the one connector housing, and an inclined surface formed on the raised portion to allow a distal end of the rod-shaped member inserted through the rod supporting hole to be contacted therewith and adapted to convert an axial load acting on the rod-shaped member to a load in a direction in which the other connector housing is pressed into the one connector housing; and after the connector housings are positioned at the fitting start positions, the rod-shaped member is pressed from the rod supporting hole onto the inclined surface, thereby fitting and connecting the connector housings.