Patent ID: 7303437
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a housing having a terminal accommodating portion with opposite front and rear ends and cavities extending from the rear end to the front end; female terminals accommodated respectively in the cavities, each female terminal having a connecting portion connectable with a tab of a male terminal, the connecting portion having a front end; a front mask mounted on the front end of the terminal accommodating portion and being movable along a mounting direction from a test position to a proper position, the front mask being formed with terminal insertion openings dimensioned for receiving the tabs of the male terminals, the front mask further being formed with a testing opening, the terminal insertion openings being aligned for inserting the tabs of the male terminals through the terminal insertion openings and into the connecting portions of the female terminals in the respective cavities when the front mask is at the proper position, an offset position of a frontmost cavity with respect to the mounting direction being exposed at the testing opening when the front mask is at the test position and offset positions of the front ends of the connecting portions of all other of the female terminals in the cavities being exposed in the terminal insertion openings when the front mask is at the test position, whereby probes for an electrical connection test can engage the offset positions of the connecting portions when the front mask is at the test position.