Patent ID: 6623309
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A division connector, comprising:a frame including a receiving chamber; metal terminals; sub-connector housings which have cavities for respectively receiving said metal terminals, and are fitted in said receiving chamber in a juxtaposed manner, said sub-connector housings being suitably selected from a sub-connector housing group including a plurality of kinds of housings having different outer dimensions; withdrawal prevention means for retaining said sub-connector housings in said receiving chamber against withdrawal; a plurality of guide grooves, formed in one of an inner wall surface of said receiving chamber and an outer wall surface of said sub-connector housing, are juxtaposed in a direction of juxtaposition of said sub-connector housings; and guide projections, formed on said sub-connector housings, are fitted in the guide grooves to freely arrange said sub-connector housings within said receiving chamber, and to set an arrangement pitch of the guide grooves to an integral multiple of an arrangement pitch of the cavities.