Patent ID: 7575463
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising: a housing having opposite front and rear ends spaced apart along a connecting direction, an inner tube extending substantially from the front end toward the rear end of the housing and being formed with cavities extending along the connecting direction for accommodating terminal fittings, and an outer tube connected integrally to the inner tube at a location in proximity to the rear end of the housing and projecting forwardly for surrounding at least a front end of the inner tube, a connection space between the inner tube and the outer tube for receiving a mating housing, the outer tube having opposite first and second side walls extending substantially along the connecting direction from the rear end toward the front end of the housing; first and second extensions integral with the respective first and second side walls adjacent the rear end of the housing, the extensions including surfaces aligned transverse to the connecting direction; and first and second operation recesses formed in the respective first and second side walls at positions before the extensions in the connecting direction and having a transverse dimension between the first and second side walls that is smaller than a corresponding dimension of the extension, outer surfaces of the first and second side walls at the extensions being substantially flush with or slightly retracted inwardly of portions of the outer surfaces of the respective first and second side walls forward of the recesses, and each of the first and second recesses having an uneven outer surface facing obliquely in an outward and rearward direction for preventing slippage.