Patent ID: 6840818
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising: terminal fittings each having opposite first and second ends, a wire connection portion at the first end of each terminal fitting, the wire connection portion being configured to be connected with a wire and a connecting portion at the second end of the terminal fitting, the connecting portion being formed with slits extending entirely through portions of the respective terminal fitting adjacent the second end for receiving a busbar of a mating member; and a housing with terminal accommodating chambers for receiving the terminal fittings, the terminal accommodating chambers being arranged substantially side-by-side in an arranging direction to define at least one substantially side-by-side array extending substantially normal to an extension direction of the slits so that each of said terminal accommodating chambers in the side-by-side array is separated from at least one adjacent terminal accommodating chamber in the array by a partition wall, each of said terminal accommodating chambers in said array being displaced from each of said adjacent terminal accommodating chambers in a height direction substantially normal to the arranging direction of the array so that each said partition wall defines a dimension in the height direction that is less than heights of the respective terminal accommodating chambers measured in the height direction.