Patent ID: 6196860
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising a housing, a terminal fitting within said housing and having a protruding end for engagement with an electrical wire, a cover for said protruding end, said cover and housing being fitted together in an axial direction with respect to one another, a first rib on an external surface of said housing defining one of an upper and a lower wire distribution space between said cover and said housing, and a second rib on said cover defining the other of said upper and lower wire distribution spaces, wherein said rib of said cover is provided on an external surface of said cover, wherein said first and second ribs are oriented to separate adjacent wires and prevent said cover being fitted upside down on said housing, and wherein said cover includes a planar projection extending towards said housing and adapted to overlap the rib of said housing to define a wire distribution channel.