Patent ID: 8100730
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A joint connector, comprising: a housing with cavities for receiving female terminals; and a joint terminal to be mounted in the housing and including a male terminal portion with male terminals to be accommodated into the respective cavities, and a bracket connected with the male terminal portion and including a mounting portion to be mounted on a grounding portion at a height different from the male terminal portion, wherein: the bracket extends in an extending direction of the cavities from the male terminal portion and is bent at least twice to define a crank shape, the mounting portion of the bracket being formed by a substantially flat portion at an end of the bracket remote from the male terminal portion and at least one reinforcing bead extending along the bracket from a location in proximity to the male terminal portion toward the mounting portion, the at least one reinforcing bead including at least one rib projecting from the bracket at locations spaced inward from lateral edges of the bracket, and the housing includes at least one receiving portion for tightly holding the reinforcing bead.