Patent ID: 6835094
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:a housing connectable with a mating housing mounted on a panel, the housing including a terminal-accommodating portion for accommodating terminal fittings and a jaw bulging out from an outer peripheral surface of the terminal-accommodating portion, the jaw having a front surface for facing the panel substantially in parallel, a rear surface opposite the front surface and an outer peripheral edge extending between the front and rear surfaces; a grommet attached to the jaw and overlying the outer peripheral edge of the jaw and portions of the front and rear surfaces of the jaw adjacent the outer peripheral edge, the portions of the grommet overlying the front surface of the jaw for closely contacting the panel; and at least one protrusion on the front surface of the jaw inwardly from the portion of the grommet overlying the front surface of the jaw and at least partly surrounding the terminal-accommodating portion such that portions of the jaw having the protrusion are thicker than portions of the jaw to which the grommet is attached, a projecting distance of the protrusion being less than a thickness of portions of the grommet overlying the front surface of the jaw so that the protrusion does not affect the close contacting of the grommet with the panel.