Patent ID: 9136646
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector selectably mateable with a first mating connector and a second mating connector along a mating direction, the first mating connector having a first interface and two lock portions, the second mating connector having a second interface, the second interface having a shape different from the first interface in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction, and the connector comprising: a contact; a holding member holding the contact; and a shell covering, at least in part, the holding member, the shell having a standard portion, a modified portion and two coupling portions, the standard portion corresponding to both the first interface and the second interface, the modified portion and the coupling portions corresponding not to the first interface but to the second interface, the modified portion being apart from the standard portion in a predetermined direction perpendicular to the mating direction, each of the coupling portions coupling the standard portion and the modified portion, the shell being formed with two lock holes, the lock holes being formed to continuously extend from the standard portion to the coupling portions, respectively, such that each of the lock holes has a part which is located at a respective one of the coupling portions, the lock holes receiving the lock portions under a mated state in which the connector is mated with the first mating connector, and the lock holes which receive the lock portions maintaining the mated state.