Patent ID: 7581969
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising: a housing main body with opposite front and rear ends, at least one chamber extending into the rear end of the housing main body and at least one receptacle extending into the front end of the housing main body, the chamber and the receptacle communicating with one another; at least one auxiliary housing insertable into the chamber of the housing main body from the rear end of the housing main body when the auxiliary housing is in a proper selected orientation relative to the chamber, the auxiliary housing having terminal fittings projecting in an exposed manner from a front end of the auxiliary housing and into the receptacle of the housing main body; a moving plate mounted in the receptacle and movable back and forth between a position before the front end of the auxiliary housing and a position closer to the front end of the auxiliary housing, the moving plate having positioning holes for receiving portions of the terminal fitting disposed in the receptacle when the auxiliary housing is mounted in the proper orientation in the chamber and when the moving plate is in the position closer to the front end of the auxiliary housing; and at least one inverted insertion preventing portion formed on the auxiliary housing for contacting a rear opening edge of the chamber and preventing further forward movement of the auxiliary housing if the auxiliary housing is inserted into the chamber in an improper posture, a front end of the inverted insertion preventing portion being retracted from the front end of the auxiliary housing, and front ends of the terminal fittings and a rear end of the moving plate being distanced from each other when the inverted insertion preventing portion contacts the rear opening edge of the chamber.