Patent ID: 8182296
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Connector, having a rear side and a mating side and comprising a housing: having at least one contact receiving space, each one of which being configured for accommodating respectively one contact, and extending in a direction from a mating side to a rear side, and at least one non-contact receiving space also extending in a direction from the mating side towards the rear side, adjacent the at least one contact receiving space, wherein the non-contact receiving space is adapted for receiving a portion of a mating connector housing and has a substantially rounded cross sectional shape substantially perpendicular to the direction from the mating side towards the rear side, wherein the connector housing comprises a first wall and a second wall extending in a direction from the rear side to the mating side, wherein the non-contact receiving space is further defined by adjacent side walls extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second walls from the rear side to the mating side and being joined thereto at joints and wherein the side walls have a wall thickness which is larger at the joints than at a position between the joints, and wherein at least a portion of the non-contact receiving space is defined by at least one of the adjacent side walls which is configured for supporting a portion of a contact in the adjacent contact receiving space, the at least one adjacent side wall comprising a structure extending substantially perpendicular to the direction from the mating side towards the rear side and being configured to cover a section of the portion of the contact in a direction substantially parallel to the direction from the mating side towards the rear side, and where the housing comprises a space for accommodating a coding key.