Patent ID: 8506328
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising at least one terminal fitting and a housing with at least one cavity into which the terminal fitting is inserted, wherein: the terminal fitting is formed with a main portion and at least one stabilizer extending from a surface of a main portion for preventing improper insertion, the stabilizer having an oblique alignment to a surface of the main portion; the cavity of the housing includes at least one terminal insertion hole into which the main portion of the terminal fitting is closely fit, a widened entrance at an end of the terminal insertion hole, and at least one insertion path in a surface of the terminal insertion hole to permit passage of the stabilizer; the stabilizer is insertable along the insertion path to a proper position when the terminal fitting is inserted in a proper posture, whereas the stabilizer contacts an edge of the housing angularly offset from the insertion path to prevent further insertion of the terminal fitting when the terminal fitting is inserted in an improper posture angularly displaced from the proper posture; and at least one posture displacing portion near the edge of the terminal insertion hole for displacing the stabilizer from the oblique alignment to the surface of the main portion toward a normal alignment to the surface of the main portion to increase an engaging margin of the stabilizer when the terminal fitting inserted in the improper posture.