Patent ID: 6790087
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An electric connector comprising:an insulative housing having an insertion side for insertion into a complementary electric connector, a connecting side and a plurality of terminal receiving tunnels connected to the insertion side and the connecting side; a plurality of conductive terminals, each of the conductive terminal having an insertion end and a connecting end, each of the conductive terminal being placed in a corresponding one of the terminal receiving tunnels, the connecting end extends outside the connecting side; a base having a plurality of grooves, the base further including one side which is adjacent to the connecting side of the housing and which has a stop block, the base having holes extending through the stop block at locations corresponding to the grooves, wherein, after the base is connected to the housing, the holes permit the connecting ends to pass therethrough and to be received in the grooves, and the stop block substantially covers the openings of the tunnels in the connecting side of the insulative housing; and a protective sleeve covering the insulative housing, but exposing the insertion side of the insulative housing, the protective sleeve being formed by overmolding.