Patent ID: 7866993
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising a connector housing and a circuit board which is contained in the connector housing and has contacts with a contacting surface exposed at one end thereof, said connector being fitted to a counterpart connector such that respective contacts are electrically connected to each other, characterized in that said connector comprises a shutter provided as a part of a wall of said connector housing so as to be freely opened or closed at a position covering said contacts which are formed on said circuit board, and that said shutter is in a closed state before a connector fitting and is in an opened state after the connector fitting, wherein a guide groove of prescribed groove length extending in a sliding direction of said shutter is provided on one of said shutter and said connector housing, and an engaging section for engaging with said guide groove is provided on the other of said shutter and said connector housing.