Patent ID: 6354843
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B60J,H01R

Abstract:
A connector for electrically connecting various electrical equipment modules to a panel on a vehicle body side, the connector comprising:a first connector member attached to the panel on the vehicle body side and provided with a housing having an abutting surface in a first plane and an engaging recess extending at an angle that is not perpendicular to the first plane of the abutting surface, the first connector member containing a first terminal on the vehicle body side, the first terminal having a contact exposed inwardly from the engaging recess of the first connector member; and a second connector member provided with a housing having an abutting surface in a second plane corresponding to the first plane and an engaging projection formed at an angle corresponding to the angle of the engaging recess, the engaging projection being adapted to be engaged with the engaging recess of the first connector member, the second connector member containing a second terminal on an electrical equipment module side, the second terminal having a contact partially exposed outwardly from the engaging projection of the second connector member; wherein, when the engaging projection of the second connector member is inserted into the engaging recess of the first connector member, the contact of the first terminal is electrically contactable to the contact of the second terminal.