Patent ID: 7214078
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising: a housing; a terminal accommodating portion for accommodating at least one terminal fitting; a substantially tubular sealing tower for accommodating a resilient plug mounted on the rear of the terminal fitting, the sealing tower being shorter than the terminal accommodating portion; a substantially plate-shaped movable member displaceably provided relative to the housing and extending substantially along only one surface of the housing, the movable member having an operable portion, wherein: the sealing tower is offset from the terminal accommodating portion so that a center of an axis of the sealing tower is offset from a middle of the terminal accommodating portion with respect to a selected direction; and the operable portion is in an accommodation space substantially adjacent to the sealing tower and defined by the offset between the respective surfaces of the terminal accommodating portion and the sealing tower.