Patent ID: 6179670
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising:a plurality of male sub-connectors in which terminal housing chambers for housing terminals are formed, each of the plurality of male sub-connectors having a mating terminal insertion opening;a holding member into which the male sub-connectors are inserted, the holding member having at least one inner wall tapered relative to a longitudinal direction of the holding member and a plurality of terminal insertion openings; andposition regulating means configured for regulating positions of said male sub-connectors while said male sub-connectors are inserted along a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the holding member and preventing the at least one tapered inner wall from allowing said male sub-connectors to move relative to the longitudinal direction of the holding member so that the mating terminal insertion openings of said male sub-connectors are aligned with respective mating terminal insertion openings of said holding member, said position regulating means being provided on outer surfaces of said male sub-connectors and on an inner surface of said holding member.