Patent ID: 6814627
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A cover for a joint connector having a plurality of housings, each of said housings having at least one chamber with a front opening, terminal fittings accommodated in the corresponding chambers and having joints projecting forward through the respective front opening,wherein the cover is detachably mountable on one of said housings to substantially cover the joints of the terminal fittings projecting through front openings of the chambers, the cover having a first wall substantially parallel to the joints of the respective terminal fitting and a second wall parallel to and between the joints and the first wall such that an insertion path is defined between the first and second walls, the second wall being formed with a guide surface for guiding the joints to a position outside the insertion path, the cover further being formed with at least one insertion hole providing communication to the insertion path, whereby an electrical connection testing device can be inserted through the insertion hole for electrical contact with the terminal fittings, and whereby the first and second walls prevent the electrical connection testing device from shaking in a direction normal to the first and second walls.