Patent ID: 6863558
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: H01B,H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector having a pair of first and second terminal fittings each connected to each of a pair of first and second electrical cables and a connector housing holding the terminal fittings, wherein the electrical connector comprises a cable distinction device disposed in the connector housing to guide the first and second electrical cables for electrically connecting the first electrical cable exclusively to the first terminal fitting and the second electrical cable exclusively to the second terminal fitting, wherein the cable distinction device has a cutout with a shoulder, the cutout allowing insertion of the pair of electrical cables into the connector housing, the shoulder positioned at a middle of an inner length of the cutout, and the shoulder prevents the first electrical cable from advancing over the shoulder but allows the second electrical cable to advance over the shoulder, and wherein the first and second electrical cables have an outer diameter equal to each other, and the first electrical cable has a protrusion projecting from an outer surface of a sheath of the first electrical cable to abut against the shoulder of the cutout when inserted into the cutout.