Patent ID: 7438576

Claim:
A connector for use on a substrate, comprising: a housing having a rear wall and a hood projecting forwardly from the rear wall, the housing being placed on a printed-circuit board; terminal fittings mounted in the housing and connected respectively with conductive paths of the printed-circuit board; a covering wall projected rearward from a rear wall of the housing and covering the terminal fittings; two side walls projected rearward from the rear wall of the housing and being continuous with opposite widthwise sides of the covering wall, wall surfaces of the side walls intersecting a wall surface of said covering wall; a rearwardly open bag-shaped space being formed by the covering wall the side walls and the printed-circuit board; the rear wall of the housing and the printed-circuit board being accommodated in a case with a front portion of the housing disposed beyond an open surface of the case and with a rear portion thereof, including the bag-shaped space covered with a potting material introduced into substantially the entire interior of the case; and at least one air vent formed through the covering wall for communicating the bag-shaped space with an outer surface of the covering wall.