Patent ID: 8182278

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a first terminal housing for housing a plurality of aligned first connecting terminals; a second terminal housing for housing a plurality of aligned second connecting terminals; a laminated structure that one surface of each of the plurality of first connecting terminals is paired with one surface of each of the plurality of second connecting terminals to form a plurality of contact points when the first terminal housing is fitted to the second terminal housing and each contact point is arranged so as to be sandwiched by insulators having a predetermined thickness; and a connecting member for collectively fixing and electrically connecting the plurality of first connecting terminals and the plurality of second connecting terminals at each contact point by pressing the insulator adjacent thereto, wherein the insulator comprises a first insulating member that is one of two divided insulators formed by dividing the insulator, the first insulating member being formed so as to be fixed to another surface of the first connecting terminal adjacent thereto and to cover at least an end surface of the adjacent first connecting terminal on a front end side in a fitting direction, and a second insulating member that is another of the divided insulators, the second insulating member being formed so as to be fixed to another surface of the second connecting terminal adjacent thereto and to cover at least an end surface of the adjacent second connecting terminal on a front end side in a fitting direction, the two divided insulators overlap when the first terminal housing is fitted to the second terminal housing, thereby forming the insulator having a predetermined thickness, and a fitting groove is formed on a facing surface of one of the first and second insulating members that face each other by the overlap of the two divided insulators, and a convex portion fitting to the fitting groove is formed on a facing surface of the other.