Patent ID: 7179134

Claim:
A combination for establishing an electrical and mechanical interconnection, comprising: a first article including a first article casing and a first conductive part being an electric wire; a second article including a second article casing and a second conductive part; and an electrical connector including an electrically insulating housing with a cavity therein, an electrically conductive contact member that is received at least partially in said cavity of said housing, and a connector-side mechanical fixing structure provided on said housing; wherein said contact member includes a crimped wire terminal that is mechanically and electrically connected to said electric wire of said first article by being crimped thereon, and a contacting part that is exposed from said housing and pressed against and electrically contacted with said second conductive part of said second article; wherein one casing of said first article casing and said second article casing has a first recess in said casing, said housing of said electrical connector is at least partially fitted into and received in said first recess, and said connector-side mechanical fixing structure mechanically engages with a portion of said one casing and thereby mechanically fixes said electrical connector thereto; and wherein said portion of said one casing comprises a casing-side mechanical fixing structure in said first recess, and said connector-side mechanical fixing structure is mechanically engaged with said casing-side mechanical fixing structure.