Patent ID: 8801046

Claim:
A connector for detachably connecting a plurality of fluid tubes to a plurality of mating pipes in a mating connector, comprising: a housing main body having opposite front and rear ends, a receptacle open at the front end of the housing main body and being connectable to the mating connector, a sub-connector accommodating portion open at the rear end of the housing main body, a wall formed between the receptacle and the sub-connector accommodating portion and a plurality of pipe insertion holes formed through the wall; at least one sub-connector detachably provided in the sub-connector accommodating portion of the housing main body, the sub-connector having a coupling plate with opposite first and second surfaces, the coupling plate being disposed in the sub-connector accommodating portion, a plurality of joint pipes unitary with the coupling plate of the sub-connector, each of the joint pipes having a first end projecting from the first surface of the coupling plate and passing through the pipe insertion holes in the wall of the housing main body and into the receptacle to be connected to one of the mating pipes when the housing main body is connected to the mating connector, each of the joint pipes further having a second end projecting from the second surface of the coupling plate and configured to be connectable to one of the fluid tubes; and an engaging mechanism for holding the sub-connector engaged with the housing main body.