Patent ID: 7563127

Claim:
A connector for a vehicular AC generator, comprising: a resin connector case having a sealed element-accommodating chamber for receiving therein a circuit element; a leaded circuit element received in the element-accommodating chamber and having a pair of leads protruding from opposite longitudinal ends thereof, each of the leads has a bent portion. which is bent at an angle of 45 degrees or greater within the element-accommodating chamber; a plurality of wiring metal pieces embedded in the resin connector case, each of the wiring metal pieces having an external connecting terminal projecting from an outer wall of the connector case for external connection, and an element connecting terminal projecting into the element-accommodating chamber and soldered to a tip end portion of each of the leads of the leaded circuit element; and an elastic sealing resin filled in the element-accommodating chamber, wherein the connector case further has a lead support wall disposed between the tip end portion and the bent portion of each of the pair of leads and supporting thereon a portion of each respective lead, the lead support wall extending perpendicularly to each respective lead and having a recess in which the lead is received.