Patent ID: 7059904

Claim:
A relay connector for connecting (i) an apparatus-side connector which is fixed to an apparatus and which holds an apparatus-side terminal metal fitting in an apparatus-side housing and (ii) a wire-side connector which holds a wire-side terminal metal fitting connected to a wire in a wire-side housing, the relay connector comprising: a relay terminal metal fitting having a first end and a second end, with the first end including a connection part to be connected with the apparatus-side terminal metal fitting and the second end including a connection part to be connected with the wire-side terminal metal fitting; a relay housing which houses the relay terminal metal fitting and which has a first end and a second end, the first end including an engagement part to be engaged with the apparatus-side housing and the second end including an engagement part to be engaged with the wire-side housing; and a relay shield shell which accommodates the relay housing and which has a first end and a second end, the first end including a contact part to be contacted with an apparatus-side shield shell formed on the apparatus and the second end including a contact part to be contacted with the wire-side shield shell which accommodates a wire-side housing, wherein the relay terminal metal fitting includes a terminal main body, a first connection part is formed at one end of the terminal main body, the first connection part has a male configuration, and a second connection part is formed at the other end of the terminal main body, the second connection part has a female configuration, and the relay housing is configured by combining a first accommodator which contacts the terminal main body and accommodates the first connection part with the male configuration in a penetrated state, and a second accommodator which accommodates the second connection part with the female configuration.