Patent ID: 7824210

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a male connector part comprising a male terminal, a first main body to which the male terminal is attached, and a first terminal housing portion comprising a first housing opening portion in which an end of the male terminal is exhibited and a predetermined housing space in which the male terminal is housed; a female connector part comprising a female terminal into which the male terminal is inserted, the male terminal being electrically connected to the female terminal by fitting the male connector part with the female connector part; a holding means inside the female terminal for holding the male terminal in a vertical direction; and a touch protecting means inside the first terminal housing portion for protecting the male terminal housed in the predetermined housing space from being touched by a foreign body, wherein the touch protecting means comprises an insulating portion for covering a part of the male terminal including the end of the male terminal except a part contacting the holding means when the male terminal is inserted into the female terminal, and a pair of projecting portions projecting in the predetermined housing space of the first terminal housing portion and at a position opposite the part contacting the holding means when the male terminal is inserted into the female terminal such that the male terminal is sandwiched therebetween in the vertical direction.