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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Toshiaki Okabe, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tetsuya Yamashita, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A joining connector system comprises: one connector having an engaging piece protruded on a connector housing thereof; and another connector having an engaging groove to which the engaging piece fits and which is formed in a connector housing thereof, the joining connector system being joined by sliding the engaging groove and the engaging piece with each other in a sliding direction. In such a structure, a protrusion having a shape tapered toward the sliding direction is provided near an end portion in a side in which a join of the joining connector is finished in the sliding direction, in at least one of the engaging piece and the engaging groove.