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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2000
J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A connector of the invention includes a main body; a terminal, arranged at the main body, to be electrically connected with a connection object having at least one uneven part; and an auxiliary member mounted on the main body and having at least one fitting part to fit to the respective of the at least one uneven part of the connection object. According to the invention, when the uneven part varies in location and/or configuration in accordance with the types of the connection objects used, only the connection object having the uneven part corresponding in location and/or configuration to the fitting part formed in the auxiliary member can be loaded onto the connector to prevent erroneous loading of the connection object. Also, by eliminating all of the fitting parts from the main body and arranging them on the auxiliary member, or by eliminating the fitting part to fit to the uneven part that varies in location and/or configuration in accordance with the types of the connection object from the main body and arranging them on the auxiliary member and also arranging the remaining fitting part that remains unchanged in location and configuration regardless of the types of the connection object on the main body, the structure of the main body can be shared with different types of connection objects. This can allow the connector to accommodate two or more types of connection objects by simply replacing the auxiliary member.