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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Motohisa Kashiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connector housing and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, which connector housing includes: an outside wall having an upper and lower walls and sidewalls; horizontal partition and vertical partition which form terminal accommodating chambers inside the outside wall; and a thin sidewall portion formed on each of the sidewalls and being thinner than a remaining portion of the corresponding sidewall, wherein a short shot preventing rib is longitudinally formed on the thin sidewall portion integrally therewith in a generally vertical center thereof. The short shot preventing rib projects outside over the remaining portion continuing from the thin sidewall portion . The short shot preventing rib is arranged in a line with the horizontal partition . The short shot preventing rib is formed thicker than the horizontal partition . And, the manufacturing method includes the steps of: setting a mold for molding a connector housing which has a short shot preventing rib on each of thin sidewall portions formed on both side walls ; arranging a gate of a runner at a position corresponding to an outside wall of the connector housing; and injecting a melted resin material into the mold through the gate for forming the connector housing