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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 06, 2002
Motohisa Kashiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a rear holder-attached connector ( ), a relatively-thick protective rib ( ) with a width (B) projects outwardly from opposite sides of a housing ( ), and is disposed between upper and lower terminal receiving chambers ( ). This width (B) is larger than a width of rear holders ( ), and this rib ( ) protects the rear holders ( ) so that these rear holders, provisionally retained on the housing ( ) within a metal-mold assembly, will not be discharged from the metal-mold assembly to drop, and will not be disengaged from the housing even upon contact with another housing. The provision of the protective rib ( ) also serves to provide a good flow of a resin poured from the rear side of the housing ( ) during the molding operation, and therefore thin partition walls, forming the terminal receiving chambers ( ), can be positively molded, thereby enhancing the yield of the molded housings.