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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
Akihito Maegawa, Yokkaichi, JP;
Shinyu Nagashima, Yokkaichi, JP;
Akihito Maegawa, Yokkaichi, JP;
Shinyu Nagashima, Yokkaichi, JP;
Abstract
A socket body () including a plug socket terminal accommodation chamber () and a ground terminal accommodation chamber () below the plug socket terminal accommodation chamber (). The ground terminal accommodation chamber () has an aperture () formed along a direction substantially orthogonal to an insertion direction of a mating plug and a vertical direction and the ground terminal () is accommodated through the aperture (). A downwardly open draining hole () is formed on a periphery of the plug socket terminal accommodation chamber (). A rib () is formed on a peripheral surface so that a distance between the rib () and the aperture () is shorter than a distance between the rib () and the draining hole ().