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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2003
Yukinori Miyake, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Ozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinori Miyake, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Ozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrical connector, comprising a housing body having a tubular plugging face for plugging in a mating connector, the tubular plugging face () having a sectional shape of substantially square () with respect to a sectional plane perpendicular to a direction of plugging into the mating connector, the tubular plugging face including a square tubular portion () and a cylindrical portion (), wherein the square tubular and cylindrical portions have sectional shape of a square and a circle, respectively, with respect to the sectional plane, which are overlapped with each other, and at least one key (A) or at least one key groove (A) for preventing a plugging error, the key or key groove provided in the cylindrical portion.