Patent attributes
A connector includes a male connector part composed of a male terminal, a first main body to which the male terminal is attached, and a first terminal housing portion composed of a first housing opening portion in which an end of the male terminal is exhibited and a predetermined housing space in which the male terminal is housed, a female connector part composed of a female terminal into which the male terminal is inserted, the male terminal being electrically connected to the female terminal by fitting the male connector part with the female connector part, a holding means inside the female terminal for holding the male terminal in a vertical direction, and a touch protecting means inside the first terminal housing portion for protecting the male terminal housed in the predetermined housing space from being touched by a foreign body. The touch protecting means includes an insulating portion for covering a part of the male terminal including the end of the male terminal except a part contacting the holding means when the male terminal is inserted into the female terminal, and a pair of projecting portions projecting in the predetermined housing space of the first terminal housing portion and at a position opposite the part contacting the holding means when the male terminal is inserted into the female terminal such that the male terminal is sandwiched therebetween in the vertical direction.
