Patent ID: 11962106
Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A connector comprising:
a housing having a mating portion configured to be mated with a mating connector; and
a connector position assurance device configured to slide between a first position on the housing and a second position further in front of the mating portion than the first position and, by being in the second position, assure that the connector position assurance device is in a state of being completely mated with the mating connector, the connector position assurance device includes a basal portion, and a pair of right and left first elastic arms, located on both sides of the connector position assurance device in a width direction intersecting a sliding direction of the connector position assurance device, each of which includes a first arm portion that is connected to the basal portion and that extends from the basal portion toward the mating portion, a second arm portion that is folded back at a leading end of the first arm portion, that extends toward the basal portion, and that is connected to the basal portion, and a first device-side catch portion that protrudes outward in the width direction;
wherein the housing includes a first housing-side catch portion configured to catch the first device-side catch portion.