Patent ID: 9478910
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector for being fitted to an other member so as to be prevented from slipping off by a locking piece provided on the other member, the connector comprising: a connector housing comprising a recessed portion to be engaged with the locking piece; a metal sliding member that is supported on the connector housing so as to be slidable along a direction of attaching/detaching to/from the other member and disengages the locking piece from the recessed portion by moving in a direction of removal from the other member; and a long plate-shaped resin pull member that is coupled to the sliding member and comprises an operating portion to be operated when moving the sliding member in the direction of removal; wherein a protrusion is formed on the pull member so as to protrude in a thickness direction thereof and to extend in a lateral direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction along the direction of removal, wherein the sliding member comprises a pair of arm portions guided by the connector housing and a coupling portion coupling the pair of arm portions and facing a side surface of the protrusion of the pull member that is a surface on the operating portion side, and wherein the side surface of the protrusion butts against the coupling portion when the operating portion of the pull member is pulled in the direction of removal such that a moving force in the direction of removal is applied to the coupling portion from the protrusion so as to move the sliding member.