Patent ID: 9515410
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector, comprising: a second housing including a releasing portion; a first housing having a front end connectable to the second housing and a rear end opposite the front end and including a stopper receiving portion; a slider assembled with the first housing movably between an advanced position and a retracted position rearward of the advanced position, the slider including a resilient stopper resiliently lockable to the stopper receiving portion and configured such that the slider is kept at the advanced position by locking of the resilient stopper and the stopper receiving portion in a process of connecting the first and second housings and such that the resilient stopper is deflected and deformed in a direction to release locking with the stopper receiving portion by being engaged with the releasing portion as the first and second housings are properly connected, thereby permitting a movement to the retracted position; and a spring member configured to accumulate a spring force while applying the spring force to the slider kept at the advanced position in the process of connecting the first and second housings and to move the slider toward the retracted position by a release of the spring force as the first and second housings are properly connected, wherein: the resilient stopper is cantilevered from a base end portion toward a tip portion and the tip portion has a locking projection on a side of the resilient stopper facing toward the stopper receiving portion so that the locking projection is lockable to the stopper receiving portion; and the base end portion of the resilient stopper defines a first supporting point of deflection at a start of deflection in the process of connecting the first and second housings and a second supporting point of deflection between the tip portion and the base end portion and on a side of the resilient stopper opposite the locking projection, the resilient stopper deflecting about the second supporting point of deflection after an initial deflection of the resilient stopper about the first supporting point of deflection at the start of deflection in the process of connecting the first and second housings.