Patent ID: 9231342
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector, comprising: a housing connectable to a mating housing; a lock arm extending back from a front end part of the housing and being deflectable in a height direction intersecting a connecting direction of the housing and the mating housing, the lock arm being configured to be locked to the mating housing to hold a connected state when the housing and the mating housing are connected properly; a pair of lock-arm protection walls standing on the housing and extending along the connecting direction at opposite sides of the lock arm in a width direction; a detector to be mounted into the housing and being movable between an initial position and a detecting position, the detector being configured to contact the lock arm from behind to restrict a forward movement at the initial position before the housing is connected to the mating housing and to enter a deflection space for the lock arm to restrict the deflection of the lock arm when released from a movement restricted state at the initial position and reaching the detecting position by being pushed forward from the initial position when the housing is connected properly to the mating housing; detector protection walls configured to cover the detector by standing behind and at widthwise outer sides of the lock-arm protection walls on the housing; first and second lock receiving portions formed on inner surfaces of the detector protection walls; and locking arms formed on opposite widthwise sides of the detector and being resiliently deformable inward in the width direction, and being releasably locked to the first and second lock receiving portions (