Patent ID: 9231346
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector, comprising: a first housing; a second housing that is connectable to the first housing; a lock arm formed on the first housing and having an interfering portion that engages the second housing to resiliently displace the lock arm in an unlocking direction in the process of connecting the two housings and the lock arm resiliently returning to a locking position so that the interfering portion is locked to the second housing when the two housings are connected properly; a connection detector mounted on the lock arm, and movable in an inserting direction intersecting a resilient displacement direction of the lock arm between an initial position and a detection position, the connection detector having a deflecting portion cantilevered forward in the inserting direction and a butting portion at a leading end of the deflecting portion in the inserting direction and configured to engage the interfering portion of the lock arm at the initial position when the lock arm is displaced resiliently in the unlocking direction, and moving over the interfering portion and to the detection position when the two housings are connected properly and the lock arm has returned resiliently to the locking position; two opposed supporting panels formed on the first housing and being substantially parallel to the resilient displacement direction of the lock arm; recesses formed in opposed wall surfaces of the supporting panels; and two projections projecting laterally in opposite directions from the connection detector at positions spaced laterally from the deflecting portion and rearward of the butting portion relative to the inserting direction, the projections restricting a displacement of the lock arm in the unlocking direction by being fit into the recesses when the connection detector is at the detection position.