Patent ID: 9742116
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector comprising: a first housing including a first locking portion, the first locking portion being formed so as to project from an outer surface of the first housing; a plurality of first terminals aligned in an alignment direction in the first housing; a second housing including a second locking portion, the second locking portion being configured to climb over the first locking portion to be locked to the first locking portion in a fitted state in which the second housing is fitted to the first housing; a plurality of second terminals aligned in the alignment direction in the second housing, the second terminals being connected to the respective first terminals in the fitted state; a fitting detection member includes a third locking portion and is configured to be assembled to the second housing and be allowed to move to a fitting assurance position from an initial position in a state in which the second locking portion is locked to the first locking portion, the third locking portion being configured to climb over the first locking portion and the second locking portion locked to the first locking portion in order with movement to the fitting assurance position from the initial position to be locked to the second locking portion at the fitting assurance position; and a short-circuiting piece that is provided in one target housing out of the first housing and the second housing and configured to short-circuit adjacent target terminals in the one target housing in a non-fitted state in which the first housing and the second housing are not fitted to each other, wherein contact positions between the target terminals and the short-circuiting piece and locking positions at which the target terminals are locked in the target housing are different from each other about a fitting direction between the first housing and the second housing when viewed from the fitting direction.