Patent ID: 9564711
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector including: a housing that can be fitted to a mating connector, a locking member mounted on the housing, for maintaining the housing in a state fitted to the mating connector, and an operation member mounted on the housing in a manner movable along a front-rear direction of the housing, for operating the locking member such that a locked state in which the fitted state of the housing to the mating connector is maintained is released, wherein the locking member comprises: a locking member body that is mounted on the housing in a cantilever manner; a fixing portion that is provided at a fixed end-side portion of the locking member body, and is fixed to the housing; a hooking portion provided at a free end-side portion of the locking member body, for being hooked to the mating connector to thereby maintain the locked state; and a transmission portion provided between the fixing portion and the hooking portion of the locking member body, for transmitting a force to move the operation member toward a rear of the housing, which is a direction away from the mating connector, to the locking member body, causing elastic deformation of the locking member body, thereby displacing the hooking portion in a direction away from the mating connector, to release the locked state, wherein the operation member comprises an operating portion that applies the force to move the operation member toward the rear of the housing to the transmission portion, and wherein at least one of a portion of the transmission portion, which is brought into contact with the operating portion, and a portion of the operating portion, which is brought into contact with the transmission portion, is formed with a surface inclined in a manner approaching the housing as the surface extends toward the rear of the housing.