Patent ID: 6328582
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A electrical connector comprising:male and female connector housings adapted for mutual engagement,one of the connector housings having a lever engageable with the other connector housing and latchable thereto by first latch means provided on the housings, said lever being pivotable from an open to a closed position to draw said housings together,wherein one of said housings further includes a detecting member movable thereon from a first position to a second position, said detecting member having a resilient arm engageable with an abutment of said one of said housings in an open condition of said lever, said lever further including a releasing member adapted to bend said resilient arm in the closed position of said lever, thereby to release engagement of said arm and abutment and to permit movement of said detecting member to the second position, and said detecting member further including second latch means for latching the housings together in addition to the first latch means, said second latch means being engageable with said lever in the closed condition and only in the second position of said detecting member.