Patent ID: 6109955
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lock-detecting connector, comprising:a male connector having a resilient locking arm and a pair of protecting walls on both sides of the locking arm, said protecting walls having respective flat rear ends;a female connector having(1) an engaging portion to bend the resilient locking arm and to engage the resilient locking arm when said male connector is partially received and engaged in said female connector; and(2) an opening for receiving the protecting walls; anda lock-detecting member, placed on a rear portion of the resilient locking arm, having a pair of resilient detecting arms arranged to abut the respective flat rear ends of the pair of protecting walls in a semi-connected state of the male and female connectors with the lock detecting member abutting a resilient locking arms;said pair of resilient detecting arms having respective transversely outwardly-facing projections, and front corner-portions having a tapered section, formed on both sides of the opening are capable of inwardly pressing said outwardly-facing projections upon insertion to inwardly bend said resilient detecting arms for releasing abutment of the resilient detecting arms on the respective flat rear ends of the protecting walls when the lock-detecting member is pushed into the male connector parallel to the direction in which the male and female connectors are connected; andwherein slits are provided on said protecting walls of said male connector for receiving said respective outwardly-facing projections on said resilient detecting arms, and said resilient detecting arms having upwardly-facing projections thereon arranged to abut on respective said projecting walls.