Patent ID: 6743040
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:a housing (20) connectable with a mating housing (10); a lock arm (35) on the housing (20) and engageable with a lock (15) on the mating housing (10) when the housings (20, 10) are connected properly; a slider (50) assembled With the housing (20) and movable forward and back substantially along a connecting direction (CD) of the housings (20, 10); at least one biasing member (S) between the slider (50) and the housing (20) and resiliently compressable while accumulating a biasing force to separate the housing (20) from the mating housing (10) as the slider (50) is moved backward with respect to the housing (20); at least one pushable portion (52) displaceable on the slider (50) along a direction intersecting the connecting direction (CD) and being pushable back by at least one pushing portion (16) on the mating housing (10) in the process of connecting the two housings (20, 10); and a push canceling portion (38) on the housing (20) for displacing the pushable portion (52) to cancel a pushed state of the pushable portion (52) by the pushing portion (16) as the two housings (20, 10) are connected properly.