Patent ID: 6220886
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising male and female connector housings mutually engageable in a fitting direction, one of said connector housings being provided with a housing retaining member movable between a temporary fitted position and a fully fitted position, the temporary fitted position allowing the connector housings to be fitted together, and the fully fitted position retaining the connector housings in a fully fitted state, the housing retaining member being provided with a protruding resilient locking arm, and said one of the connector housings being provided with a recess within which the locking arm is received when the retaining member is in the temporary fitted position to prevent the retaining member from being moved to the fully fitted position, wherein the other of the connector housings is provided with an abutment surface that moves the locking arm out of the recess as the connector housings are fitted together, thereby disengaging the locking arm from the recess and permitting movement of the housing retaining member from the temporary fitted position to the fully fitted position.