Patent ID: 6827596
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising:a male connector housing; a female connector housing that can be fitted with the male connector housing; a short-circuit terminal made of a conductive material and provided in one of the male and female connector housings; a fitting detector terminal made of a conductive material and provided in the other of the male and female connector housings, the fitting detector terminal being displaced in a process of a fitting operation of the female connector housing with the male connector housing and coming into contact with the short-circuit terminal to form a closed circuit when the female connector housing is completely fitted with the male connector housing; and a locking member formed as a component separate from either of the male and female connector housings, the locking member being fixed to the fitting detector terminal and placed in the other of the male and female connector housings, the locking member being displaced together with the fitting detector terminal in the process of the fitting operation, the locking member being able to engage with the one of the male and female connector housings when the female connector housing is completely fitted with the male connector housing.