Patent ID: 6638099
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:a housing connectable with a mating housing after being mounted through a mount hole formed in a panel, and a detector mounted to one of the housing and the panel, including a mount-detecting portion and a connection-detecting portion and being successively movable between a standby position, a mount detecting position and a connection detecting position along a direction intersecting a connecting direction of the housings, wherein: movement of the detector from the standby position toward the mount detecting position is prevented by interference of the mount detecting portion with one of the housing and the panel while the housing is being mounted on the panel, whereas the mount detecting portion does not interfere with either of the housing and the panel when the housing is mounted properly so that the detector is moveable to the mount detecting position, and movement of the detector from the mount detecting position toward the connection detecting position is prevented by interference of the connection detecting portion with the mating housing while the mating housing is being connected with the housing mounted on the panel, whereas the connection detecting portion does not interfere with the mating housing when the housings are connected properly and the detector is moveable to the connection detecting position.