Patent ID: 6537098
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector fitting structure comprising:a first connector having an inner housing opening to a front side thereof including a lock arm, and an outer housing covering said inner housing and provided with a slider receiving portion for slidably receiving a slider therein; said slider including a first slide member for reciprocally sliding within said first connector in a connector fitting direction, a second slide member engaged with a rear portion of said first slide member, and an resilient member for urging said first and second slide members away from each other; a second connector fitted to said first connector and having an engagement projection for abutment against one end of said slider and for deforming said lock arm; a first retaining portion projecting downwardly from an inner surface of said outer housing; and a second retaining portion provided at a distal end of a first engagement arm formed on said second slide member; wherein said first and second retaining portions are engaged with each other before fitting of said first and second connectors and after canceling the fitted state of said first and second connectors, and disengaged from each other at the time of fitting of said first and second connectors, and wherein slanting surfaces are provided both on said first and second retaining portions, so that said second retaining portion smoothly engages with said first retaining portion by a sliding movement of said second sliding member in one direction, when the fitted condition of said first and second connectors is cancelled.