Patent ID: 6065991
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A half-fitting prevention connector comprising:a female connector and a male connector to be fitted together;a resilient member mounted on one of said female and said male connectors;a lock portion and a stopper projection formed in a juxtaposed manner on an outer periphery of a housing of one of said two connectors, and said lock portion and said stopper projection being spaced a predetermined distance from each other in a lateral direction perpendicular to a connector-fitting direction so as to define a space therebetween; andan elastic lock arm and a slider provided on an outer periphery of a housing of the other connector and being receivable in said space, wherein when said two connectors begin to be fitted together, said elastic lock arm is brought into sliding contact with a slanting surface of said lock portion, and is elastically flexed in said lateral direction toward said stopper projection, and wherein said slider is urged in said connector-fitting direction through said resilient member, and is pressed by said flexed elastic lock arm in said lateral direction so as to abut against said stopper projection.