Patent ID: 8876543
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector mateable with a mating connector positioned forward along a front-rear direction, the mating connector comprising a mating terminal, the connector comprising: a terminal connectable to the mating terminal; a housing having an upper wall, an accommodating portion and a lock portion which are formed integrally, the upper wall being located at an upper part of the housing in an up-down direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction, the upper wall being formed with a ditch extending to a rear end of the upper wall in the front-rear direction, the ditch having a through hole piercing the upper wall in the up-down direction, the accommodating portion being located under the upper wall while communicating with the ditch, the accommodating portion accommodating the terminal inserted thereinto along the front-rear direction from behind the connector, the lock portion having a flexible portion, the flexible portion being provided with a lock protrusion protruding upward, the lock portion extending in the front-rear direction so that the flexible portion is located inside of the through hole in a width direction perpendicular to both the front-rear direction and the up-down direction, at least one of opposite ends of the lock portion in the front-rear direction is supported by the housing so that the flexible portion is resiliently deformable into the through hole, the lock protrusion being movable in the up-down direction by a resilient deformation of the flexible portion, the lock protrusion locking the mating connector when the connector is mated with the mating connector.