Patent ID: 6786754
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector having a housing connectable with a mating housing of a mating connector, the housing comprising:a lock arm resiliently engageable with a lock of the mating housing when the housing is connected properly with the mating housing; at least one resilient member movable along a connecting direction of the two housings and resiliently displaceable along a direction intersecting the connecting direction, the resilient member being pushable backward by a pushing portion on the mating housing in the process of connecting the two housings; a biasing member provided between the resilient member and the housing and resiliently compressible while accumulating a biasing force to separate the two housings as the resilient member is moved backward; and an operable member movable substantially along the connecting direction, the operable member comprising a movable operating portion displaceable between an operable position where the lock arm can be operated to cancel the locked state of the lock arm with the lock and an inoperable position where the lock arm cannot be operated.