Patent ID: 6257915
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A half-fitting prevention connector, comprising:a pair of first and second connectors fittable to each other;wherein the first connector includes:a slider receivable in a slider receiving portion formed at an upper portion of a housing of the first connector, the slider comprising:a resiliently-deformable bendable portion having an abutment portion formed at a distal end of the slider, anda contractible spring portion provided at a rear portion of the slider;a push-up projection formed on an inner surface of the slider receiving portion so as to resiliently deform the bendable portion of the slider; anda cancellation operating portion which can be swingingly moved about one end of the portion housing so as to push up the abutment portion of the bendable,wherein the second connector includes a retaining portion provided at one end of a housing of the second connector,wherein when the second connector is fitted relative to the first connector, the retaining portion abuts against the abutment portion of the slider to compress the slider, andwherein when the two connectors are completely fitted together, the retaining portion is engaged in a retaining hole formed in the bendable portion.