Patent ID: 6231368
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A half-fitting prevention connector, comprising:a first connector housing having a lock arm formed therein, the lock arm including a lock projection;a second connector housing fittable to the first connector housing;a resilient member attachable into the first connector housing;a slider insertable into the first connector housing, the slider preventing a half-fitted condition of the first and second connector housings by a resilient force of the resilient member,wherein when the first and second connector housings are fitted to each other, the slider cooperates with the resilient member to move between a lock position where the slider holds the lock arm in retained relation to the second connector housing and a non-lock position, and the lock projection of the lock arm retains the slider in the lock position against the resilient force of the resilient member; andan elastic buffer mechanism provided at the first connector housing,wherein, during returning movement of the slider from the non-lock position to the lock position by the resilient force of the resilient member, the buffer mechanism abuts against the slider before the lock projection abuts against the slider, so as to absorb an impingement energy by an elastic deformation thereof.