Patent ID: 6361347
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A half-fitting prevention connector, comprising:a first connector housing; a second connector housing fittable to the first connector housing; a spring member receivable in the first connector housing, wherein a half-fitted condition of the first and second connector housings is prevented by a resilient force of the spring member; a lock arm elastically-deformably supported on the first connector housing, the lock arm having an engagement projection for retaining the second connector housing; a receiving chamber, in which the spring member is held, formed within the lock arm, the receiving chamber having a movement-enabling space for allowing movement of the spring member; and a pressing portion disposed on the second connector housing, the pressing portion abutting against the spring member to compress the spring member when the lock arm is elastically displaced during a fitting operation of the first and second connector housings, wherein when canceling a locked condition of the lock arm, the spring member does not follow an elastic displacement of the lock arm.