Patent ID: 6059597
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A half-fitting prevention connector comprising:a pair of female and male connectors fitted and connected together;a resilient member, received in a front portion of a housing of said female connector, and urging said female and male connectors away from each other when said female and male connectors are in an incompletely-fitted condition;a slide lock member, received in said housing, for retaining the male connector in said housing, said resilient member being positioned between said front portion of said housing and said slide lock member; andsupport means for slidably supporting said slide lock member in said housing, wherein when said female and male connectors are in said incompletely fitted condition, said resilient member urges said male connector, via said slide lock member, in a direction to separate said female and male connectors;wherein said housing has a receiving space for receiving said slide lock member and said resilient member, and said receiving space is disposed close to a terminal receiving chamber for receiving a connection terminal, and said receiving space has an opening through which part of said slide lock member is exposed to an exterior; andwherein said slide lock member has a release projection which is pressed when releasing the connection between said female and male connectors.