Patent ID: 8449313
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising a first housing connectable along a connecting direction to a second housing of a mating connector and including a lock to engage a lock arm of the second housing; wherein: the lock is formed with a guiding surface inclined with respect to the connecting direction of the two housings so that the lock arm is resiliently deformed in an unlocking direction crossing the connecting direction of the two housings by sliding in contact with the guiding surface in the process of connecting the two housings; and the guiding surface includes a first guiding surface arranged in a front area in the connecting direction to the second housing and a second guiding surface arranged in an area behind the first guiding surface in the connecting direction to the second housing and having a steep area whose angle of inclination (β) with respect to the connecting direction of the two housings is larger than an angle of inclination (α) of the first guiding surface.