Patent ID: 7214085
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector having a male housing and female housing, comprising: a main locking arm disposed in one of the male housing and the female housing, said main locking arm having a cantilever structure and being flexible in a vertical direction; a side locking arm disposed to a side of the main locking arm, said side locking arm having a cantilever structure and a height shorter than that of the main locking arm, and being flexible in a lateral direction to be sandwiched between the main locking arm and said one housing; a main locking portion disposed on the main locking arm; a side locking portion disposed on the side locking arm; a rib upstanding in the other housing; a rib engaging portion disposed in the rib, said rib engaging portion abutting to the side locking portion to sandwich a part of the side locking arm between the main locking arm and said one housing and lock the side locking portion after sandwiching when the male and female housings being connected to each other; and a center engaging portion disposed on a plate of the other housing, the center engaging portion abutting and pressing the main locking portion when the male and female housings are connected to each other and the part of the side locking arm is sandwiched between the main locking arm and the one housing, whereby the side locking arm can enter between a lower face of the main locking arm and the housing and limit downward bending of the main locking arm when the housings are connected to each other.