Patent ID: 6206716
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising:a first connector housing fittable to a second connector housing;a resilient locking means for locking said first and said second connector housings together, provided on an outer wall of said first connector housing, said resilient locking means rising at a forward base portion thereof and extending rearwardly in a fitting direction of said first and said second connector housing, said resilient locking means including an operating means provided at a rear end thereof for resiliently depressing said locking means with respect to said housing outer wall;a deformation prevention means including a rigid element provided on said outer wall of said first connector housing closely adjacent said resilient locking means, and being disposed within a width of said resilient locking means, said rigid element extending from said housing outer wall a distance not less than that of said locking means in an undepressed condition for preventing an external force from depressing said resilient locking means; andcatching prevention means including rigid elements provided on laterally opposite sides of said operating means for keeping said operating means from catching a foreign body.