Patent ID: 6644996
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector connectable with and separable from a mating connector, the mating connector having a receptacle projecting forward and a protuberance formed on the receptacle, the connector comprising:a housing having a front end fittable into the receptacle, and a backward movement restricting portion disposed rearwardly of the front end, a lock arm on the housing and adapted to hold a properly connected state of the connector with the mating connector by being engaged with the protuberance when the connector is properly connected with the mating connector, a pushable portion formed on the lock arm, a slider in the housing and movable forward and backward substantially parallel to connecting and separating directions of the connector and the mating connector, the slider having left and right contacts disposed on opposite respective side of the lock arm and having a restrictable portion for contacting the backward movement restricting portion of the housing during connection of the connector with the mating connector, the slider being inclinable with respect to the housing in a direction for disengaging the contacts of the slider from the receptacle when the connectors reach a properly connected state, the slider further having a pusher for contacting the pushable portion of the lock arm during a forward movement of the slider, left and right springs engaging the left and right contacts of the slider for biasing the slider forward, and the slider contacting the receptacle and being moved backward while accumulating biasing forces in the biasing means at intermediate stages of the connection and separation of the connector with and from the mating connector, wherein the slider is moved forward by the biasing forces of the springs when the properly connected state of the connector is reached so that the contact is slid over a surface of a receptacle and wherein the pusher of the slider contacts the pushable portion of the lock arm while the slider is moving forward with the connector properly connected with the mating connector and the lock arm displaced to a posture disengage from the protuberance.