Patent ID: 9071011
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing that has a housing body and a mating portion, the mating portion being provided on a mating side of the housing body and capable of being mated to a retainer attached to a socket that is recessed toward a counter mating side from a surface of an inflator housing on the mating side; an electrical terminal that is provided in the housing and has a contact portion that can come into contact with a squib terminal that rises up toward the mating side from a bottom portion of the socket; and a moving member that has a moving member body and a detection portion, the moving member body being arranged on the counter mating side of the housing body and capable of moving over the housing body along a movement direction that is at an angle to a mating direction, and the detection portion being provided on the moving member body via an elastic portion and capable of being displaced along the mating direction, wherein the housing is provided with a first step portion that extends toward the mating side from a first end face on the counter mating side while moving rearward in the movement direction, wherein the detection portion is provided with a second step portion that extends toward the counter mating side from a second end face on the mating side while moving forward in the movement direction, and wherein when the moving member is at a first position relative to the housing body, the second step portion comes into contact with the first step portion so as to prevent the moving member from moving forward in the movement direction, and when the mating portion is completely fitted into the retainer, the detection portion becomes displaced toward the counter mating side due to being pressed by the retainer or the inflator housing, and the second step portion becomes separated from the first step portion so as to permit the moving member to move forward in the movement direction, and thus the moving member can move forward from the first position relative to the housing body to a second position that is in front of the first position in terms of the movement direction.