Patent ID: 6439915
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising two mutually engageable connector housings, one of said housings having a resilient latching arm for engaging and retaining the other of said housings in a fully fitted condition, said latching arm having a bending space to permit bending thereof during movement of said housing through a half fitted condition to the fully fitted condition, wherein a detecting member is insertable from an exterior position into said bending space, full insertion of said detecting member being prevented by bending of the latching arm in the half fitted condition, wherein the detecting member includes a retaining member to engage the latching arm to prevent separation of the detecting member from the latching arm, wherein said detecting member includes a resilient elongate member extending in a direction of insertion into said one housing, said elongate member being releasably engageable with an abutment member of said other connector housing to retain said detecting member in said bending space in the fully fitted condition, and wherein said elongate member is engageable with said abutment member of said one housing to prevent full insertion of said detecting member into said bending space in the half fitted condition, said abutment and elongate members being disengageable on bending of said elongate member by a releasing member, and a hole to receive a portion of the latching arm in the fully fitted condition to prevent any substantial movement of the latching arm, wherein the elongate member includes extending rods with upper and lower sections, and wherein one of the sections temporarily stops movement of the detecting member in an anterior direction and the other of the sections releases the stopped condition for full insertion of the detecting member.