Patent ID: 7544081
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electric connector comprising: a first connector in which first contact terminals are installed, a second connector in which second contact terminals are installed that are electrically connected to the first contact terminals, and a mating sensing member that senses the mating status of the first and second connectors when mated together; the first connector having: a first latching protrusion on the outer surface of a housing in which the first contact terminals are installed; the second connector having: an inner housing in which the second contact terminals are installed; and an outer housing that covers the outer peripheries of the inner housing except a portion defining an insertion opening for the first connector; a gap for insertion of the first connector being left between the inner housing and outer housing; a receiving cavity being provided that is for insertion of the mating sensing member and that communicates with such gap; inside the receiving cavity there being provided a pair of first stopper projections, a second stopper projection, and an elastically deformable locking arm that has one end fixed to the inner housing and the other, front end as a free extremity; in the locking arm there being provided an engagement slot with which the first connector's first latching protrusion engages, and at the front end, a pushing portion and a first stopper on each of the two sides; the mating sensing member having: a pair of elastically deformable first and second fingers positioned opposing each other in parallel; the first and second fingers being each provided, on the opposed faces thereof, with an actuation portion against which the locking arm's pushing portion pushes and with a stopper engaging portion into which the first stopper engages.