Patent ID: 9065219
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprises: a mating end which is positioned at a front of the connector in a front-rear direction, the connector mating with a mating connector when the mating connector is inserted through the mating end rearwards; a plurality of contacts; a holder holding the contacts; a shell forming a reception portion which receives, at least in part, the mating connector under a mating state where the connector mating with the mating connector, the shell being formed with a spring portion, the spring portion having a front end which is a fixed end, the spring portion extending rearwards, the spring portion including a pressed portion and a contact portion, the pressed portion being pressed by the mating connector upon the insertion of the mating connector into the connector, the contact portion being movable in a predetermined direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction; and a detection terminal distinct and separated from the shell, the detection terminal and the spring portion forming a detection switch, a state of the detection switch being changed due to the movement of the contact portion in the predetermined direction when the pressed portion is pressed by the mating connector, so that the insertion of the mating connector is detected.