Patent ID: 7614904

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a first housing with a tubular fitting having first and second inner peripheral surfaces aligned substantially parallel to a connecting direction; a second housing having a front end insertable into the tubular fitting along the connecting direction, first and second guide ribs formed on the second housing, first and second sliding contact surfaces facing outwardly on the respective first and second guide ribs and being aligned substantially parallel to the connecting direction, the first and second sliding contact surfaces being disposed for sliding contact respectively with the first and second inner peripheral surfaces of the tubular fitting, first and second receiving surfaces facing one another on the respective first and second guide ribs, the first and second receiving surfaces converging at locations farther from the front end of the second housing; and a connection detector slidably mounted on the first housing for movement along the connecting direction between a standby position and a detection position, the connection detector being spaced from the receiving surfaces when the connection detector is at the standby position, and the connection detector having first and second pressing portions that press the receiving surfaces when the connection detector is at the detection position and when the first and second housings are connected to prevent transverse movements of the connection detector with respect to the second housing.