Patent ID: 7223114

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: male and female housings being attachable to and detachable from each other; a locking arm extending from one side of one of the male and female housings, being supported solely at said one side, and resilient in both horizontal and vertical directions; a main locking part mounted on the locking arm; a side locking part mounted on a side wall of the locking arm being parallel to a direction of attaching the locking arm; a side projection mounted on a side wall of the locking arm, opposite to the side wall for mounting the side locking part, a side engaging part mounted on a receiving chamber for receiving the locking arm being formed in the other one of the male and female housings; and a main engaging part mounted on an inner wall of the receiving chamber being substantially parallel to a top wall of the locking arm, wherein when the male and female housings are being attached to each other, said side engaging part presses the side locking part to bend the locking arm in the horizontal direction for making the side projection contact the one of the male and female housings so as to temporarily support the locking arm at a side opposite the supported one side, and said main engaging part presses the main locking part to bend the locking arm in the vertical direction.