Patent ID: 7011541

Claim:
A connector having a housing with opposite front and rear ends defining forward and backward directions and opposite sides defining a width direction, a lock arm for holding a mating connector in a connected state, the lock arm comprising an arm joined to the housing at a support and extending from the support substantially along the forward and backward directions, a lock formed on the arm and configured for engagement with the mating connector, an actuator joined to the arm and extending substantially along the width direction, the arm being resiliently deformable about the support in an unlocking direction in response to pressing forces on the actuator, and two couplings coupled to the housing at opposite sides of the actuator and inclined up towards a widthwise middle of the actuator, wherein two protrusions are provided on an outer surface of the housing, the couplings being coupled to side surfaces of the protrusions, and the actuator being resiliently deformable with coupling base ends of the couplings as supports.