Patent ID: 7172442

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing ( 10 ); a movable member ( 40 ) mountable on the housing ( 10 ) at a mount position (MP) and being displaceable from the mount position (MP) to a standby position (SP) and a connection position (CP), the movable member ( 40 ) having a cam groove ( 43 ) receiving a cam follower ( 64 ) of a mating housing ( 60 ) when the movable member ( 40 ) is displaced from the mount position (MP) to the standby position (SP), the cam groove ( 43 ) being configured to connect the housing ( 10 ) with the mating housing ( 60 ) by displacing the movable member ( 40 ) from the standby position (SP) to the connection position (CP); a return preventer ( 20 ; 52 ) preventing the movable member ( 40 ) from returning from the standby position (SP) to the mount position (MP); and a lock holding the movable member ( 40 ) at the connection position (CP), wherein the return preventer ( 20 ; 52 ) is on one of the housing ( 10 ) and the movable member ( 40 ) and is engageable with the lock ( 20 ; 47 ) on the other of the housing ( 10 ) and the movable member ( 40 ).