Patent ID: 7294002

Claim:
A connector device, comprising: a casing ( 50 ) having at least one guiding cam groove ( 51 ); a first housing ( 10 ) in the casing ( 50 ); a second housing ( 30 ) mountable into the casing ( 50 ) and having a guiding cam groove ( 33 ) engageable with and guidable by the guiding cam ( 51 ), the second housing ( 30 ) being displaceable between an initial position and an end position for connection with the first housing ( 10 ); a moving member ( 70 ) having an operating portion ( 72 ) and at least one moving mounting portion ( 73 ), the moving member ( 70 ) being mounted for movement between a retreat position where a clearance is defined between the operating portion ( 72 ) and the casing ( 50 ) and an advance position that narrows or eliminates the clearance with the moving mounting portion ( 73 ) engaged with the casing ( 50 ); at least one operable member ( 20 ) operably mounted on one of the moving member ( 70 ) and the casing ( 50 ), the operable member ( 20 ) having at least one cam receiving recess ( 21 ) engaged with and supported on the other of the moving member ( 70 ) and the casing ( 50 ), the cam receiving recess ( 21 ) being engageable with at least one cam ( 16 ) on the first housing ( 20 ), the operable member ( 20 ) being operated by moving the moving member ( 70 ) from the retreat position to the advance position, whereby the first housing ( 10 ) is inserted more deeply into the casing ( 50 ) by a cam action of the cam ( 16 ) and the cam receiving recess ( 21 ), and the second housing ( 30 ) engaged with the first housing ( 10 ) is displaced relatively from the initial position to the end position by a guiding action of the guiding cam ( 33 ) and the guiding cam groove ( 51 ) to connect the housings ( 10 , 30 ); and a protector ( 90 ) insertable into a clearance between the operating portion ( 72 ) and the casing ( 50 ) before the first housing ( 10 ) is inserted into the casing ( 50 ), the protector ( 90 ) contacting the operating portion ( 72 ) and the second housing ( 30 ) to hold the moving member ( 70 ) at the retreat position and to hold the second housing ( 30 ) at the initial position.