Patent ID: 7402071

Claim:
A connector system comprising: a first connector housing having a pair of electrodes for detecting connection and a lock projection on a outer surface thereof; and a second connector housing fitting to the first connector housing, said second connector housing having a lock arm to be engaged with the lock projection, a main body supporting the lock arm and a shorting member to short the pair of electrodes to each other when the lock arm is engaged with the lock projection, wherein the lock arm is formed into a cantilever-shape, one end of which is continuous to the main body, and the other end of which is a free end, wherein one end portion of the shorting member is mounted on the main body, and the other end portion of the shorting member is formed like a free end of a cantilever and supported by the other end of the lock arm and moved to follow a motion of the lock arm, wherein, when contact points of the shorting member touch the pair of electrodes, the lock projection and the contact points are arranged along a direction perpendicular to a direction of fitting the first and second connector housings.