Patent ID: 7179102

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing main body; auxiliary housings mountable in the housing main body; resiliently deformable locks that are deformed in the process of mounting the auxiliary housings into the housing main body and that are restored resiliently to lock the auxiliary housings when the auxiliary housings are mounted in the housing main body; a movable member movable along a movement path on the housing main body from a standby position towards a connecting position and configured for generating a cam action for connecting the connector with a mating connector as the movable member is moved; and a preventing means for blocking the movement path and preventing a movement of the movable member from the standby position towards the connecting position when the auxiliary housings are mounted improperly, while being retracted from the movement path and permitting movement of the movable member from the standby position to the connecting position when the auxiliary housings are mounted properly.