Patent ID: 7223113

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing connectable with a mating housing that has a shorting terminal for shorting terminal fittings, the housing having at least one resilient piece, a releasing member mounted to the housing for movement between a releasing position and a standby area behind the releasing position, a locking piece formed on the releasing member, the locking piece engaging the housing and holding the releasing member in the standby area on the housing when the housing is not yet connected with the mating housing, the releasing member being configured to resiliently deform in the process of connecting the housing with the mating housing while the locking piece is spaced from the mating housing so that an interlocked state of the resilient piece and the locking piece is released, the releasing member being moved to the releasing position when the housing is connected properly with the mating housing to resiliently deform the shorting terminal and to release a shorted state of the terminal fittings.