Patent ID: 7934939

Claim:
A complex connector, comprising: a first connector including a first male connector and a first female connector to be fitted to and disengaged from the first male connector; and a second connector, including a second male connector and a second female connector to be fitted to and disengaged from the second male connector; wherein the first male connector and the second male connector are formed integrally with each other; wherein the second female connector is mounted on the first female connector so as to move in a fitting/disengaging direction; wherein a lock assistant is mounted on the first female connector so as to move in the fitting/disengaging direction; and wherein the first male connector includes a retaining portion retaining engagement with the first female connector, and the first female connector includes a cantilever member extending toward the first male connector, and an engagement portion retaining engagement with the retaining portion of the first male connector is formed at a portion of disposed near to a distal end of the cantilever member, and in a condition in which the first male connector and the first female connector are fitted together, the retaining portion of the first male connector is retainingly engaged with the engagement portion; and the second female connector includes a projecting portion, and the lock assistant includes an abutment portion for abutting against the projecting portion, and when the projecting portion of the second female connector abuts against the abutment portion, the second female connector can not move any further on the first female connector in the fitting direction; and the lock assistant includes an elongated cantilever member extending toward the first male connector, and a projection for retaining engagement with the engagement portion of the first female connector is formed at a distal end of the elongated cantilever member, and in a condition in which the first male connector and the first female connector are disengaged from each other, the projection is retainingly engaged with the engagement portion, and in a condition in which the projection is retainingly engaged with the engagement portion, the projecting portion of the second female connector abuts against the abutment portion of the lock assistant.