Patent ID: 7591664

Claim:
A lock-equipped connector, comprising: a housing including a fitting section that is generally plate-shaped, and is fitted to a mating connector, said housing holding a plurality of contacts; and a locking member including a pair of arm portions that are arranged at laterally opposite ends of said fitting section, and extend in directions of fitting and removing the connector to and from the mating connector, a connecting portion that connects said pair of arm portions to each other, a spring section that is connected to an approximately central part of said connecting portion, for urging said pair of arm portions toward the mating connector, and an engaging portion that is formed on at least one of said pair of arm portions, for being engaged with the mating connector in a direction of height of said fitting section, said spring section including a first spring portion that extends in the directions of fitting and removing the connector to and from the mating connector, a second spring portion that extends from an end of said first spring portion opposite from a connecting portion-side end of said first spring portion in a manner folded back toward one of said pair of arm portions connected by said connecting portion, a third spring portion that extends from the end of said first spring portion opposite from the connecting portion-side end of said first spring portion in a manner folded back toward the other of said pair of arm portions connected by said connecting portion, a first fixing portion that is connected to said second spring portion, and is fixed to said housing, and a second fixing portion that is connected to said third spring portion, and is fixed to said housing.