Patent ID: 8657621

Claim:
A connector apparatus comprising: an equipment case with an opening; an equipment-side connector having at least one equipment connection terminal, the equipment-side connector being disposed inside the case and facing the opening; a harness-side connector connected to an end of a wire harness and having at least one harness connection terminal to be connected to the equipment connection terminal, the harness-side connector being connected with the equipment-side connector through the opening of the case; and fit-on detection mechanisms disposed at said equipment-side connector and said harness-side connector for detecting connection between the equipment-side connector and the harness-side connector, the fit-on detection mechanism of the equipment-side connector comprising two fit-on detection male terminals, and the fit-on detection mechanism of the harness-side connector comprising a shorting terminal and two relay terminals, the shorting terminal having a coupling and two pins projecting from the coupling, each of the relay terminals having two spaced apart connection parts formed at opposite ends thereof and connecting the pins of said shorting terminal with the male terminals.