Patent ID: 7488197

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing having an open front end for receiving a mating housing along a connecting direction, a detecting terminal in the housing having a contact area prevented from contacting a touching portion of a mating detecting terminal in the mating housing in a partly connected state of the housing with the mating housing, and being able to contact with the touching portion when the housing is connected properly with the mating housing whereby partial connection of the housing with the mating housing is detected by the detecting terminal not being electrically connected to the mating detecting terminal, and proper connection of the housing and the mating housing being detected by electrical connection of the detecting terminal with the mating detecting terminal, wherein a slide contact provided in the housing between the detecting terminal and the open front of the housing, the slide contact being aligned with the contact area of the detecting terminal along the connecting direction so that the contact area achieves sliding contact with the touching portion during a connecting operation of the housing with the mating housing.