Patent ID: 7806715

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing configured to receive a mating connector a locking arm formed on the housing and configured to flex elastically in a process of fitting the mating connector in said housing and to return elastically when said mating connector is fit normally in said housing for holding said mating connector in a separation prevention state; a slider mounted on said housing and movable between a wait position and a detection position, said slider being locked to said locking arm and held at said wait position in a process of fitting said mating connector in said housing and being unlocked from said locking arm and permitted to move to said detection position when said mating connector is fit normally in said housing said slider being disposed at a position opposite to a flexing direction of said locking arm when said slider is at said detection position to prevent said locking arm from flexing in an unlocking direction, wherein said housing has a guide that slides on said slider during a movement of said slider and gradually displaces said slider to said detection position in a direction in which a degree or amount of locking between said slider and said locking arm becomes higher.