Patent ID: 8672697

Claim:
A connector to be detachably fitted with a connecting object, said connector including: a plurality of contacts each having a contact portion adapted to contact said connecting object, a housing arranging and holding therein said contacts and having a fitting opening into which said connecting object is inserted, and a pivoting member rotatably mounted on said housing, wherein an auxiliary member is mounted on said pivoting member at a predetermined position, said auxiliary member having engaging means for engaging said pivoting member, wherein said engaging means comprises an engaging portion provided on said auxiliary member and an anchoring portion provided on said pivoting member; said anchoring portion comprises recessed portions formed on opposite sides of said pivoting member; said engaging portion comprises protrusions formed in said auxiliary member which are adapted to be fitted in said recessed portions of said pivoting member; and, said auxiliary member further comprises a groove portion, between the protrusions, which is adapted to receive a ridge of said pivoting member; and wherein at least one of the protrusions includes a recess to receive a projection protecting from a center of the ridge of the pivoting member.