Connector locking structure

Abstract

In the connector locking structure, there are provided engaging projections 11 in a male connector housing 10, in a hood portion 21 of a female connector housing 20 which the male connector housing 10 can be fitted into and removed from, there are formed insertion grooves 25 through which the engaging projections 11 can be inserted and, at the same time, there is provided a slide member 30 including a plurality of flexible securing projections 34 engageable with the engaging projections 11 of the male connector housing 10 in such a manner that the slide member 30 can be freely moved by operating or pressing an operation portion 31 thereof, whereby, if the flexible securing projections 34 of the slide member 30 are respectively engaged with the engaging projections 11 of the male connector housing 10, then the fitting engagement between the two connector housing 10 and 20 can be locked. Especially, in the present connector locking structure, in the male connector housing 10, there are formed a plurality of engaging projections 11 and, in the portion of the hood portion 21 of the female connector housing 20 that is located opposed to the engaging projections 11, there are formed a corresponding number of insertion grooves 25.

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