Connector having a short-circuiting element

An electrical connector, comprising two housings adapted for mutual fitting and having a resilient latch movable to a locking position to retain said housings in a fitted condition, and movable to a non-locking position during movement of said housings through a half-fitted condition, the connector including a detecting member provided on one of said housings and movable from a retracted to an advanced condition, the latch preventing movement of the detecting member when in the non-locking position, and permitting movement of the detecting member when in the locking position, and the connector further including a short-circuit releasing member adapted to cause or release a short-circuit condition between terminals of the other of said housings, wherein said short-circuit releasing member is engageable by said detecting member on movement from the retracted to the advanced condition, to move from a short-circuiting condition to a state in which the short-circuit condition is released,

• said housings being engageable on an attachment axis, said detecting member being movable perpendicular to the direction of said axis from the retracted to the advanced condition, and said short-circuit releasing member being movable in a direction at right angles to said attachment axis and to the direction of movement of said detecting member in response to movement of said detecting member.

An electrical connector, comprising two housings adapted for mutual fitting and having a resilient latch movable to a locking position to retain said housings in a fitted condition, and movable to a non-locking position during movement of said housings through a half-fitted condition, the connector including a detecting member provided on one of said housings and movable from a retracted to an advanced condition, the latch preventing movement of the detecting member when in the non-locking position, and permitting movement of the detecting member when in the locking position, and the connector further including a short-circuit releasing member adapted to cause or release a short-circuit condition between terminals of the other of said housings, wherein said short-circuit releasing member is engageable by said detecting member on movement from the retracted to the advanced condition, to move from a short-circuiting position to a state in which the short-circuit condition is released,

• wherein said detecting member is resiliently latchable in the retracted and in the advanced conditions.

An electrical connector, comprising two housings adapted for mutual fitting and having a resilient latch movable to a locking position to retain said housings in a fitted condition, and movable to a non-locking position during movement of said housings through a half-fitted condition, the connector including a detecting member provided on one of said housings and movable from a retracted to an advanced condition, the latch preventing movement of the detecting member when in the non-locking position, and permitting movement of the detecting member when in the locking position, and the connector further including a short-circuit releasing member adapted to cause or release a short-circuit condition between terminals of the other of said housings, wherein said short-circuit releasing member is engageable by said detecting member on movement from the retracted to the advanced condition, to move from a short-circuiting condition to a state in which the short-circuit condition is released,

• wherein said detecting member is movable in the advanced condition into a bending space of said latch thereby to prevent movement of said latch when in the locking position.