Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorHideto Nakamura
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Abstract
A housing (20) is mountable to a mount hole (H) in a panel (P) and then is connectable with a mating housing (10). The housing (20) has a detector (50) that is movable between a standby position and a mount detecting position. Movement of the detector (50) to the mount detecting position is prevented by interference with the inner surface of the mount hole (H) while the housing (20) is being mounted on the panel (P). However the detector (50) can move to the mount detecting position when the housing (20) is mounted properly. Movement of the detector (50) from the mount detecting position to the standby position is prevented by interference with a rib (18) of the mating housing (10) while the housings (10, 20) are being connected. However, the detector (50) can move to the standby position when the housings (10, 20) are connected properly.
Claims17
A connector, comprising:
- a housing connectable with a mating housing after being mounted through a mount hole formed in a panel, and
- a detector mounted to one of the housing and the panel, including a mount-detecting portion and a connection-detecting portion and being successively movable between a standby position, a mount detecting position and a connection detecting position along a direction intersecting a connecting direction of the housings, wherein:
- movement of the detector from the standby position toward the mount detecting position is prevented by interference of the mount detecting portion with one of the housing and the panel while the housing is being mounted on the panel, whereas the mount detecting portion does not interfere with either of the housing and the panel when the housing is mounted properly so that the detector is moveable to the mount detecting position, and
- movement of the detector from the mount detecting position toward the connection detecting position is prevented by interference of the connection detecting portion with the mating housing while the mating housing is being connected with the housing mounted on the panel, whereas the connection detecting portion does not interfere with the mating housing when the housings are connected properly and the detector is moveable to the connection detecting position.
A connector for mounting to a panel at a mount hole formed in the panel, comprising:
- a first housing having a penetrating portion dimensioned for insertion through the mount hole along a mounting direction;
- a second housing connectable with the first housing (20);
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- a detector mounted to the first housing for movement successively between a standby position, a mount detecting position and a connection detecting position along a direction intersecting the mounting direction, the detector being disposed to interfere with the mount hole when the housing is being mounted on the panel and to be clear of the mount hole when the housing is mounted properly on the panel so that the detector can be moved from the standby position to the mount detecting position when the housing is mounted properly on the panel, and the detector having a connection detecting portion disposed to interfere with the second housing while the housings are being connected and to be clear of the second housing when the housings are connected properly so that the detector is moveable to the connection detecting position when the housings are connected properly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.