Connector and connector assembly
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorKoji Ohara
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Abstract
A lever (50) is mounted rotatably on a female housing (10). A resiliently deformable detector (80) is so assembled into the lever (50) and is movable between a standby position and a detecting position. The detector (80) contacts a stopper (70) in an accommodating portion (60) of the lever (50) when the female and male housings (10, 30) are not yet properly connected to prevent the lever (50) from being pushed to the detecting position. However, the detector (80) contacts an unlocking projection (29) on the female housing (10) and deforms away from the stopper (70) when the housings (10, 30) reach a properly connected state. As a result, the detector (80) can be pushed to the detecting position. An ability to move the detector (80) to the detecting position indicates that the housings (10, 30) are connected properly.
Claims10
A connector, comprising:
- a housing (10) connectable with a mating housing (30) and being formed with an unlocking portion (29);
- a movable member (50) movably mountable on the housing (10) and having at least one cam surface (54) for generating a cam action in cooperation with a follower (33) on the mating housing (30) as the movable member (50) is displaced, a stopper (70) being formed on the movable member (50);
- a resiliently deformable detector (80) assembled with the movable member (50) and movable between a standby position (SP) and a detecting position (DP), the stopper (70) on the movable member (50) contacting the detector (80) and preventing the detector (80) from being pushed from the standby position (SP) to the detecting position (DP) when the housing (30) is not yet connected properly with the mating housing (30), the unlocking portion (29) on the housing (10) deforming the detector (80) out of engagement with the stopper (70) for permitting the detector (80) to be pushed to the detecting position (DP) when the housing (10) is connected properly with the mating housing (30).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.