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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2022
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Tetsuo Nawa, Mie, JP;
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie, JP;
Abstract
A connector includes a housing configured to mate with a mating housing in a mating direction and a detection member attached to the housing and configured to move between a temporary fastening position and a full fastening position after mating of the housing with the mating housing, the housing including an elastically deformable locking arm having a locking part that fastens onto a lock receiving part provided on the mating housing, the detection member including a position securing engagement part configured to enter a flexural space of the locking arm and restrict flexing of the locking arm when the locking part and the lock receiving part are fastened together, the detection member being arranged to overlap the housing in a stacking direction intersecting the mating direction and protruding rearward in the mating direction from the housing when arranged in the temporary fastening position.