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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1994
Takao Nozaki, Mie, JP;
Masamitsu Chishima, Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Abstract
A connector includes a pair of connector housings each having a front half portion for accommodating a terminal and which are coupled with each other in a coupling direction. A locking mechanism is provided and includes a cantilever-like resilient locking member having a leading end and disposed on one of the pair of connector housings, and a locking portion disposed on the other connector housing, in which the leading end of the cantilever-like resilient locking member of the one of the pair of connector housings first interferes with the locking portion of the other connector housing so as to be flexed away from a normal state, and is then restored to its normal state so as to be brought into engagement with the locking portion after a lapse of predetermined time. The connector further includes a detecting spacer having a device for interfering with the cantilever-like resilient locking member of the locking mechanism when the cantilever-like resilient locking member is in a flexed posture which is away from its normal state and constitutes a lock-error state, so as to prevent the withdrawal of the detecting spacer when the locking mechanism is in the lock-error state.