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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1996
Shigemitsu Inaba, Shizuoka, JP;
Etsuro Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Akira Maeda, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomoyuki Hotta, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connector assembly comprises a first connector housing with a flexible locking arm, and a second connector housing having an engaging section which is provided for the flexible locking arm. In the first connector housing, a shorting contactor including an elastic contact plate is set in a displacement permitting space provided for the flexible locking arm in such a manner that the elastic contact plate is displaced in association with the displacement of the flexible locking arm. In the second connector housing, a pair of engagement detecting metal terminals are provided in confrontation with the shorting contactor. When the first and second connector housings are incompletely engaged with each other, the shorting contactor is not contact with the engagement detecting metal terminals by the displacement of elastic contact plate which is due to the displacement of the flexible locking arm.