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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1997
Toshiharu Kudo, Shizuoka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hamai, Shizuoka, JP;
Takayoshi Endo, Shizuoka, JP;
Takashi Ishii, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An half-fitting prevention connector includes a pair of female and male connectors to be fitted and connected to each other, an elastic member disposed in a housing of one of said female and male connectors, a repulsion force of said elastic member preventing said female and male connectors from half-fitting to each other, a lock member disposed in said housing so as to be slidable in a direction of mutual fitting of said female and male connectors for locking the other one of said female and male connector in said housing on the basis of function of said elastic member; and a support mechanism for supporting said lock member so that said lock member is slidable in said housing.