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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1998
Satoru Kaneko, Shizuoka, JP;
Toru Nagano, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a connector fitting construction, a male connector includes an exclusive-use housing having a slider receiving portion for slidably receiving a slider. A lock arm is provided at a widthwise-central portion of a lower portion of the slider receiving portion. A housing lock for retaining engagement with a female housing is formed on a lower surface of a front end of the lock arm. The slider is constituted by a first slide member and a second slide member, and the first slide member includes a pair of arms, an interconnecting portion interconnecting these arms, and abutment posts. An abutment portion is formed at a front end of each of the arms. The second slide member includes a retaining portion for retaining the housing lock at the front end of the lock arm, and an operating portion, which is operated when canceling the fitted condition, and a pair of retainer portions with which one ends of tension springs are engaged, respectively.