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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Masanori Tsuji, Shizuoka, JP;
Toru Nagano, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The connector fitting structure includes: a first connector 2 including in the leading end portion thereof a pair of engaging grooves 7 and a pair of securing projections; and, a second connector 3 including a housing main body 4 which incorporates therein not only a pair of flexible lock arms 10 each having in the leading end thereof a lock portion 9 to be engaged with its associated one of the two engaging grooves 7 but also a slider 5 elastically energized in the axial direction thereof and including in the front end portion thereof a pair of contact portions 11 to be engaged with their associated securing projections 8. The slider 5 is mounted within the housing main body 4 in such a manner that it sits astride the lock arms 10 and it can be slided not only in the back-and-forth direction but also in the vertical direction; and, in the lock arms 10, there are provided the push-up projections 14 which are used to push up the contact portions 11.