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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2000
Yoshihiro Fukase, Shizuoka, JP;
Toru Nagano, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electric connector housing,consisting of a pair of connector housings comprises a receiving chamber,which is formed on an outer face of a rotatable member,fitted to one of connector housings,and radially extending therefrom, and a member,for detecting an engagement of the connector housings which is inserted into the receiving chamber movably back and forth and adapted to engage with the rotatable member,at its one end before a start of the engagement and after the engagement, thereby to stop the rotation of the rotatable member. The other of the connector housings,includes an annular wall,which is bulgingly formed at an outer face thereof in a circumferential direction, and a sliding face,formed on the annular wall so as to face with the rotatable member, the other end of the member for detecting the engagement being abutted against the sliding face at the start of the engagement and sliding along the sliding face during the engagement. With this structure, positioning work of the one connector housing with respect to the other will be reduced, an erroneous excessive rotation of the rotatable member after the engagement will be prevented, and an incompletely engaged state can be easily detected by visual inspection.