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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Yukinori Saka, Yokkaichi, JP;
Koji Okutani, Yokkaichi, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a connector in which the fitting operation and the detection of a half-fitted state can be easily performed. While two connector housings and are being correctly fitted together, coiled springs move a slider from a movement permitting position to a movement preventing position, and the two connector housings and are doubly locked. At this juncture, observing the movement of the slider allows one to detect whether the two connector housings and have been correctly fitted. Since merely fitting the two connector housings and causes these two operations to occur, the operation is simpler. Moreover, the resilient returning force of the coiled springs is less than that required to separate the two connector housings and . Consequently, the fitting force of the connector can be reduced.