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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2001
Hirotaka Noguchi, Yokkaichi, JP;
Kenji Inoue, Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Abstract
The invention improves the assembly operation of a connector provided with a detecting member. A female housing is provided with a locking arm capable of engaging with a locking protrusion of a male housing A detecting member capable of moving in an anterior-posterior direction is attached to an upper face of this locking arm The detecting member has an operating member joined to a posterior end of a main body by a hinge A finger engages from the posterior with the operating member to push in the detecting member this detecting member being pushed in its direction of fitting in an inclined downwards direction. When the detecting member is in a waiting position, the operating member thereof is located above a posterior portion of the upper face of the locking arm . This posterior portion of the upper face of the locking arm has a guiding inclined face formed thereon, this guiding inclined face being inclined downwards in the pushing-in direction. When the detecting member is being moved from the waiting position to a detecting position, the operating member slides along the guiding inclined face this smoothly guiding the movement thereof.