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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Kazunori Yamashita, Yokkaichi, JP;
Abstract
When a connecting or separating operation with or from a mating connector M is interrupted, contact portions of a slider push a receptacle Ma by being subjected to biasing forces accumulated in biasing springs , thereby forcibly separating a housing from the mating connector F. This forcible separation shows that two connectors were left partly connected. Since a pair of left and right biasing springs and a pair of left and right contact portions are provided at the opposite sides of a lock arm along the upper surface of the housing , a width of the housing is smaller as compared to a connector in which the biasing springs and the contact portions are provided on the left and right side surfaces of the housing.