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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2006
Kazuto Ohtaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiharu Takahashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Shigeru Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Providing a connector system, which can detect securely connection of connector housings, the connector system includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first connector housing, on an outer surface of which a lock projection and a pair of electrodes are provided. The second connector includes a second connector housing having a main body, a lock arm and a shorting member. The lock arm supported by the main body is engaged with the lock projection. One end portion of the shorting member is mounted on the main body, and the other end is formed like a free end of a cantilever. The other end has a contact point. When the connector housings are fitted together, the contact point and lock projection are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a fitting direction.