US 12,283,772 B2
Connector
Yuji Nakamura, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/909,425
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/005787
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/182035, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-040596 (JP), filed on Mar. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0125720 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6273 (2013.01) [H01R 13/631 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a first housing and a second housing connectable to each other; and
a detecting member arranged movably to a standby position and a detection position with respect to the first housing, the detecting member being allowed to move to the detection position when the first and second housings are properly connected,
wherein:
either one of the second housing and the detecting member includes a deflectable and deformable resilient portion and the other includes an interfering portion for interfering with the resilient portion,
the resilient portion has a deflected state attained by interfering with the interfering portion to be deflected and deformed, a returned state attained by being displaced in a return direction from the deflected state and a transition state for transitioning from the deflected state to the returned state, and
either one of the resilient portion and the interfering portion includes a detection guiding portion for guiding the detecting member to the detection position by sliding in contact with the other by a resilient restoring force of the resilient portion in the transition state of the resilient portion.