US 7,445,491 B2
Connector and a connector assembly
Masayasu Fujii, Yokkaichi (Japan); Toshikazu Sakurai, Yokkaichi (Japan); and Atsushi Sakatani, Yokkaichi (Japan)
Assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., (Japan)
Filed on Oct. 03, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/542,039.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-285116 (JP), filed on Sep. 29, 2005; and application No. 2006-144469 (JP), filed on May 24, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2007/0072482 A1, Mar. 29, 2007
Int. Cl. H01R 3/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—489  [439/188; 439/157] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a housing;
a mating housing connectable with the housing, the mating housing being formed with a mating cam;
a contact terminal in the housing or the mating housing;
a detecting terminal in the housing and being engageable with the contact terminal to close a detecting circuit; and
a movable member formed separately from the housing and mounted on the housing for movement relative to the housing, the movable member being formed with a cam engageable with the mating cam on the mating housing, the cam and the mating cam being configured such that movement of the movable member relative to the housing urges the housing into connection with the mating housing in response to movement of the movable member, a pressing portion on the movable member for pressing and resiliently displacing the detecting terminal to a position away from the contact terminal while the movable member is being moved to connect the housings, while stopping pressing so that the detecting terminal can restore and contact the contact terminal when the movable member is moved sufficiently to connect the housings properly, whereby closing of the detecting circuit electrically detects proper connection of the housing with the mating housing.