CONNECTOR, CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

It is aimed to protect a lock arm without impairing operability in unlocking the lock arm. A connector includes a detecting member 30 configured to be held at an initial position in a state where two housings 10, 40 are incompletely connected and permitted to move to a detection position when the two housings 10, 40 are properly connected, a movable protecting portion 37 provided on the detecting member 30, configured to be normally held in a protecting posture to cover the lock arm 12 and resiliently deflectable to take a pressing posture to apply a pressing force in an unlocking direction to the lock arm 12, and a posture holding portion 45 configured to permit the movable protecting portion 37 to be resiliently deflected to take the pressing posture when the detecting member 30 is at the initial position and hold the movable protecting portion 37 in the protecting posture when the detecting member 30 is at the detection position.