A connector device and a method of assembling it

摘要

An object of the present invention is to ensure good operability at the time of performing a connector connecting operation and to suppress a cost increase. A connector device is provided with a box-shaped casing 50, a female housing 30 mounted into the casing 50 and displaceable between an initial position and an end position, and a slide member 70 that is in the form of a frame having an operating portion 72 and mounted in the casing 50 in such a manner as to be movable between a retreat position where a clearance is defined between the operating portion 72 and the casing 50 and an advance position reached by being pushed to narrow or eliminate the clearance. Before an operation of connecting both male and female housings 10, 30 is started, a protector 90 is inserted into a fitting space 91 defined between the operating portion 72 of the slide member 70 and the casing 50. The slide member 70 is held at the retreat position and the female housing 30 is held at the initial position by the protector 90.