Connector and a method for assembling a connector

摘要

A connector has male and female housings (10, 20) that are fitted to each other. A pushable portion (58) is pushed by a pushing portion (14) of the male housing (10) so that a slider (51) resiliently compresses springs (50) to move the slider (51) back in the female housing (20) while accumulating biasing forces that urge the slider (51) forward. Guidable portions (61) of the slider (51) are engaged with guides (41) in a terminal accommodating portion (21), and the slider (51) is inclined about axes of supporting pins (60) at its rear. When the housings (10, 20) are connected properly and the slider (51) is inclined sufficiently, the pushable portion (58) disengages from the pushing portion (14), and the biasing forces of the springs (50) are released. As a result that the slider (51) is moved forward at an inclined posture.