US Patent 11211731 Electrical connector preventing abrasion of a locking protrusion

A connector is mateable with a mating connector along a predetermined direction. The mating connector comprises a mating lock portion. The connector comprises at least a connector main. The connector main comprises a holding member, a plurality of contacts and two lock portions. The contacts are held by the holding member. Each of the lock portions has a held portion and a spring portion. The held portion is held by the holding member. The spring portion is resiliently deformable. The spring portion has a locking protrusion and a resilient supporting portion. The locking protrusion and the mating lock portion lock a mated state where the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other. The connector main has a space which is positioned inward in a first direction beyond the spring portion. The space allows resilient deformation of the spring portion.