Electrical connectors

• US 5,199,897 A
• Filed: 09/18/1992
• Issued: 04/06/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Original Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Inventors: Hashiguchi, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Schwartz, Larry I.
• Assistant Examiner(s): VU, HIEN D
• Application Number:
  US07/947,780
• Time in Patent Office: 200 Days
• Field of Search: 439/350, 439/351, 439/352, 439/357, 439/358, 439/152, 439/153, 439/155, 439/159, 439/160
• US Class Current: 439/357
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6275 Latching arms not integral with the housing H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence

Abstract

An electrical connector including a plug part and receptacle part having means for locking the plug and receptacle parts each other is disclosed. The plug part includes a body, a front hood, a pair of resilient lock members, a slider having a pair of leg portions to be inserted into the front hood and a rear hood. The receptacle part is provided with a pair of ear portions each of which projects outwardly from the side thereof. One end of the resilient lock member is secured to the front hood and extends longitudinally along the leg portion having a recess and cam surface and other free end of the lock member is formed to engage with the ear of the receptacle part. The free end of the lock member can be engaged with or released from the ear portion by cooperating with the cam surface when the plug part is manipulated to remove the plug part from the receptacle part.

Claims

1. An electrical connector comprising a plug part, a receptacle part having a pair of ear portions each of which projects outwardly from the side thereof, said plug part including a body having a plurality of contact elements for connecting with conductors in a cable, a front hood for receiving said body, a pair of resilient lock members to secure to said front hood so as to extend along each side of said body within said front hood, a slider having a pair of legs which can be inserted into said hood in connection with said resilient lock members, one end each of which is formed as a hook for engaging with a respective said ear portion, a rear hood to be inserted in said slider, said resilient lock members each being provided with a curved portion at an intermediate portion thereof, and said each leg being provided with a recess for receiving said curved portion of said resilient lock member and a curve surface for cooperating with said curved portion of said resilient lock member whereby said plug portion can be easily removed from said receptacle part.