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Connector apparatus

  • US 5,252,089 A
  • Filed: 09/09/1991
  • Issued: 10/12/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A connector apparatus comprising first and second connectors which are coupled to each other when moved toward each other, a fixing frame having a rectangular through-hole formed therein for receiving said first and second connectors for movement therein, said through-hole being defined by a pair of opposing side walls of said fixing frame along which said first and second connectors are movable in a first direction in which said first and second connectors are fitted with or removed from each other and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, said first and second connectors having a width substantially equal to an inner dimension of said through-hole between said pair of opposing side walls, one of said first and second connectors having an engaging rod while the other has an engaging recess formed thereon for engaging with said engaging rod, and guiding means for guiding said first and second connectors when said first connector is moved in the second direction together with said second connector after said first and second connectors are inserted into said through-hole of said fixing frame from the opposite ends in the first direction toward each other until said engaging rod is engaged with said engaging recess, said guiding means including a pair of pins provided on each of a pair of opposing side faces of each of said first and second connectors, first and second pairs of guideways formed on each of inner faces of said side walls of said fixing frame for cooperating with said pins of said first and second connectors, a first pair of guideways on each of said faces of said side walls of said fixing frame extending in an inclined relationship to said second direction, a second pair of guideways on each of said side walls of said fixing frame extending in said second direction, each of said first and second guideways extends to one of the opposite ends of said rectangular through-hole of said fixing frame in said first direction by an introducing groove which extends in said first direction, said pins are guided by said introducing grooves when said first and second connectors are first inserted into said through-hole of said fixing frame from opposite ends and moved toward each other until said engaging rod portion is engaged with said engaging recess, and said pins are then guided by said first and second pair of guideways, whereby said first and second connectors are caused to gradually approach and fit with each other.

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