Locking device for a connector
First Claim
1. A locking device for a connector (30) for cooperation with a recess (25) of a member with which the connector (30) is to be connected, said locking device (10) being made of a spring elastic material and comprising two shanks (11, 12) which are movable towards and away from each other, at least one of the shanks (11, 12), at the end opposite the connector, on its side facing away from the other shank (11, 12) exhibiting a protruding hooking means (19, 20) having an insert surface (23, 24) and a locking surface (21, 22), said surfaces being arranged to cooperate with insert surfaces (26, 27) and locking surfaces (28, 29) within the recess (25), characterized in that the shanks (11, 12) are tapered in the direction towards the end opposite the connector (30) and pass over into resilient sections (18'"'"'), wherein said resilient sections (18'"'"') have substantially even thickness, wherein said resilient sections have thinner walls than the shanks, and wherein said resilient sections project towards each other under the formation of the hooking means (19, 20), the resilient sections (18'"'"') are connected by a connecting portion (18), and the shanks (11, 12) form a functionally common base portion (13) at the ends facing the connector.
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Abstract
Locking device for a connector for cooperation with a recess of a member with which the connector is to be connected, said locking device being made of spring elastic material and comprising two shanks which are movable towards and away from each other. At least one of the shanks has, at its end opposite the connector, on its side facing away from the other shank, a protruding hooking means. The shanks are tapered in the direction towards the end opposite the connector and pass over into resilient portions, which have substantially even thickness, have thinner walls than the shanks and project towards each other, said resilient portions being connected by a connecting portion. At the ends facing the connector the shanks form a functionally common base portion.
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10 Claims
- 1. A locking device for a connector (30) for cooperation with a recess (25) of a member with which the connector (30) is to be connected, said locking device (10) being made of a spring elastic material and comprising two shanks (11, 12) which are movable towards and away from each other, at least one of the shanks (11, 12), at the end opposite the connector, on its side facing away from the other shank (11, 12) exhibiting a protruding hooking means (19, 20) having an insert surface (23, 24) and a locking surface (21, 22), said surfaces being arranged to cooperate with insert surfaces (26, 27) and locking surfaces (28, 29) within the recess (25), characterized in that the shanks (11, 12) are tapered in the direction towards the end opposite the connector (30) and pass over into resilient sections (18'"'"'), wherein said resilient sections (18'"'"') have substantially even thickness, wherein said resilient sections have thinner walls than the shanks, and wherein said resilient sections project towards each other under the formation of the hooking means (19, 20), the resilient sections (18'"'"') are connected by a connecting portion (18), and the shanks (11, 12) form a functionally common base portion (13) at the ends facing the connector.
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