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Locking and unlocking mechanism of cable connector and method for locking and unlocking

  • US 6,447,170 B1
  • Filed: 06/28/2000
  • Issued: 09/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A locking and unlocking mechanism for locking and unlocking a connector, comprising a cable holding member for holding an end of a cable and a lock release member slidably attached to the outside of the cable holding member, to a housing for receiving said connector and for conducting the cable;

  • wherein, at the time of inserting the connector, a pushing operation of the lock release member allows connection of the lock release member to the housing by setting the lock release member at a set position by engaging of an engaging pawl provided with one of the cable holding member or the lock release member with an engaging portion provided with the other one of the cable holding member and the lock release member by pushing up an elastic beam portion provided in one of the cable holding member and the lock release member by means of an inclined plane provided with the other one of the cable holding member and the lock release member, wherein pushing up of the elastic beam portion causes the storage of elastic energy;

    at the time of extracting the connector, the connector is released from the housing by sliding the lock release member in a releasing direction for pushing up the elastic beam portion by a protrusion; and

    the lock and unlock mechanism configured to enable the stored elastic energy to automatically move the lock release mechanism to the set position and to the reset position at the time of inserting and extracting the connector.

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