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Connector housing

US4679874A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 3, 1985
Grant dateJul 14, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 3, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/422
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A connector housing has a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a plate-like movable locking member provided through a thin hinge formed closer to the front of the connector housing. The movable locking member has a locking pawl at its free end and a locking portion which is formed in its inner surface and adapted to engage with a locking projection formed on a terminal. The locking pawl is adapted to engage, for locking, with a shoulder formed at the rear end of the connector housing.

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