Locking device for electrical connector
US6398575B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/6273
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A part of an electrical connector including, a body, at least one elastic arm which has at least one locking hook attached to the body and extending laterally to the body, the elastic arm being flexible from a locking position wherein the arm is unstressed and close to the body to an unlocking position wherein the arm is stressed and bent away from the body, a slide comprising a window through which passes the elastic arm carrying the hook and wherein the slide slides on the body of the connector between a locking position and an unlocking position and a ramp provided between the slide and the elastic arm so that as the slide moves from the locking position to the unlocking position, the slide acts on the elastic arm to bend the arm and the hook away from the body in the unlocking position.
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