Connector with lock ensuring mechanism
US6461186B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 19, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/641
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A connector 1 provided with a lock ensuring mechanism includes a female housing 2, a male housing 3, and a lock ensuring member 4. The female housing 2 is provided with a lock hole 5. The male housing 3 is provided with a lock arm 16 having a lock projection 36 which is adapted to be engaged with the lock hole 5. The lock ensuring member 4 is movably supported by the male housing 3. The lock ensuring member 4 has a flexible piece 31 which is in contact with the lock projection 36 in a state where the lock projection 36 is not engaged with the lock hole 5. When the lock projection 36 has come into engagement with the lock hole 5, the flexible piece 31 is detached from the lock projection 36. In this manner, an incompletely engaged state of the housings with each other can be reliably detected.
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