J.s.t.mfg. Co.,ltd.

Sunao Mizuno

Ping Chen

Akira Nagamine

A tine plate is to cooperate with parallel-extending contact legs of an electric connector. The tine plate has a plurality of through holes, which penetrate through the thickness of the tine plate and into which the contact legs are to be inserted. At least those through holes on both ends of the tine plate in the longitudinal direction respectively have an elongated hole shape of which the largest value of the inside dimension thereof in the longitudinal direction of the tine plate is greater than the largest value of the inside dimension in the transverse direction of the tine plate.

Tine plate

An electrical connector assembly of the present invention has a pair of connector housings able to be fitted, and a lock arm engaged with one of these connector housings and holding a fitting state of the pair of connector housings when the above pair of connector housings is fitted. This lock arm has a fitting lock portion fitted to the other connector housing and an engaging lock portion engaged with one connector housing in a releasing direction of the above fitting lock portion The above fitting lock portion and the above engaging lock portion are arranged such that the above engaging lock portion prevents the release of the above fitting lock portion when only the above one connector housing begins to be separated, and such that release of the above fitting lock portion is not prevented by the above engaging lock portion when the above lock arm begins to be separated from the above other connector housing together with the above one connector housing

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