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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kiichi Yamaguchi, Toda, JP;
Takehiko Itoh, Toda, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 15 ;
Abstract
A connector device for a steering system of an automobile is provided, in which a movable member is securely locked to its predetermined initial position when the device is mounted or remounted to a steering system so that it can effectively eliminate any errors in the mounting or remounting operation and the locked condition of the movable member is automatically released when the device is properly set in position. Moreover, since the locking mechanism is accommodated in the inner room (compartment) of the device where axially a relatively large space is available, the device has a variety of advantages including a relatively reduced thickness.