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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1993
Kenzo Oda, Hatano, JP;
Shinji Amemiya, Kanagawa, JP;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
When double-lock member (42a) is in an incompletely inserted state, the contacting part (43a) projects from the plug housing (20). In this incompletely inserted state, the plug housing (20) and cap housing (30) are in a position prior to being tentatively latched to each other, and the contacting part (43a) of the double-lock member (42a), which has not been inserted into the plug housing (20), makes contact with the end (30a) of the cap housing (30), so the drawing together of the plug housing (20) and the cap housing (30) cannot proceed. Also, the end of the bolt case (14) in which the bolt (12) is clasped into the hole (22) of the plug housing, and the bolt (12) is held in the plug housing (20) by the bolt stop plate (40). Therefore, the bolt (12) is held in an unengaged state in the when in the incompletely inserted state.