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Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999

Filed:

Aug. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Hua-Tseng Pan, Taipei, TW;

Chi-Kuang Tuan, Taipei Hsien, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439567 ;
Abstract

A locking device for an electrical connector is disclosed. The locking device comprises a main plate body defining two first edges and a second edge, a fixing section extending from each of the first edge of the main plate body for fixing into the electrical connector and a boardlock section for locking into a locking hole of a circuit board. The boardlock section includes two resilient arms extending downward from the second edge of the main plate body and defining a gap between the two resilient arms for inward bending thereof, each of the resilient arms having an outer edge defining a curved retention portion, a vertical straight detent portion extending downward from the retention portion, an inward slant pressing portion extending downward from the detent portion at a first slope, and an inward slant guiding portion extending downward from the pressing portion at a second slope larger than the first slope.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Pan, Hua-Tseng. (1999). Locking device for an electrical connector (U.S. Patent No. 5957722). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5957722

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