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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2002
Abstract
A connector has male and female housings ( ). A resilient member ( ) is mounted in the female housing ( ) for movement along the connecting direction of the housings ( ), and is biased forwardly toward the male housing ( ) by springs ( ) in the female housing ( ). A front end ( ) of the male housing ( ) pushes the resilient member ( ) rearwardly during a connecting operation and resiliently compresses the springs ( ). A lock arm ( ) on the male housing ( ) locks the housings ( ) together in properly connected state. However, the springs ( ) expand resiliently to separate the housings ( ) if the correcting operation is interrupted prematurely. The female housing ( ) has a cover ( ) that can be moved rearwardly to deflect the lock arm ( ) and to separate the housings ( ).