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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Makoto Fukamachi, Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a panel connector, permitted limited movement in an aperture while simultaneously preventing this connector from falling out. A female connector is supported in a waiting state within a panel by flanges which make contact with edges of an attachment hole ; contacting plates of upper and lower pairs of resilient contacts , and for engagement with retaining members ; and contacting plates which engage supplementary retaining members . If an axis of a corresponding male connector is misaligned relative to an axis of the female connector , some of the resilient contacts bend, this causing the female connector to move to align the axes of the two connectors and . As the female connector moves, the degree of engagement between some of the resilient contacts is reduced. However, the reduction in this degree of engagement is compensated for by opposite edges of supplementary retaining members entering, stopping grooves provided in opposite supporting plates