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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
May. 29, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Atsushi Yamaoka, Yokkaichi, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 3/00 ;
Abstract
A female housing ( ) has a slider ( ) movable oblique to a connecting direction with a male connector housing ( ), and a coil spring ( ) for biasing the slider ( ) forward with respect to the connecting direction. As the housings ( ) are connected, a lock ( ) of the male housing ( ) contacts a lock ( ) of the slider ( ) to push the slider ( ) backward. The locks ( ) disengage when the housings ( ) reach a properly connected state. Thus, the restoring force of the coil spring ( ) returns the slider ( ) to its front-end position and the lock ( ) engages a rear side of the lock ( ). As a result, the housings ( ) are locked together.