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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2003
Kazuhiro Nemoto, Tokyo, JP;
J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an electric connector with a locking mechanism, the amount of operation and the operation resistance of the operating parts can be freely set according to the mode of use. The electric connector includes a body to be inserted into a receiving recess of a counterpart electric connector, a flexible arm extending from the body and having a protrusion that fits into a fitting hole of the receiving recess of the counterpart electric connector, a slider provided on the body so that the slider can slide in the direction of insertion and withdrawal, and an operating lever rotatably provided on the arm or the body so that the top end thereof comes out on the rear face side of the body and coupled with the slider so that when the operating lever is rotated, the slider will be slid. The arm and/or the slider has a cam face which is inclined so that its distance from the side wall of the body changes along the direction of insertion and withdrawal and makes the arm flex according to the sliding of the slider so that the protrusion comes closer to the side wall of the body.